re: Josh Pate dropping truth bombs

His argument was always about players being more susceptible to injury when they are tired (and can't be subbed) or when they aren't ready at the snap.

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I think that the way people are going no-huddle right now, that at some point in time, we should look at how fast we allow the game to go in terms of player safety. The team gets in the same formation group, you can't substitute defensive players, you go on a 14-, 16-, 18-play drive and they're snapping the ball as fast as you can go and you look out there and all your players are walking around and can't even get lined up. That's when guys have a much greater chance of getting hurt when they're not ready to play. 

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His fat buddy at Arky tried to back him.

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Bilema is the one who argued about head injuries and a litany of other things

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He then complained about Run/Pass option.

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Yep, sure did. Said it wasn't fair to the defense if officials weren't going to call linemen downfield. Everyone else in CFB laughed at him and said he couldn't adapt and was being an old man that was being left behind.

So he just said alright, stole the RPO and then ran it better than anybody else in the country. Now Hugh and Gus are at mid majors and Saban has the best offense in the country over the last 3 seasons.