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Spurrier: Why did Saban wait until halftime to bench Hurts and insert Tua?
Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:41 pm
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Tua Tagovailoa will long be remembered for coming into the second half of the National Championship Game and leading the Alabama Crimson Tide to a comeback victory over Georgia. The move to replace Jalen Hurts at quarterback may have been one of coach Nick Saban’s best, if not risky, moves in his career.
For one former SEC coach, the move to Tagovailoa came a bit later than if he were still the coach.
“I probably would have done it in the second quarter,” Steve Spurrier said on The Paul Finebaum Show. “I probably wouldn’t have waited all the way to halftime.”
Spurrier was known for a quick hook with his quarterbacks, especially during his time at Florida, but Hurts had lost only two games as a starter in two seasons: the national title game against Clemson the previous year and at Auburn to end the 2017 regular season.
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Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:43 pm to Bench McElroy
Why did spurrier wait until mid-October to quit on South Carolina?
Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:43 pm to Bench McElroy
How many championships has Spurrier won and when was his last?
Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:43 pm to Bench McElroy
Motherfricker rode Garcia for way too long instead of Shaw when he was playing poorly
So
So
This post was edited on 1/14/18 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:44 pm to Bench McElroy
Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:44 pm to Bench McElroy
The old ball sack is jealous of Saban.
Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:48 pm to Crimson Wraith
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The old ball sack is jealous of Saban.
Yep....before Saban everyone said Spurrier was the best SEC coach since Bryant. Now SOS is an afterthought, especially after how he bailed on USCe.
This post was edited on 1/14/18 at 2:50 pm
Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:48 pm to Bench McElroy
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Why did Saban wait until halftime to bench Hurts and insert Tua?
It was a desperation move because he literally had no other choice. Bama can beat ~90% of the teams they play simply by being far, far, exponentially more talented. We all have eyeballs and can see Hurts is a running athlete playing QB but can't throw a lick, but hey it got them incredibly far regardless. I'm guessing he wanted to see if hurts would pull out some more runs out of his arse like he typically does, but it never happened.
That first half we did what any great defense would do and shut them down. It's funny to me when people say Saban was so "courageous" or "ballsy" to play Tua in the second half. Umm...we all saw the fisrt half and saban knew if he trotted hurts back out there they were undoubtedly losing. So you either have a 100% chance of losing with hurts, or a 50/50 chance of losing with the unknown guy, with those odds it's easy to decide to throw the unknown in. And lo and behold, it worked like a charm. We got whooped in the 2nd half.
Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:50 pm to WG_Dawg
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That first half we did what any great defense would do and shut them down. It's funny to me when people say Saban was so "courageous" or "ballsy" to play Tua in the second half. Umm...we all saw the fisrt half and saban knew if he trotted hurts back out there they were undoubtedly losing. So you either have a 100% chance of losing with hurts, or a 50/50 chance of losing with the unknown guy, with those odds it's easy to decide to throw the unknown in. And lo and behold, it worked like a charm.
Sounds melty.
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We got whooped in the 2nd half.
True.
Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:51 pm to ColoBama
He's not wrong
Do you think Bama has any chance in that game if Hurts plays the entire time?
Do you think Bama has any chance in that game if Hurts plays the entire time?
Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:52 pm to Crimson Wraith
Spurrier not the GOAT SEC coach (post Bryant) anymore, but still the GOAT at rustling all fanbases
Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:54 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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Why did spurrier wait until mid-October to quit on South Carolina?
He quit his team ????
Did they have a winning record at the time ?
Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:54 pm to ColoBama
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Sounds melty.
and you sound derpy. Was I wrong in anything I posted?
Posted on 1/14/18 at 2:55 pm to Jazzbo Depew
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Did they have a winning record at the time ?
We didn't have a winning record at any point after the first game
Posted on 1/14/18 at 3:01 pm to Bench McElroy
Spurrier is a hair on Saban's arse. They were once thought to be comparable. This probably annoys Steve. However, Steve was very quick to yank QBs there is no doubt.
Posted on 1/14/18 at 3:02 pm to CNB
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We didn't have a winning record at any point after the first game
I like you. I like people with a sense of humor.
Posted on 1/14/18 at 3:02 pm to Bench McElroy
All people remember about Spurrier is quitting.
Posted on 1/14/18 at 3:02 pm to Bham Bammer
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However, Steve was very quick to yank QBs there is no doubt.
I guess at Florida, sure
This post was edited on 1/14/18 at 3:03 pm
Posted on 1/14/18 at 3:04 pm to CNB
He never had more than one worth playing at SC.
Posted on 1/14/18 at 3:05 pm to Bham Bammer
That's a joke, right?
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