We’d like a ruling on which campus will get to say which participant now that faculty gamers are transferring at a report fee. Is it the place the participant finishes his profession? A lot about being a school soccer fan is about measuring your program towards everyone else, and one of many methods we do that’s by pointing to all the alumni within the NFL. I noticed some Tuscaloosa columnist write a pro-Jalen Hurts column, and virtually did a spit take.

I’m making a ruling now: Except a participant finishes his profession at your college, you don’t get to say him. Sorry NC State followers and Virginia Tech supporters.

There are such a lot of explanation why Alabama followers don’t get to take credit score for Hurts. None of them will take away from his time there. These ravenous followers rooted for him, and he completed quite a bit in crimson and white.

All that mentioned: The place does the greed finish?

You may’t spell extra with out S-E-C

What number of nationwide titles and Heisman trophy winners will probably be sufficient? Tide followers stroll into any dialog so pleased with themselves that they will’t assist however pull out their giant trophy case and flop it on the desk. It’s a surprise why they placed on pants in any respect.

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DeVonta Smith is already on the Eagles. Alabama is represented. Stop jumping on Hurts’ jock just because Tua Tagovailoa and Mac Jones aren’t future Hall of Famers. Nick Saban picked Tua over Jalen, and even though Saban told Hurts to take the OU job, Hurts was regressing under the Tide’s coaching staff.

Lincoln Riley saved Hurts career, not Saban’s altruism

Alabama’s calling card has always been defense. Saban eventually figured out the offensive revolution through high-grade O-coordinators, but the Tide used to lean on the ground game a lot more than they currently do. There was a whole host of game managers before Hurts — your AJ McCarrons and Greg McIlroys — and that’s more or less how the future Super Bowl quarterback was asked to operate at Alabama.

Bama fans look back fondly on Hurts because he was gracious when Tagovailoa took over QB1 duties, but Tua’s greatness wasn’t the only reason supporters so readily moved on from Hurts. A year after throwing for 2,700 yards and 23 touchdowns as a freshman, Hurts barely broke the 2,000-yard mark as a sophomore and never threw the ball more than 24 times in a game.

He attempted 23 passes in his first game as a Sooner, and went on to amass 3,800 yards in the air and another 1,200 on the ground for 53 total scores (32 passing, 20 rushing, one receiving). He finished second in the Heisman voting in his one lone season at Oklahoma, and probably would’ve been Lincoln Riley’s fourth protege to win it if not for Joe Burrow’s insane senior year at LSU.

Sooner fans don’t have a lot — give them this

Oklahoma just had its first sub-.500 season since John Blake was the coach, Brent Venablers can’t discover his defensive magic in his pleats, and their final coach-QB combo received a Heisman and got here an injured hammy away from the School Soccer Playoff. (Actually, I don’t really feel dangerous for the OU trustworthy. They’ve had a fantastic run lately. However I detest Alabama, so no matter strengthens my argument.)

The SEC is about to merge with OU’s trophy case anyway, so Hurts will probably be a convention model so long as he’s within the NFL. And that appears to be a protracted, very long time.

Possibly even lengthy sufficient for me to cease hating Alabama, although I doubt it.