He wants this game and his teammates know it.
Barring a change of heart or something crazy, Saturday could be one of the final moments that running back Josh Jacobs represents the University of Alabama. His competition at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami (Fla.) is a legendary school in his home state of Oklahoma that did not offer him a scholarship, until Nick Saban and the Crimson Tide made the first move.
The 5-foot-10, 216-pounder naturally plays with something to prove, but facing the Sooners under the lights and palm trees has flipped a switch in him.