After being benched in the second half of Monday's College Football Playoff National Championship Game in favor of freshman Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts offered a gracious response.
When asked about the situation by ESPN's Tom Rinaldi (h/t Chance Linton of 247Sports), Hurts spoke glowingly of Tagovailoa: "I knew he was gonna step in and do his thing. We have a lot of guys in the QB room that play really well, he just stepped in and did his thing ... did his thing for the team."
Hurts also revealed what he told Tagovailoa after head coach Nick Saban informed them of the quarterback change: "Ball.