Happy Friday, everyone. Alex Scarbrough has an outstanding piece this morning on the Alabama QB battle.
In the end, Alabama lost a 48-45 shootout, but Jones proved something in the process. Call it confidence, moxie, fortitude. He definitely showed maturity. Any illusions about his ability were swept away each time he clawed his way back from a mistake. And his next time out, when he threw for 327 yards, three touchdowns and no interceptions in a dominant win over Michigan in the Citrus Bowl, he hammered the point home that, yes, he belonged.
“I learned a lot from Tua,” Jones told reporters after putting an exclamation point on his season.