Playing for the University of Alabama football team is not for everyone. It’s, in fact, for a very specific subset of athlete who has to operate under a microscope so sharp, walking oddly down the street can get you six inches of column space in the local newspaper.
This goes doubly for an Alabama football starting quarterback.
As far back as I can remember, there was nary a starting quarterback at Alabama who didn’t draw the ire of fans and journalists alike for the slightest of mistakes on Saturday.
In my time as a fan, Jay Barker, Freddie Kitchens, Andrew Zow, Tyler Watts, Brodie Croyle, John Parker Wilson, Greg McElroy, A.