By: Larry Burton
Sure Alabama has scored 41 points before but this time it’s the way rolled that made the Alabama fans smile with satisfaction. He only threw 17 passes and only completed 12 of those for a mere 248 yards. This is certainly no big stat, not even for an average Alabama quarterback. That’s why stats are simple numbers on a sheet and won’t explain the smiles because of the “eye test” the fans, coaches and teammates all saw.
In this game people finally saw Hurts going through progressions instead of seeing his number one target covered and taking off like a deer.