STOP, SOME THINGS ARE DESTINY (LIKE HAIR)
In a wide-open quarterback battle that could continue until the season opener, Cooper Bateman has emerged as a serious contender to be Alabama's starter against Wisconsin.
Now it's not entirely improbable. Cooper Bateman does pass certain tests for eligibility as an Alabama quarterback, and as a quarterback in general. He has a name that works forward and backwards, for one, fulfilling one of the universal rules for quarterback eligibility. (See: Manning Peyton, Rodgers Aaron, Newton Cameron, Dalton Andrew, Namath Joseph, Daniel Chase, McCarron Raymond, Rivers Philip, Winston Jameis, Ryan Matt, and hundreds of others.