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Patrick Andres

Alabama Makes Another Quarterback Change as Team Struggles to Score at USF

Alabama's glut of talented quarterbacks under coach Nick Saban—Jalen HurtsTua TagovailoaMac Jones, Bryce Young—has rarely seemed further in the rearview mirror.

The Crimson Tide made their second quarterback change of the season in the second quarter of their game against South Florida Saturday afternoon, inserting redshirt freshman Ty Simpson after Tyler Buchner struggled against the Bulls.

Buchner, a redshirt sophomore and Notre Dame's primary starter under Brian Kelly in 2021, exited having completed five of his 14 pass attempts for 34 yards in poor Tampa weather. That followed a 3-for-5 performance with a rushing touchdown in mop-up duty when Alabama beat Middle Tennessee 56–7 on Sept. 2.

The No. 10 Crimson Tide’s first two games of the season were started by redshirt sophomore Jalen Milroe, who threw a pair of interceptions in Alabama’s 34–24 loss to Texas on Sept. 9.

To the shock of college football, the Crimson Tide entered halftime tied with South Florida 3–3.

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