Sad News The QB Ty Simpson Had An…
The longest rushing play of Alabama’s season spanned 78 yards.
Ty Simpson can only laugh (now) about how it should’ve been 79. Instead, he learned a valuable lesson on the right and wrong time to drop the football when crossing the goal line and a very public reprimand from Nick Saban
Let’s start from the beginning.
Alabama was beating FCS-foe Chattanooga 52-10 early in the fourth quarter with backup QB Simpson in the game. It was third-and-nine from the Mocs’ 21 when the passer became a runner. Flushed from the pocket, Simpson sprinted to his left, used a block from Kendrick Law and dashed up the Bryant-Denny Stadium far sideline.
