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Although he lived in Pasadena, Calif., where the 2010 BCS National Championship Game was played, Young was only eight years old the last time the Crimson Tide and Longhorns met.

“I was pretty young,” Young said Monday. “I don’t really have any memory about that game. Probably was watching college football, probably had it on and just don’t remember it.”

But Alabama’s quarterback knows a little about the Texas program. Young was recruited by the Longhorns and visited Austin, Texas, when he was the nation’s top overall recruit, according to 247Sports, out of Mater Dei (Calif.