Ed. Note: Thursday JP’s have been getting far too lengthy, derailing the amount of attention people can direct on one page, at any one time. So, for the third straight week, we’re gonna’ break this up. The Pre-Package is the media appearance stuff from Wednesdays, while the the rest of the JP will be up shortly. I’ll probably continue this throughout the season.
In a week that has seen a lot of locker room material fired out for Alabama to feast upon, Josh Heupel has thrown down the gauntlet...while also sort of pretending he didn’t.