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Tyler Watts on Tua Tagovailoa-Jalen Hurts and the 'dark years of Alabama football'

If anyone knows about quarterback competitions at Alabama, it's Tyler Watts.

Actually, let's call it what it was. It was a full-fledged quarterback controversy.

Watts, now an analyst for the Crimson Tide Radio Network, played under coaches Mike DuBose (1997-2000) and Dennis Franchione (2001-2002).

And when I said played, it was more like playing musical chairs. Watts and Andrew Zow were part of the more memorable quarterback controversies in Tuscaloosa.

The DuBose coaching staff was divided and the schism filtered down to players due to direct or off-hand comments by coaches.

"It was kind of embarrassing," Watts told AL.