One of the biggest what if moments in recent college football history is what would have happend if Nick Saban never benched Jalen Hurts for Tua Tagovailoa in the National Championship Game?
To open the second half of the 2018 National Championship Game, Nick Saban made one of the boldest moves in the history of college football. He benched sophomore QB Jalen Hurts, a QB who had led Alabama to a 26-2 record as the team's starter, winning the 2016 SEC Offensive Player of the Year, and leading the team to back-to-back National Championship Games.