FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Tua Tagovailoa rolled into his first press conference for the Heisman Trophy festivities in New York on Dec. 7. Wednesday, the Alabama quarterback walked into his first Orange Bowl press conference.
The nation’s most watched left ankle appears to be healing after Tagovailoa sprained it in the Crimson Tide’s SEC championship win against Georgia on Dec. 1, and Tagovailoa offered an assessment of just how much it has healed with three days remaining before the Tide face Oklahoma in a College Football Playoff semifinal in the Orange Bowl. “I’m getting treatment at this moment, but it’s been a lot better,” Tagovailoa said.