No. 2 Alabama Fans Expect To See Coker, Sims Play
Alabama fans should finally get a chance to see Jake Coker throw a pass for the Crimson Tide.
Coker’s competition with Blake Sims for the starting job resumes Saturday at Bryant-Denny Stadium when No. 2 Alabama faces 40-point underdog Florida Atlantic. The Florida State transfer didn’t play any meaningful snaps in the opener against West Virginia while Sims had one of the more productive quarterback debuts in program history statistically.
Tide coach Nick Saban says Coker will likely play and that the two are still competing.
Regardless of who wins the job, he says, “You always want to have another guy that’s ready to go in the game if something happens to the first guy.”
Saban didn’t offer any insight into how much or when Coker will play.
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