A day after Alabama celebrated a rally to defeat Georgia in the SEC Championship Game, the focus was one two things; the College Football Playoff rankings and the status of starting quarterback Tua Tagovailoa. After being handed the No. 1 seed in the College Football Playoff, Alabama head coach Nick Saban provided an update on the status of the Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback.
In an interview with ESPN, Saban said Tagovailoa had an MRI that revealed a high ankle sprain. The injury is expected to keep Tagovailoa out of practice for the next two weeks, which won’t cost him any playing time but will prevent him from getting reps on a practice field as the Crimson Tide prepare to face Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl for the College Football Playoff semifinal.
The two-week period should see Tagovailoa ready to return to action against the big 12 champions in a game where the offense will be the story of the game. Of course, if Tagovailoa is not ready to play for any reason, that will lead Saban to turn to Jalen Hurts, who lost the starting job to Tagovailoa but came in off the sideline in the SEC Championship Game to lead the Crimson Tide past Georgia.
Alabama will face Oklahoma on Dec. 29 in the Orange Bowl.
