This was funny.
Of course, let’s be honest here. If this had been any team other than Alabama, we’d be celebrating Hurts’ backfield resurrection as one of the great stories of the season. As it is, though, we’re talking about the inexorable, crushing avalanche that is Alabama, and that means this all kind of feels like, say, celebrating Bill Gates winning the lottery. Alabama loses one Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback and swaps in another without a down’s hesitation? Come on.