Roll Bama Roll Sees Alabama’s Quarterback Of The Future At Crimson Tide Spring Game

SBN’s Roll Bama Roll two-part spring game recap is as voluminous as the crowd of 90,000-plus Bammers packed into Bryant-Denny Saturday afternoon. It’s toplined, however, with something that’ll grab your attention right away: The McElroy era has at least the potential to draw to an early close in Tuscaloosa:

While the incumbent starter and fifth-year senior Greg McElroy is still the starting quarterback as we move into the summer months, I think it is clear that one quarterback stole the show this spring, as well as yesterday, and that player was A.J. McCarron. I expected McCarron to play well given all the praise that has been heaped upon him to date, but I must admit even I was blown away yesterday with how he played. He moved extremely well in the pocket, and when it came time to step up and throw the football downfield, he did so better than any quarterback we’ve had in ages. Everyone knew he had the big arm, but the downfield accuracy, the pocket presence, the improvisation, and the ability to throw on the run all came as extremely pleasant surprises. With all due respect to McElroy, in terms of their abilities to throw the football down the field, I don’t think there is any question that McCarron is clearly the better of the two.Suggestion for next year, to save harried journalists the trouble of separating Alabama and Auburn’s “A-Day” reports: Can we set up some sort of Iron Bowl side bet where the winning team gets the A-Day designation for the following year? Because if there’s one thing this state needs it’s more fractious relations over football.