As Ty Simpson won the Alabama football starting quarterback competition , there is no doubt some immense expectations in leading a highly successful program. While fans give their predictions for how Simpson will play for the Alabama football team , former head coach Nick Saban would also provide his thoughts on the junior signal-caller.

Saban would appear on “The Pat McAfee Show” and was asked about Simpson since the former head coach brought major accolades to the Crimson Tide. Plus, it's important to know that Saban recruited Simpson, spending two seasons with each other before the coach would retire, as he called the Tennessee-native a “great young man.”

“I think Ty is a great young man who has, and I have all the respect in the world for these guys who stay in the program for

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