After Alabama football's loss to Florida State , offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb thought back to the overall team message to "look inward," to see "what we can own." And Grubb's thought immediately went to Ty Simpson .

"I thought maybe I wasn't, you know, hard enough on Ty," Grubb said. "I didn't harden him enough for the moment the first week. And I told him I wouldn't make that mistake again."

As Simpson carved up the Warhawks' defense in Alabama's 73-0 win Saturday, Sept. 6 , the redshirt junior quarterback was benched for a drive in the second quarter for Austin Mack , something pre-planned that Kalen DeBoer had previously done multiple times, most recently with Jake Haener at Fresno State. Grubb said Simpson "handled ( Alabama 's plan) the right way, just attacked i

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