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Alabama's Sims proves critics wrong with big season
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Alabama quarterback Blake Sims, a Gainesville High graduate, passes against Missouri during the second half of the Southeastern Conference championship NCAA college football game, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014, in Atlanta. - photo by BRYNN ANDERSON
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The little boy approached Alabama coach Nick Saban with the directness only a kid can get away with. "Do we have a quarterback other than Blake Sims?" the 10-year-old asked last spring. Many grown-up fans were wondering the same thing after Sims, a Gainesville High graduate, struggled in the spring game.
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