Jalen Hurts’ school affiliation inflicting uproar for Alabama and Oklahoma followers

Jalen Hurts is the primary Alabama quarterback to win an NFL playoff recreation since Richard Todd led the Jets previous the Raiders within the 1983. #NFLPlayoffs #Alabamafootball pic.twitter.com/4XQhx6JAuZ

— David Cone (@davidadamcone) January 22, 2023

Charlie Burris, host of A to Z Sports activities, responded with “Bama benched this dude and he went to Oklahoma and so they’re making an attempt to retroactively declare him now that he’s profitable within the NFL.”

Bama benched this dude and he went to Oklahoma and so they’re making an attempt to retroactively declare him now that he’s profitable within the NFL 😂😭 https://t.co/grAjosstdo

— Charlie Burris (@Charlie_Burris) January 22, 2023

Crimson Tide followers turned irate at Burris whereas Oklahoma followers supported his submit.

Alabama followers

You’re skipping the truth that Jalen claims bama too. He lead this workforce with class, dealt with all the things that occurred with class, stayed right here to get higher after being benched, after which used his final 12 months to get drafted. Mutual respect each methods. We declare him and he claims bama

— TODD IS GONE🥳 (@B_Lowe5) January 22, 2023

1) you appear to be a depressing individual to hang around with
2) Jalen claims Bama, so we declare Jalen. It’s that easy. He actually practically spent 3 years at Bama. Recover from it, he’s a Bama man. Ask him for your self

— PJ Talley 🏀 (@pjtalley10) January 22, 2023

https://t.co/bFT4uBiT0w

— Tucker Seal (@Tseal14) January 22, 2023

He has a 26-2 recored at bama and lead them too consecutive nationwide championship video games…to not point out he claims bama 😂😂

— 😎 (@keepsit1000) January 22, 2023

Jalen graduated from the College of Alabama

— Christopher Darling (@Guitar_Lefty) January 23, 2023

Hurts performed at Bama for 3 seasons and graduated from UA. He began for two full seasons & has an enormous trophy case as starter and contributor (even in his remaining szn, he got here off the bench and lead a comeback win vs UGA within the SEC championship). And he nonetheless reps Bama in public.

— Josh (@jayareff) January 23, 2023

Bama followers by no means stopped claiming him. They cheered for his success at ou.

— magical mama (@funny_layde) January 23, 2023

He actually went again and graduated from Alabama and wears Bama gear

— – (@diamondcsides) January 23, 2023

He gained a NC at Bama. Hell I’d declare them too

— Bama Willy (@willhall79) January 22, 2023

He gained a NC at Bama. Hell I’d declare them too

— Bama Willy (@willhall79) January 22, 2023

Jalen Hurts is a Bama man: pic.twitter.com/iVdGfYEUqc

— Bebe 🐘 (@catluver13) January 22, 2023

Oklahoma followers

Irregardless on what anybody feels, his passing recreation was developed by LR & Drafted from OU. Some Bama followers & even some OU followers had been saying he wouldn’t make it to NFL earlier than his final season. His season at OU made him related once more, the place Bama left his inventory plummeting

— Sooner McGavin (@TXisbackagain) January 22, 2023

Sooner all the best way https://t.co/4XqYEi4yLT

— Kevin Smith (@Shmidy_Day) January 23, 2023

BOOMER! #OUDNA https://t.co/spOvxGfrqc

— Tristan Fluhr (@tristan_fluhr) January 23, 2023

Boomer Sooner. https://t.co/GZELuGZoyP

— laRen (@Laren53199066) January 23, 2023

Different followers

Alabama followers are absolutely the worst. https://t.co/kFdbQXShoJ

— Kenneth Murphy (@MurphKJ1994) January 23, 2023

There was a bunch of followers who didn’t imagine lol and I do know a couple of lol https://t.co/WSqHnhGghM

— Jose Gonzalez (@josetwin94) January 23, 2023

Very Bama of them https://t.co/909ktcPWIt

— Zach (@zachfahey1) January 23, 2023

Nahhhhhh bama y’all made him switch don’t attempt to declare him now you bums https://t.co/keTuHbYBIh

— Slim_Makadelic (@Batman_Mak) January 23, 2023

👀👀👀👀🍢🔥🔥🔥🔥 information https://t.co/eof3ZLA3IE

— Ali (@AlizLEGACY) January 23, 2023

Hurts has credited each packages for creating him as a participant and a person.

He had a helmet on the Reese’s Senior Bowl with each packages on it. 

He speaks extremely of Alabama and Oklahoma, although, he seems like Coach Nick Saban when he talks. Hurts spent three years with the Tide from 2016 to 2018, incomes a number of particular person awards, two Southeastern Convention Championships, and a School Soccer Playoff Nationwide Championship. He got here off the bench within the second half of the 2018 SEC Championship and delivered Alabama to a 35-28 victory. Hurts marched along with his bachelor’s from the College of Alabama earlier than transferring to Oklahoma.

He turned a Heisman finalist with the Sooners in 2019, totaling 3,851 passing yards, 1,298 speeding yards, and 53 whole touchdowns. Hurts led Oklahoma to a Massive 12 Championship and a berth within the School Soccer Playoff.

Oklahoma followers say Alabama followers can’t declare Jalen Hurts as a result of he left.

Alabama followers say Hurts spent his first three years in Tuscaloosa to allow them to.

He’s cool with each colleges and has a Tremendous Bowl on his thoughts. Hurts is the chief within the NFL’s Most Helpful Participant race. He’s turned in a formidable season with 38 whole touchdowns. Hurts completed the common season with 3,701 passing yards, rating him tenth within the league amongst quarterbacks. Hurts will lead the Philadelphia Eagles in opposition to the San Francisco 49ers within the NFC Championship Recreation this weekend.

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