Tua Tagovailoa and Jalen Hurts have provided plenty of proof that they are really good college quarterbacks.
They offered more over Labor Day weekend.
The former Alabama teammates had stellar season openers, with Tagovailoa guiding the Crimson Tide to a 42-3 drubbing of Duke on Saturday afternoon and Hurts leading his new program, Oklahoma, to a 49-31 humbling of Houston on Sunday night. Tagovailoa produced a sparkling 217.5 efficiency rating against the Blue Devils by completing 26 of 31 passes for 336 yards and four touchdowns, while Hurts posted an even better 251.3, completing 20 of 23 passes for 332 yards and three touchdowns.
Hurts also rushed 16 times for 176 yards and three scores.
“I’m happy for Jalen,” Alabama receiver Jerry Jeudy said Monday in a news conference. “He did a great job both passing and running. Six touchdowns? That’s unbelievable, but that’s what Jalen does.”