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College Football Festivus Airing of Grievances 2022: Wasting Bryce Young, Caleb Williams’ injury and more

By Cody Williams

FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS - OCTOBER 1: Bryce Young #9 of the Alabama Crimson Tide warms up before a game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium on October 1, 2022 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Crimson Tide defeated the Razorbacks 49-26. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images)
FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS - OCTOBER 1: Bryce Young #9 of the Alabama Crimson Tide warms up before a game against the Arkansas Razorbacks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium on October 1, 2022 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Crimson Tide defeated the Razorbacks 49-26. (Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images) /
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Cade Klubnik, Clemson. Mandatory Credit: Ken Ruinard-USA TODAY NETWORK /

College Football Festivus Airing of Grievances No. 2: Dabo Swinney kept Cade Klubnik from us that long? Firable offense!

Throughout the 2022 season, Dabo Swinney maintained the D.J. Uiagalelei was his guy and the quarterback for the Clemson Tigers. And throughout the season, everyone didn’t understand why as the former 5-star lumbered and struggled against any good competition (and sometimes even against lesser teams). That all led to losses to Notre Dame and South Carolina that pushed the Tigers well out of the CFP race.

As all of this was happening, the calls for wunderkind 5-star Cade Klubnik to be handed the reins were unavoidable and it became hard to understand what Dabo saw that we didn’t. That’s never been truer than after the ACC Championship Game.

DJU was horrendous as the starter against UNC as he led two three-and-outs to begin the game. That made way (finally) for Klubnik and the freshman delivered mightily, going 20-of-24 for 279 yards and one touchdown while also rushing for 30 yards and a score in a 39-10 blowout win. How Swinney thinks he has the right to keep that type of talent from college football fans while we had to suffer through DJU starts for 12 games is patently absurd.

College Football Festivus Airing of Grievances No. 1: Bryce Young getting wasted at Alabama with Bill O’Brien and Pete Golding is an unbearable tragedy

Point blank, Bryce Young is one of the best college football quarterbacks I’ve ever seen. He got the Heisman Trophy last season and made it to the National Championship Game, but fell short against Georgia. This season, he continued to be the same player if not a better one and Alabama just completely folded around him with losses to Tennessee and LSU that pushed them out of the Playoff ultimately.

The fact that Nick Saban had Bill O’Brien and Pete Golding as the coordinators for a team with a true generationally talented quarterback like Young for two seasons is mind-boggling. Even if a 10-2 season this year was disappointing, without Young, the Crimson Tide might’ve got something closer to 7-5. He was constantly making something out of nothing, creating magic and putting Alabama on his back.

Bryce Young is going to leave Alabama with no national championships and that shouldn’t compute or jibe with anyone. It’s malpractice for that to happen and we should all air our grievances over the Tide wasting that type of talent for two years.

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