Quarterback Ty Simpson helped No. 10 Alabama shrug off a slow start and beat South Florida.
What wasn’t certain Saturday was whether the third-stringer played well enough to become the Crimson Tide’s starting quarterback.
To do it, though, Alabama had to overcome inconsistent quarterback play and several costly mistakes that kept USF in the game. The Bulls led 3-0 when lightning delayed play for 55 minutes in the second quarter, and it was 3-3 at halftime. Buchner wasn’t any more effective, completing just five of 14 passes for 34 yards before Saban turned to Simpson when linebacker Dallas Turner forced a USF fumble to set up Alabama at the Bulls 25 after the weather delay.
Alabama hurt itself early, with Kool-Aid McKinstry’s losing a fumble on a first-quarter punt return to set up John Cannon’s 44-yard field goal for USF and Jeremiah Alexander’s holding penalty that wiped out what would have been Terrion Arnold’s 100-yard return for a TD on the ensuing kickoff.
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