Since taking over as starting quarterback of the Alabama Crimson Tide, AJ McCarron has the same number of losses as he does BCS Championship rings.
This week McCarron scored the cover of the Sports Illustrated with the question, “Is it time to think about AJ McCarron as one of the best ever?”
In the story, SI executive editor L. Jon Wertheim looks at McCarron’s career, leadership on the team, his reputation across the country, and even his relationship with Katherine Webb.
“He is not just one of the great Alabama quarterbacks,” Wertheim wrote in the article. “AJ McCarron is on the short list of the most successful players in the history of college football. Even if not many think of him that way.”
Over his career, McCarron has gone 35-2. His only two losses came against LSU in 2011, and Texas A&M last year.
McCarron recently cracked the top three in the USA Today’s “Heisman Watch” alongside Florida State’s quarterback Jameis Winston and Texas A&M’s quarterback Johnny Manziel.
McCarron’s chance at winning college football’s highest individual honor will hinge in part on his performance in the upcoming Iron Bowl. With Auburn having turned their program around this year after a dismal 3-9 2012 season (0-8 in the SEC), many folks are calling this one of the biggest Iron Bowl games in history.
The last time the two teams played each other while ranked in the top ten was 1994. #3 Alabama beat #6 Auburn in that game 21-14.
The #1 ranked Crimson Tide will take on #6 Auburn in Auburn Nov. 30th on CBS.
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