If Thursday’s Rose Bowl loss was Ty Simpson’s final game at Alabama, it will be a tough final note for what was a largely successful first season as Crimson Tide starter.
Simpson was 12-for-16 for 67 yards—brandishing a solid completion percentage but a very rough 4.2 yards per attempt—along with 17 rushing yards, before exiting the game in the second half after suffering an injury on a hit that forced a fumble in the second quarter. After the game, a 38–3 loss to Indiana in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal, Simpson revealed that that he suffered a cracked rib on the play.
