Simpson “cracked” his rib<\/a>\u00a0late in the first half after he took a helmet to his rib and fumbled the ball. He came in to take a knee to end the second half and also played the first drive of the third quarter. But down 24-0, Alabama head coach Kalen DeBoer felt that leaving Simpson in wouldn’t necessarily help the Crimson Tide’s comeback effort, as redshirt sophomore Austin Mack subbed in midway through the third quarter.<\/p>\n“It pisses me off, especially knowing that I couldn\u2019t finish the game,\u201c Simpson said. \u201dIt felt like I had a good thing going on that drive I got hit. It kind of changed the momentum for sure.”<\/p>\n
He mentioned that Crimson Tide head coach Kalen DeBoer’s message after the game was through disappointment, as “we didn’t put our best foot forward.” But Simpson explained that he’s “proud of the way our season was and that it had to be ended this way.”<\/p>\n
So, what will Simpson remember most about this year’s team, as the 2026 Alabama Crimson Tide will look a bit different.<\/p>\n
“Just how resilient these guys were,” Simpson said. “How much it meant to everybody. Starting off losing our first game, losing my first start, all the doubt, all the screaming that we all took, how we all came together and how we’re all going to fight for each other.<\/p>\n
“Everybody gets mad that ‘nobody expected us to be here,’ but it’s kind of how it was losing to Florida State. We made it to the Rose Bowl, it didn’t end the way we wanted to and that’s that.”<\/p>\n
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