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Tua Tagovailoa, Jalen Hurts among Heisman favorites; Tommy Tuberville breaks down who has edge

Alabama quarterback Tua Tagovailoa and new Oklahoma quarterback Jalen Hurts among a group listed as favorites to win Heisman Trophy.

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Spring football isn’t quite here yet, but that hasn’t stopped oddsmakers from taking action on next year’s Heisman Trophy race.

And wouldn’t you know there are some familiar faces to the state of Alabama involved in the discussion.

BetOnline updated their odds to win the Heisman Trophy.

Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence is the favorite at 3.5/1, followed by Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa at 5/1.

At 6.5/1, right behind Tagovailoa, is Oklahoma’s Jalen Hurts, who backed up Tagovailoa at Alabama before transferring.

So, with the Tagovailoa-Hurts dynamic, it begs the question, who do you think has the better chance, today, of winning the Heisman Trophy?

College football analyst and former Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville joined me and Lee Shirvanian on “The Opening Kickoff” on WNSP-FM 105.5 Tuesday. He answered the question.

“There’s no doubt Tua,” Tuberville said. "He can throw the football, and that’s what you have to do.

"Jalen’s got a lot of work to do. I’ve been around that system Lincoln Riley runs. He doesn’t run many plays. He runs 4 or 5 plays. It’s a very simple system. Jalen will learn it very quickly. The problem he’s got is he has to throw the ball down the field consistently 15 or 20 yards down the field with deep crossing routes.

“The reason he got beat out at Alabama was because of that reason.”

Still, it was Hurts - not Tagovailoa - who threw for a touchdown and ran for another to rally No. 1 Alabama to a 35-28 victory over No. 4 Georgia in the SEC title game. Hurts completed 7 of 9 passes for 82 yards, to go along with five carries for 28 yards in less than a quarter of action.

“Now, I like him,” Tuberville said. “I think Jalen’s a winner. I think he’s going to win a lot of games for Oklahoma, but can he run that exact offense that Kyler Murray and Baker Mayfield ran? It’s going to be tough. It’s an offense where you have to live off your arm and not off your legs.”