Alabama QB Jalen Milroe’s special connection to Chicago

Alabama QB Jalen Milroe’s special connection to Chicago

IN THE @#NATION COMFORTABLY. SO GOOD FOR US. >> OUR STAT OF THE DAY RELATES OUR NEXT GUEST JALEN MILLS OVER THE SEASON HE HAD OVER 2700 PASSING YARDS, 23 TOUCHDOWNS, AND THE SIX INTERCEPTIONS. AN ADDED 12 RUSHING SCORES, AND

JUST WAS NAMED MVP OF THE S.E.C. TEMPERATURE GAME.@# HE HAS GONE FROM BEING BENCHED TO BEING IRREPLACEABLE FOR NOW THE CRIMSON TIDE, NOT A LITTLE MIRACLE IN OUR BOAT HE GOT BY BEATING THE UNDEFEATED GEORGIA IN THE S.E.C. CHIPPY TITLE GAME.

RECENTLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH JAELYN AND ME START OUT BY EXPLAINING HIS CONNECTION TO THE CITY OF CHICAGO. >> SO MY GRANDFATHER LIVED IN CHICAGO@#, MY GRANDFATHER MEANS LOT TO ME. I GREW UP I WAS GROWING UP I GREW UP A TEXAN, BUT AT LEAST

ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR GO TO CHICAGO SPEND TIME WITH MY CHICAGO SIDE OF THE FAMILY WHICH IS MY DAD’S SIDE. AND HE IS A BIG SUPPORTER OF ME , HE CAME TO A LOT OF Y MIDDLE SCHOOL GAMES HIGH SCHOOL GAMES,

GROWING UP@# IN ALL MY GAMES. BUT NOW THAT I’M IN COLLEGE, THIS FRESHMAN YEAR EVEN IF IT WAS NOT PLAYING HE CAME AND SPORTED ME, AND SO I’M BIG ON FAMILY. THAT IS WHAT I REALLY BELIEVE IN HELENA, I BELIEVE IN YOU

THINK ESTATE, FAMILY, AND FOOTBALL. SO MY GRANDFATHER IS A BIG PART OF ME@# YOU KNOW, I CHERISH OUR RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE HE WOULD CONNECT TO YOU AFTER A GAME, LIKE TO SEE THE TYPE OF GRANDMOTHER WHERE WAS LIKE YOU DO NOT DO THIS, BOY.

HOW IS THAT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR GRANDDAD? >> NO. HE’S LOVING GRANDDAD. WHETHER WE WIN, LOSE, OR DRAW, HE’S A LOVING GRANDDADDY, HE WILL SUPPORT ME, HE WILL HAVE MY BACK, YOU KNOW, AND GIVE ME THE LOVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT I#

NEED AFTER THE GAME. AS MY GRANDFATHER. >> MY FAMILY FROM ALABAMA, SO I ROOT FOR THE TIDE, BUT LISTEN IN SAYING THAT, IN THE SHOT ANYBODY, I WAS RETURNED EARLY THE SEASON BECAUSE I THOUGHT YOU WERE THE KEY @#TO GETTING T

WHERE ALABAMA IS THIS YEAR. RIGHT? HOW DID YOU MAKE IT THROUGH, NOT JUST MAKE IT THROUGH, PERSEVERE THROUGH BEING BENCHED, BECAUSE YOU ARE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT TO TAKE PLACE WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO YOU THAT IS NECESSARILY NOT IN THE

CARDS THAT YOU HAVE PRODUCED A FORWARD BESPECKLED OUTCOME OF THE @#BIGGEST THINGS THAT HAVE SIMILAR FOCUS AND KEEP THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING, YOU KNOW? I HAD GOALS FOR MYSELF BUT FOR THE SEASON, NO MATTER WHAT NOAH’S OPINION OF ME IS MY

REALITY, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT DRIVES ME EVERYDAY. AND WITH MOTIVATION COMES FROM # WHERE I WANT TO SEE MYSELF IN THE FUTURE. YOU KNOW? MY DAD TAUGHT ME THIS WOULD ALSO GOT EVERYTHING NOW TO GET ANYTHING YOU WANT IN THE FUTURE.

IT CAME FROM WAKING UP EARLY, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CONTRIBUTED TO BEING SUCCESSFUL, AND EVERYTHING IS A PROCESS, AND I’LL TAKE IT FOR GRANTED, AND SO WITH THE JOURNEY NOW, YOU @#KNO I CAN ONLY SAY MAN I HAVE THE

BEST SUPPORTING CAST THAT SUPPORTED ME AND UPLIFTED ME THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY. SO, TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN WHO IS AROUND ME, AND ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE’S MIGRANT MOTHER. MY GRANDFATHER FROM CHICAGO. YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS ARE GREAT, MY DAD AND MOM, DEFINITELY

UPLIFT ME, WHATEVER I NEED FOR THEM THEY ARE HOPPING ON A FLIGHT @#REAL QUICK. SO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GREAT FAMILY THAT IS AROUND ME, SO I LEARNED TO EMBRACE HARD, YOU KNOW, HAVE A MILITARY BACKGROUND, MY DAD WAS A MARINE

AND MOM WAS IN THE NAVY, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I LEARNED GROWING UP WAS EMBRACING MY HEART, AND BE COMFORTABLE IN EVERY SITUATION THAT CAN BE TAKEN PLACE. SO, YOU @#KNOW, THE BEGINNING O THE SEASON THERE A LOT OF NAYSAYERS COME A LOT OF

CRITICS, A LOT OF THINGS WHERE I COULD EASILY DWELL IN IT, I COULD EASILY GAVE UP, COULD’VE EASILY THINK THAT I WAS NOT GOOD ENOUGH, BUT NO, IT WAS THE BIGGEST THING WAS TO STAY TRUE TO, AND JUST GO TO BE THE BEST

VERSION OF @#MYSELF EVERY SATURDAY THAT I CAN. >> SO WHEN YOU GOT BIG, PROTESTANT BENCHED, SECRET BACK AND TAKING IT OVER BY STORM, WAS THERE ANY CHANGE IN YOUR MENTAL THOUGHT OR EVEN HOW YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE GAME OR SECOND GAME.

AS PER CLASSICAL DATING EXPERIENCE IS THE BEST TEACHER. THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON TO WHERE I’M AT NOW @#CAN I CONSID MY SELF AS A VETERAN AS BEING A QUARTERBACK FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM. YOU KNOW? THE MORE, THE MORE PLAYERS YOU

HAVE THE MORE THAT YOU HAVE ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD, PUTS YOU IN A POSITION TO BE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE YOU HAVE SEEN THIS PLAY BEFORE, YOU’VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEN I ALSO FIGURE CHOSE TO ENHANCE MY SKILLS, SO THERE @#WERE A LOT O

THINGS THAT I TOOK AWAY FROM THE NEGATIVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SEASON I TURNED INTO A POSITIVE. YOU KNOW? AND IN THOSE SITUATIONS SO PEOPLE CAN REALLY DWELL IN THE NEGATIVE SITUATION I REALLY TRY TO TAKE IT TO HEART AND TRY TO

FIGURE OUT HEY, LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SAY WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT I CAN IMPROVE ON? WHAT ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE POSITION @# WHERE I’M AT RIGHT NOW. AND WITH ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, IT

IS A JOURNEY, IT IS A GRIND, AND I TRY TO EMBRACE ALL THAT WAS POSSIBLE. >> WHAT IS YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH COACH NICK SABIN? >> HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. I TRUST IN HIM, IN SABIN IS SOMEONE I LEARNED A LOT FROM.

MENTALLY @#AND PHYSICALLY, SO A LOT OF THINGS I HAVE SEGUES FROM COACH SABIN. >> WANTED TO CHOOSE TO GOOD ALABAMA? I’M SURE YOU HAD OPPORTUNITY TO GO ANYWHERE. >> YEAH, IT WAS THE RESOURCES THAT CAME WITH THE A. IN NUMBER

ONE WHAT I WANT TO DO IS GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA.@# THAT IS WHAT I TOLD MY PARENTS, YOU KNOW? AND I WANT TO GRADUATE, WAS A GRADUATE IN THREE YEARS, AND NOW I’M HAVING A JUST DO THAT THIS WEEKEND, SO I’M REALLY

BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. BUT, WHAT MADE ME COMMIT TO ALABAMA WAS RESOURCES, AND IT ALSO MY PLAN IS @#TO PLAY IN TH S.E.C.. I WANT TO BE ON MY OWN IN MY FAMILY I AM A MAN, BE A MAN AND

NOT HAVE TO BE UNDER MY PARENTS WING, REALLY WANT TO BE ON MY OWN, SO THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT I CHOSE TO DO, AND THE REASON WHY CAME WAS THE CLICHE THING THAT PEOPLE MAY @#SAY IS WANT TO BE AROUND THE BEST OF

THE BEST, BUT I TRULY SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU . TELLS EVERY SINGLE DAY WHEN YOU’RE ON THE FIELD, WHEN YOU’RE WORKING OUT, OR PEOPLE THAT DON’T ACCEPT MEDIOCRITY OR CAPACITY, THAT IS THE PLACE A VEHICLE FOR PEOPLE TO ACCEPT THAT, LET US WHERE I

AM AT. YOU KNOW, WHETHER AS COACHES, PLAYERS, EVERYONE @#HAS LIKE- MINDED MIND-SETS TO BE SUCCESSFUL, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I’M REALLY PASSIONATE ABOUT, AND IS ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT TO WHY I CAME HERE. THE SPIKY SHOW THAT WITH YOUR

PERSEVERE TO BEING BENCHED, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TURN AROUND AND HAVE SUCH A SUCCESSFUL SEASON, YOU @#JUST MENTIONED GRADUATION, AND I HAVE TO SAY IN THREE YEARS EVERYBODY LOOKING AT YOU RIGHT NOW, THE YOUNG MAN JUST TOOK US

GRADUATION PHOTO, BUT YOUR RETURNING NEXT YEAR, SO SPEAK TO COMING BACK NEXT YEAR AND WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NEXT YEAR TO TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL, BECAUSE I WILL SAY THIS RIGHT NOW, I WANT YOU TO GET THAT FIRST ROUND BREAD, BROTHER.

ALL RIGHT? YES, SO WE NEED THAT ONE MORE YEAR, BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO @# HAVE EVERYTHING, WE’LL TALK ABOUT YOUR REASONS FOR COMING BACK TO ALABAMA NEXT SEASON. MICROCEPHALY, THE FIRST THERE IS UNFINISHED BUSINESS ENOUGH IN THE SEASON, BUT TO BE AHEAD,

YOU KNOW, I WANT TO, YOU HAVE ANOTHER YEAR TO REALLY BE AROUND THE GUYS, REALLY LEARN AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I @#SAW TH AMOUNT OF FINISHED PRODUCTS, SO THERE IS ONE THING THAT IN CALLS THAT I COULD TAKE AWAY. AND WITH THAT, YOU KNOW,

OBVIOUSLY ALSO DO MY BEST TO BE THE BEST REBECCA CAN BE, AND BEING REAL, THE BEST CORVETTE IN THE COUNTRY. SO, WITH THAT AS A GRIND, YOU HAVE A PERSISTENTLY SET SHORT- TERM GROOVES, LONG-TERM GOALS AND LOOK IN THE MIRROR, @#YOU

LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SEE WHAT YOUR FLAWS, WHAT ARE YOUR WEAKNESSES? THERE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FACTORS SO WHERE I’M AT WHEN IT COMES TO GAME ONE I WILL BE NEXT YEAR. AND ALL THE DAYS WHEN GAME ONE

COMES NEXT YEAR I’LL BE READY, BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS IS THAT TO REALLY LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND SURROUND MYSELF WITH PEOPLE THAT WANT TO SEE ME BE SUCCESSFUL. @# THAT IS SOMETHING THAT ALLOWS PLAYERS TO GROW AS BEING AROUND THE RIGHT PEOPLE.

I’M ALL ABOUT MY SUPPORTING CAST, WHO WAS AROUND ME, AND BEING HERE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN POSITION TO BE SUCCESSFUL, SO I DECIDE TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE PLAN. SMACK TALK TO TALK, DELIVERED WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU IN THE S.E.C.

TRIBUTE CAME TO BE @#THE UNDEFEATED GEORGIA BULLDOGS, THAT WAS SOMETHING EITHER. NO DOUBT, YOU KNOW, WAS A PROUD MOMENT. YOU KNOW? WITH THIS WHOLE JOURNEY THAT WE HAVE BEEN ON, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF LEARNING EXPERIENCES BUT ALSO A LOT OF

THINGS THAT WE COULD BE PROUD OF, AND ONE THING TO BE PROUD OF, YOU KNOW, BEING VICTORIOUS IN @#THE GAME. YOU KNOW, CAME WITH A LOT OF ARTICLES, BUT THEN AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DID REALLY GOOD

TO HAVE A SINGLE FOCUS WITH THE TASK AT HAND AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WITH A HARD PASTOR BENEFIT AND FOR THE GUYS, PART OF THE CASTRO GOVERNMENT ESTIMATES A PART OF THE TEAM. JANUARY 1st, CFP@# SEMI FINAL ROSE BOWL, YOU GUYS VERSUS THE

SKIN WILL RESTORE THE FOCUS HAS ALABAMA JOURNEYS TAKE ON MICHIGAN? >> DO YOUR JOB. YOU HAVE TO DO OUR JOBS. YOU KNOW? WE HAVE TO HAVE SINGULAR FOCUS, WE HAVE GOT TO WORRY ABOUT THE TASK AT HAND, WE HAVE TO HAVE

THE CONFIDENCE YOU WILL HAVE HAVE THE PROPER CORPORATIONS, A LOT OF DIGITAL FACTORS TO @#WE NEED TO BE IN FOR THIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS GAME, BUT ANY GAME TAKE 60 MINUTES, WOULD NOT TURN OFF OF 30 MINUTES, WE

HAVE TO PLAY A COMPLETE GAME. AND WITH THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE TO DO TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS GAME. AND I THINK I@# PICK MY GUYS OV ANY. SPECULATIVE, LAST QUESTION, HOW

DID YOU FEEL WHEN THAT NUMBER 4 FOR ALABAMA FOR THE CFP, BUT ALSO HAD THE GUYS FEEL WHEN YOU SAW HOW MR. REACTED TO IT. EVER BEING SO TO BEFORE THE CFP. SPIKE YES, WELL WHEN I SAW OUR NAME @#BEING PLACED IN THE CFP,

AND ONE THING I THOUGHT ABOUT WAS OUR SHORT TERM GOALS ARE LONG-TERM GOALS, WE START OFF OUR TICKLERS ARE LONG-TERM GOAL, THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT, SOMETHING TO BE PROUD ABOUT, BUT WITH THAT WILL TAKE WORK, IT WILL TAKE WORK

AND WE’RE HAPPY TO BE HERE@#, B WE DID I GET HERE JUST TO GET HERE, YOU KNOW WHAT I’M SAYING? THE BIGGEST THING WAS, YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT HAPPY, I WILL DO THAT, WE WERE NOT HAPPY AND WILL RETURN TO THE COMING.

DESPITE I HEARD THE COMMOTION, MAN, GOOD LUCK, ALL RIGHT? STAY HEALTHY, YOU HAVE GOT PEOPLE APPEAR THAN IN CHICAGO THAN YOUR DIAGRAM AND ROOTING FOR YOU. AS ALWAYS ROLL TIDE, @#LOOK

On this episode of Football Night in Chicago, Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe joins Ken Davis to talk about visiting his grandfather in Chicago every year, getting benched early in the season, beating Georgia in the SEC Championship game, facing Michigan in the College football Playoff and more.

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