AJ McCarron calls out ‘stupidity’ of Thomas Castellanos comments
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Former Alabama quarterback plenty to say about recent comments from Florida State quarterback Thomas Castellanos.
Last month, Castellanos expressed confidence when talking to On3 about FSU’s Week 1 matchup with Alabama.
“They don’t have Nick Saban to save them. I just don’t see them stopping me,” Castellanos said.
While everyone from Paul Finebaum to Danny Kanell has shared their thoughts on that comment by Castellanos, McCarron added his take to pile when he appeared on The Dynasty podcast earlier this week. McCarron didn’t hold back, calling out the “stupidity” of what the new FSU quarterback had to say.
“Where do you even start?” McCarron said. “You’re going to a team that was 17th out of 17 teams in the ACC. You’re leaving a team and lost the starting job where you finished 9th in the ACC. Listen, I’m all for confidence, but this is stupidity.”
McCarron also brought up Bill O’Brien, a former Saban assistant at Alabama who coached Castellanos at Boston College last season before ultimately benching him.
“Ask Bill how Alabama is,” McCarron said. “What type of players they have. How they play the game. And let [O’Brien] tell you, hey ‘Thomas, you might want to stay quiet on this one. Just go out and play.’ Now you just added fuel to the fire, brother.
“I promise you, I wouldn’t want to be you the first game of the year. I don’t care how well you can run. How well you can throw it. Once you stand in that pocket and get hit a couple times, that accuracy that dipped that cost you the starting job, you better find it quick this offseason and during that game because it ain’t going to be good.”
Alabama is a 12.5-point road favorite against Castellanos and the Seminoles in Week 1, per most betting apps.
Kickoff from Tallahassee is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on Aug. 30.
Spenser is a news editor for Saturday Down South and covers college football across all Saturday Football brands.
