Saturday night Marquis Johnson took the field for warm-ups without knowing he would take the place of Alabama's best defensive back, Javier Arenas.

Arenas took a punch to the ribs in practice on Wednesday, was sore Thursday, and went through Friday walk-throughs. When he came out for warm-ups on Saturday, he informed coaches that he was too sore to play up to his usual standards.

So Marquis was pushed up to a key role without notice.

How did he perform? Try six broken up passes, three in the end zone that kept South Carolina from ever scoring a touchdown, and one quarterback hurry.

In fact Steve Spurrier was so intent on proving that Alabama's back-up was not up to par that he threw three times in a row the...

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