For years now the Alabama Crimson Tide have been loaded with talent at the quarterback position.
Since 2016, their starting quarterbacks have been Jalen Hurts, Tua Tagovailoa, Mac Jones, and Bryce Young.
That’s a number 1 overall pick, 2 more players drafted in the top 10, and the quarterback for the defending NFC champions.
This year is a bit different.
With just over a month until the start of the season, the Tide don’t have a player that stands out as the clear choice to replace Young.
Their quarterback competition features former Notre Dame QB Tyler Buchner, last year’s backup Jalen Milroe, and redshirt freshman Ty Simpson.
None of them have separated themself from the others yet, but it seems Nick Saban isn’t in any rush to figure out who his starter will be.
Saban told the media that picking a quarterback is like when his grandma used to bake cakes. You have to be patient.
Nick Saban said he’s practicing patience with Alabama football’s quarterback battle, a lesson he learned from “Grandma Saban” and her cake bakinghttps://t.co/Os2B8rq6pp
— Matt Stahl (@mattstahl97)
“You know Grandma Saban used to cook the best cakes in the world,” Saban said (via AL.com’s Matt Stahl).” And I used to stand by the oven when I was a kid and say ‘When’s this cake going to be done?
’ And she said ‘If I don’t let it go through and take it out of the oven too soon, it’s going to turn to mush so it won’t be a really good cake. So I think we got to let this sort of develop and make sure we let the cake bake until somebody separates themselves.”While it seems Nick Saban isn’t in a rush to make this decision, whoever he chooses is going to be under some pressure from the second they are announced as the starter.
The Tide are looking to reclaim their spot as the SEC’s best football program after watching Georgia claim 2 consecutive national titles and they’ll need a big year out of their quarterback if they’re going to end Georgia’s run.
Maybe Saban’s patience will result in the cake he wants for the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2023.
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