Reporters in varying degrees of physical condition hustled through the Bryant-Denny Stadium with eureka in sight.
Eight months of quarterback speculation and there they were. Right there in the Bryant-Denny Stadium stood Jalen Hurts to the left and Tua Tagovailoa to the right. For about six of the 15 minutes allotted for media day interviews, the two quarterbacks took the questions that burned up sports talk radio and all the internet portals this summer.
Over on Tagovailoa's side, the sophomore smiled as the herd of cameras and recorders rumbled his way. He acknowledged all the teammates on the field who weren't being mobbed though understood the moth-to-flame dynamic here.