ARLINGTON, Texas -- This had to be Nick Saban’s dream scenario.
Which might explain why he was in such a good mood inside the cramped press room late Saturday night, joking with reporters about how he handled the quarterback situation leading into Alabama's season-opening game. Sure, he named Cooper Bateman and Blake Barnett as the candidates to start, Saban said, but he never actually excluded the possibility of Jalen Hurts playing.
“Y’all never asked,” Saban pointed out, grinning.
Hurts, of course, went on to play the majority of the opener, throwing for two touchdowns and rushing for two more as No.