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How SEC Schools with Lingering Battles Can Make 2-QB Systems Work

There's an old adage that says if you have two quarterbacks, you don't have any quarterbacks.

The validity of that could be tested this fall in the SEC, where it's starting to appear that several SEC schools are headed toward two-quarterback systems.

At Alabama, it appears that true freshman Jalen Hurts is making a case to win the starting job over junior Cooper Bateman, sophomore David Cornwell and redshirt freshman Blake Barnett. John Talty of AL.com called the Channelview, Texas, native the "sexiest" choice of the contenders, but correctly noted that it'd take a lot for head coach Nick Saban and offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin to pull the trigger and name a true freshman as the Crimson Tide's starting quarterback with USC in Week 1 and Ole Miss in Week 3.