From the moment Nick Saban arrived at SEC media days last Wednesday, he was waiting for the question to come.
Someone, he knew, inevitably would ask about quarterback Jalen Hurts. And when they did and insinuated there was a QB controversy at Alabama, he said it was a “hanging curveball.”
“Who’s saying that?” Saban snapped back at the television reporter in question. “You’re the only one saying that. You’re trying to create it right now. I never said that. All right? So I don’t know who’s saying that.
“That’s like me saying, ‘Someone said it’s going to have a hurricane outside today.