The value of an experienced quarterback cannot be overstated, especially among SEC programs entering the 2016 season.
"If you look at it, I think the guys that have starters back have an advantage going into the year," Auburn coach Gus Malzahn said. "They know what they're getting."
Only a few SEC coaches have that luxury, and Malzahn isn't exactly one of them. Asked in mid-July where Auburn sits in that quarterback conversation, Malzahn grinned and replied, "I don't know," before adding, "Hopefully I'll be able to tell you early in fall camp."
Malzahn still can't answer the question, based upon his refusal after Saturday's scrimmage to narrow a three-man race between 2015 part-time starters Jeremy Johnson and Sean White and junior college transfer John Franklin III.