“He’s still recovering from an ankle, but we should get him back soon”, Saban said of Black.
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Alabama coaches will watch film from Saturday’s scrimmage and evaluate the quarterbacks before deciding how reps will be split up next week, Saban said. “I think that would be very helpful, if we could get some of these guys that are sort of our playmaker guys on offense back out there working. That’s gotta happen”.
The Crimson Tide will take to the field of Bryant-Denny Stadium for its first fall scrimmage today.
The quarterback competition may still be ongoing at Alabama, but the defending SEC champions and College Football Playoff participants will see one player vying for the starting job miss some crucial practice time leading up to the start of the new college football season.
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Despite possibly having the second-coming of Andrew Luck, Cam Newton or Johnny Manziel on its roster in true freshman Blake Barnett, Alabama still doesn’t know who will be the starting quarterback. “‘Coach said this guy is the man.’ I can’t make it happen”. “As bad as I’d like to make it happen, I can’t make it happen…” “So do I want it to happen that way? I can’t make it happen”, Saban told reporters.
