Given that Alabama starting quarterback Jalen Hurts was pulled at halftime of January’s national championship game and replaced by Tua Tagovailoa, Crimson Tide coach Nick Saban isn’t much into fielding timetable-related questions concerning that position.
Alabama held its first spring scrimmage Saturday afternoon inside Bryant-Denny Stadium, and Saban was asked afterward whether Tagovailoa’s finger injury suffered last month was affecting the competition as far as when a decision could be made on the 2018 starter.
“First of all, I don’t have a timetable, so how could it affect it? You have a timetable. I don’t,” Saban said in a news conference. “Tua probably got 15 or 20 snaps today early in the scrimmage and did well. Jalen started out a little slow but really made some good plays as the scrimmage went on.
“This is not something we’re going to keep score on, so when you ask me this question, I can’t really give you an answer that is going to satisfy your needs.”
The scrimmage consisted of roughly 130 players and lasted more than two hours. It was Alabama’s eighth of 15 workouts this spring session, which will culminate with the A-Day game on April 21.