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Hurts vs. Tagovailoa: Opposing coaches break it down

It's a question that will resonate throughout the college football world all offseason: Who will be Alabama's starting quarterback in the fall?

Usually, when a defending national champion returns a quarterback who's 26-2 as a starter, it's an open-and-shut case who will man the backfield. But it's anything but that simple at Alabama, where incumbent Jalen Hurts has to hold off sophomore Tua Tagovailoa, who came off the bench in the second half of the national championship game against Georgia to rally the Crimson Tide to their fourth title in seven years.

Alabama coach Nick Saban was never going to make a decision this spring.