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Alabama's starting quarterback controversy remains; 'We'll see,' Nick Saban says

SportsPulse: USA TODAY Sports' Dan Wolken breaks down the burning questions heading into the 2018 SEC football season. USA TODAY

ATLANTA — The No. 1 topic for everybody’s No. 1 team is, well, “still to be determined.” That wasn’t unexpected, but it was Nick Saban’s answer — before anyone had the chance to ask — to the question of which quarterback will start for Alabama.

Is it Tua Tagovailoa or Jalen Hurts?

“The No. 1 thing you’d like to talk about is the quarterback controversy you love to create and continues to create, you love to talk about … it’s still to be determined,” Saban said.