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Quarterback battles are settled at some schools; not so much at others

The elephant in the room.

That is how Jalen Hurts has described his much-debated battle with Tua Tagovailoa for the quarterback job at Alabama.

It doesn't matter that Hurts started most of the last two seasons - everything changed when Tagovailoa replaced him midway through January's national championship game and led the team to a comeback victory over Georgia.

"There have been a lot of rumors," Hurts told reporters. "A lot of speculation about things that have gone on this summer."

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