SEC FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Top SEC contenders breaking in new-ish quarterbacks

  • Alabama head coach Nick Saban leaves the field after the Crimson Tide’s win over Ohio State in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Jan. 12 in Miami Gardens. Another college football season will start with everyone chasing the Tide. Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason college football poll released on Aug. 16. (AP FILE)
    Alabama head coach Nick Saban leaves the field after the Crimson Tide’s win over Ohio State in the College Football Playoff national championship game on Jan. 12 in Miami Gardens. Another college football season will start with everyone chasing the Tide. Alabama is No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 preseason college football poll released on Aug. 16. (AP FILE)

    Alabama's primary challengers in the Southeastern Conference can't take too much heart from the Crimson Tide breaking in an inexperienced quarterback.

    They're in a similar boat.

    There is a new group of …