Someone catch me up. Spent a long weekend moving my older son back to college and my younger son in with him, emptying my nest and my wallet. Did any news leak out of Tuscaloosa in my absence? Any puffs of white smoke emerge from the Mal Moore Athletic Facility?

In short, have Nick Saban and Tommy Rees finally figured something out down there and picked a starting quarterback? No? Insert the Caddyshack “Well, we’re waiting” meme here.

As far as I know, as I type, the answer is still no. We don’t know if Jalen Milroe is going to be the next Blake Sims, Tyler Buchner the next Jake Coker, Ty Simpson the next AJ McCarron or Dylan Lonergan the next Jalen Hurts. Or if one of those four promising contenders will create his own identity, win the team and eventually seize the job for good.

There is no rule that says the quarterback that takes the season’s first snap must take every snap from there. See Coker and his breakout season in 2015. He won the job, then lost the job, then won the job back by the way he practiced, played and led after he lost the position.

Adversity revealed his true character, and all he did after that character check was run the table, star in both playoff games and win a national championship. This team will be lucky if this year’s eventual leader at that position distinguishes himself the way Coker did.

The real tests for the contenders don’t even start until the Sept. 2 opener against Middle Tennessee, and they may not be fully graded until after the Sept. 9 showdown with Texas. Saban has to have faith that his starter will not go full turtle after fumbling away his first career snap or throwing three picks in the Iron Bowl in the best tradition of the resilient Hurts and Sims.