With a little more than two weeks before the first game against Washington State, head coach Gus Malzahn would prefer to name a starting quarterback no later than next Monday.
"It could be tomorrow, it could be the next day. Anytime before next Monday would be really good for us, but like I've said before, we're not sure," Malzahn said Thursday.
Auburn will have their fourth scrimmage on Saturday at Jordan Hare Stadium, and it's possible a starter could be named before then. It's also possible that this could be the scrimmage that decides who the starter will be.
Malzahn said the sooner they can name a starter the better.
"Well you want as much time as possible," Malzahn said. "Ideally it would have been a week ago, and you get three weeks, but the earlier the better will help."
Quarterback won't be the only position that is going to get another look in Saturday's scrimmage. This scrimmage will help the coaches finalize other position battles as well.
"We got a lot of stuff figured out, but there are still a few question marks," Malzahn said. "Obviously that will be two weeks before the first game, and you would like to have the pieces of the puzzle in place."
In other news, Dee Ford has suffered an injury and did not practice Thursday morning.
Malzahn did not go into detail on the injury, but he said that he didn't feel like it would be long before he was able to return to the field.
With Ford's injury Malzahn feels the veteran depth behind him will be helpful if he isn't able to play in the first game.
"We've got some seniors that have experience, and I think that's always very important, and we have some guys that are versatile and can move around," Malzahn said.
Ford is not the only defensive player to have suffered an injury so far in practice. Safety Justin Garrett also suffered an injury, and has not practiced all week.
Even with these two injuries Malzahn does not think the team is in trouble injury wise, but the team is a little banged up.
"We've had a very physical camp, and we are little bit banged up but not bad banged up," Malzahn said. "I think we've been working very hard on getting our edge back and being physical, and that was the plan."
Auburn will have a second practice on Thursday afternoon, and will have two practices on Friday before the scrimmage on Saturday.
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