Talked to or listened to a ton of folks today, including Tommy Tuberville, Eddie Gran, James Willis, Terrell Zachary, Robert Dunn, Chris Slaughter and Michael Goggans. Got some good stuff from those guys that I'll be including in notebooks over the next couple of days, but I'm just going to post some highlights from Tuberville's post-practice comments today and some quotes from him. It's late and they're practicing in the morning.

Highlights:
* He said they're still not ready to name a starting quarterback, that Kodi Burns and Chris Todd are still splitting practice reps 50-50 and that he still expects both to play. Whether they've made their decision, he's not ready to let on just yet: "This time of year, the first and second quarterback get the same amount of reps. Now when we start practicing, I would imagine after the first game we’ll cut back a little bit. But right now we’re still trying to pick the right one." The quarterbacks were unavailable to reporters today and have been since Sunday. So were Tony Franklin and Paul Rhoads. I think they were last available about a week ago.
* He said Brad Lester practiced Wednesday. Tristan Davis did not. Previously Tuberville said it was a foot problem that was bothering Davis. Today he said it was hamstring. Neither player has been available for post-practice interviews for a week or so. Tuberville said Davis could play if he had to, but they're being cautious with him.
* Sen'Derrick Marks is apparently feeling better after being slowed by some undisclosed injury last week. He was also unavailable today: "He didn’t look hurt today. He was a beast out there today. I think he strained the back of his calf last week."
* Craig Stevens didn't practice today. Tuberville thought he had some sort of toe injury. He thought Stevens might be back at practice Thursday. Stevens was unavailable after practice today.
* Tuberville was complimentary of the way Gabe McKenzie has taken to his new position, defensive end. McKenzie was unavailable after practice today: "He’s done well. Gabe is very attentive. Everything he does he’s full-speed. I’m proud of him just wanting to play, wanting to make a decision on going and being on the field. This offense, he woulda played some, but he was kinda seeing the rotation and kinda feeling that I’d like to do a little bit more, being a junior. I like his acceleration off the ball. He’s very coachable. And if he keeps practicing the way he’s practicing, he’ll play in the first game at defensive end."
* Tuberville said they hadn't received word from the NCAA Clearinghouse on Reggie Hunt's eligibility. We discovered later that Hunt had been ruled ineligible and he confirmed it to Auburnsports.com. He plans to attend junior college in Mississippi.
* Tuberville on Slaughter: "I think the light’s come on for him. You just hope it keeps staying on. Some guys sometimes lock up on you. Last year I thought midseason he kind of went downhill a little bit, but right now he’s practiced well. Every time we’ve practiced, he’s come out and it’s looked like he’s been on a mission, which has been good."
* Tuberville on whether they'd consider redshirting Raven Gray if his injured knee doesn't improve more: "A lot of it will depend on what he does in the next three or four weeks. A.J. Greene’s playing better, so with Gabe, that gives them five over there that we feel pretty good about. The first couple weeks, Raven looked real good and then he kinda went downhill because he started losing strength because he hadn’t been going that much. If he regains it, we won’t redshirt him, we’ll play him. He’s pretty good in certain situations. He’ll probably be a situation guy for a while. But no, we wouldn’t redshirt him – he’s just got to make a little bit of recovery."
* Tuberville said no players are academically ineligible.
* He was asked about whether he thought freshman receivers like Derek Winter and Darvin Adams will play. Winter, Adams and all other true freshmen are off limits until after the first game: "We talked about that today, about receivers. I don’t want to play one of those guys three or four plays and wish we hadn’t done it. So we’re gonna do long, hard thoughts, probably Saturday, Sunday morning before we start practice again Sunday afternoon. But they’re doing good. I imagine at least one of those will play. Maybe two."
* Just to add it in, Eddie Gran said he considers Brad Lester his starter, although the first play and personnel grouping could call for Ben Tate to be in the game to start out. It depends on what the playcall is, he said.
* Gran also said "there's no question" Eric Smith appears in line for playing time this season.
* He also said Wes Byrum seems to be the top choice as the kickoff man for now, but he'd like to work Morgan Hull into the job as the year goes along in order to keep Byrum's leg fresh.