Taking No Quarter(back)

   For being such a dominant league, the SEC launched its season with surprisingly many unsettled quarterback roles. This week, one case was solved (for now) while at least two others remain in a time-share situation.

   At Auburn, coach Tommy Tuberville gave the nod to Chris Todd after saying Kodi Burns looked lackadaisical. Todd put up a pair of good/bad zeroes against Southern Miss -- no TD passes, no picks. The coach's apparent thinking: Better safe than sorry.

   Is Todd the right guy for Auburn?

   At South Carolina, Steve Spurrier plans to employ Tommy Beecher and Chris Smelley, which suggests he is uneasy with both. If I were one of them, I might prefer to have Saturday off, seeing as how vaunted receiver Kenny McKinley is idled by injury.

   Is it about time for the ol' ball coach to choose one?

  Same at Kentucky, where Rich Brooks is playing eeny, meeny, miney, mo between Mike Hartline and Randall Cobb. They will trade off Saturday. Unlike the Gamecocks, who face mighty Georgia, the Wildcats have a few weeks to sort things out, what with Middle Tennessee State and Western Kentucky on the sked.

   Who should it be at Kentucky?