Southern football doesn’t know who its starting quarterback will be against North Carolina Central at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in Atlanta.

Coach Terrence Graves also said Tuesday he isn’t completely sure who will be the starting running back or what the rotation might look like. Regardless of if he’s withholding that information for gamesmanship, he’s allowing his assistants to take control of that decision.

“I work for the football coaches, the assistant coaches,” Graves said. “Those guys are going to tell me how we’re going to do this thing and, you know, I trust them. And again, if you don't trust your assistant coaches, then why have them?”

Graves did share who he thinks was the most likely to start.

“Mike (Franklin) has been getting the brunt of the payload the last couple of days,

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