FRISCO, Texas — FRISCO, Texas – The talk of Big 12 Media Days was the quarterback-dominated conference, and West Virginia football wasn’t in those conversations because Rich Rodriguez still hasn’t named the starter. Throughout the spring, Rodriguez kept his cards close to his chest, while fans were left to speculate based on who came out first in the Gold-Blue Game or who wore what jersey.
Nobody could make an official conclusion until Rodriguez tipped his hand.
Not having a starting quarterback in a quarterback league with Heisman Trophy contenders should make a head coach nervous, because in a couple of months, your inexperienced starter will face off against some of the best in college football with multiple games of experience.
Rodriguez has a lot of options for a starter, making it harder. West Virginia’s quarterback room houses redshirt junior Nicco Marchiol, Texas A&M graduate senior transfer Jaylen Henderson, Charlotte redshirt junior transfer Max Brown, redshirt junior Scott Kean, and three freshmen, who are just coming in this fall or redshirted last year.
Despite the long list of options and the August 30 game with Robert Morris 50 days away, Rodrigeuz isn’t nervous, even though he said it’s the position a coach should worry about the most.
“I think that’s probably the room I’m the least worried about, from an athletic and a talent standpoint,” Rodriguez said. “I’ve got three guys who have played some games in college football. I’ve got a couple really good young players. We have the talent there. Now, they gotta learn our system. They gotta obviously get better individually at what they can do, but we gotta put the pieces around them as well.”
Through speculation, the quarterbacks can be narrowed down a little to a group of three,…
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