MORGANTOWN — Monday was the first day of game prep for almost all college football teams. The only exceptions were the Week 0 teams, which actually are three Big 12 teams. The start of game prep meant it was time to unveil starters and, most importantly, who the starting quarterbacks were.
Ohio State named Julian Sayin, and Notre Dame picked C.J. Carr to be their starting quarterbacks, and there were many more. One team that’s yet to name its signal caller is West Virginia.
Rich Rodriguez has kept his depth chart close to his chest and hasn’t picked between returner Nicco Marchiol, Texas A&M transfer Jaylen Henderson, Charlotte transfer Max Brown, or returner Scotty Fox.
On August 17, Rodriguez and his staff sat down and discussed the depth chart because getting reps for 50-60 players during game week isn’t possible. In the conversation was who the starting quarterback was going to be.
Rodriguez made it clear he won’t name a starter until the very last minute, but it’s getting easier to speculate and narrow down who it’ll be.
Marchiol will most likely be the starter. He’s one of the most experienced quarterbacks on the roster and won a couple of games as a starter last year. Rodriguez said nothing but great things about Marchiol during camp, too.
Marchiol also appeared to be working with the first team during some of the camp viewing sessions, was the first player available to the media, and came out first for the spring game. Marchiol was also atop the depth chart Rodriguez showed briefly during one of his press conferences, if you want to use that as well.
It feels like Marchiol is going to be the starter.
Henderson does make for an interesting counterargument, because outside sources think he’ll be the starter.
The Texas A&M transfer played a…
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