It’s mid-August in Morgantown, and the scream for QB1 ticks louder. West Virginia’s quarterback derby—five men deep, all throwing heat in camp—is about to get its first major cut. Rich Rodriguez , never one to sugarcoat a dang thing, just dropped a 72-hour timer on the decision-making process. He’s teasing that by Sunday night, the staff will have a real picture of who’s where. But until then? Every snap in Saturday’s scrimmage might as well be a lottery ticket.
Rodriguez stood there Wednesday, talking about how every QB has “progressed” while juggling the headache of giving five guys meaningful reps. ” Yeah, I think all have progressed, and it’s really been quite a task to get so many guys so many reps. You know, I think— and we do get a lot of reps in practice, so I’m not concerned t