Who is the starting quarterback? That’s the age-old question in football. Who is the leader of the football team? Most of the time, it is the quarterback.
Rich Rodriguez went months of being asked who West Virginia’s starting quarterback was, who was leading the pack, or who looked the best, and didn’t budge, keeping the competition open. Even in the depth chart he released on Tuesday before Robert Morris, Rodriguez listed five quarterbacks as the starter.
Based on the projections and going off the order the starting quarterbacks were listed, returner Nicco Marchiol seemed like he’d see the first snaps in Week 1. Just a couple of hours before the game, it was reported that Marchiol would start.
However, Marchiol revealed he was told earlier in the week that he’d get the nod.
“Nicco has