Beamer: QB competition 'still on'
Posted Jul24, 2006 at 09:20 PM
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer made one thing perfectly clear Monday: Sean Glennon may have come out of spring practice as the team's No. 1 quarterback, but he hasn't earned anything yet.
"This competition's still on," Beamer said.
Glennon, a sophomore, outdueled sophomore Cory Holt and freshman Ike Whitaker this spring to earn the top spot on the depth chart. Mammoth freshman Greg Boone is also working at that position in addition to taking some practice time at tight end -- his more likely destination.
But Holt and Whitaker have just as good a chance as Glennon to take the starting QB job for the opener against Northeastern.
“We came out of spring with an order," Beamer said. "Now we’re going to come back and see how they report back. Has anybody made up ground over the summer? Who’s thrown the most balls? Is anybody throwing better? Is anybody throwing worse? And then we’ll go through about a week of preseason practice and hopefully name a starter. I think the quicker we name a starter will be the best for our football team and the best for the quarterback himself.”
Beamer didn't give an exact deadline, but he did say that once the choice is made, he's going to stick with his quarterback. There will be no platoon situations, he said.
"One guy," Beamer said. "We’ve been down the dual-quarterback situation, and most of them, it just doesn’t work very well. There’s too many people up in the stands, they’re looking at the results and if it turns out OK, it’s OK. But the first time it doesn’t turn out OK, it’s ‘Told you so.’ I think the quarterback, you need to go with a guy and he needs to be your guy.”
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