WizardHawk
Release the Kraken - Fuck the Canucks
Larry Stone brings up a good point about the 'qb competition' and Petersen's remarks.
He seems to really want to keep his backups close to the vest. Get them more reps, keep them from transferring early by leaving them in a 'race' until game week, and help maintain their confidence and team support.This is the third time under Petersen that the Huskies have had an unsettled QB position leading up to the opener, bookending Browning’s final three years, after he claimed the job. In Petersen’s first year, Lindquist and Troy Williams vied to be Keith Price’s replacement for the opener against Hawaii (though Cyler Miles, suspended for the first game, would take over the job in Week 2).
Exactly one week before the opener, Petersen named Lindquist over Williams but said it was so close it came down to “splitting hairs.” He has used similar terminology to describe how close it came the next year between Browning and Carta-Samuels. And I suspect that when he eventually talks about this year’s decision, Petersen will frame it much the same way.