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Sports Page 10 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Friday, August 16, 2019 Mike Gundy seems resigned to using two quarterbacks to start the season By Berry Tramel, The Okla- Catalog. in 1994. As recently as 2006, the same," Gundy said. "If you pared to 80 percent for full-time Still, there's this gnawing homan, Oklahoma City Time was, two-quarterback Florida won the marbles using starters. And now in these days had two guys and one was like option that maybe the Cow- STILLWATER -- Quarter- systems weren't ridiculed. two quarterbacks, Chris Leak of legislated limits on number Mason Rudolph and one was boys could have a quarterback back intrigue builds as Cor- The highest-scoring NFL and Tim Tebow. and hours of practice, practice a runner, then it’s a little dif- surprise. Gleeson, after all, of: vallis, Oregon, nears for OSU team in history, the 1950 Rams, But that is not this. Those is shorter than ever, turning ferent gameplan. 'If he comes football. The only hand Mike platooned quarterbacks, Bob teams were trying to win college football into no country in, you gotta be ready for this, ten played two quarterbacks Gundy has shown is a willing- Waterfield and Norm Van games. This OSU team is try- for two men. If he comes in, then you kind at Princeton, which by Ivy ness to play two quarterbacks at Brocklin. The Cowboys and ing to identify a quarterback. "You just don't have enough of have to be ready for that.' I League standards had a strong Oregon State on August 30. Redskins became bitter rivals Gundy said this week that reps to go around," Gundy said. don't think it's much of an ad- QB pedigree. Sometimes even But implicit in the quarter- in the 1970s, when both spent the opinions of he and his new "We don't practice as many vantage, in my opinion." on the field together. back clues is that if Spencer time alternating QBs. Craig offensive coordinator, Sean plays as we used to," Sanders and Dru Brown share Morton and Roger Staubach Gleeson, have not changed. "If Besides, Gundy said, Sand- the honors against the Beavers, in Dallas; Sonny Jurgensen you clearly have a player that's ers and Brown are similar in it will be because Gundy be- and Billy Kilmer in Washing- better than the other, you play stature and styles. Two quar- STOCK MY POND lieves he has to, Not because he ton. Tom Landry, not exactly him," Gundy said. "If not, you wants to. ‘a court jester, once alternated have to play both guys." Quarterback platoons are so Morton and Staubach EVERY Modern football is not con- terbacks would not provide enough of a changeup to be worth it. After several rounds Tues. Aug. 22nd ence: ‘Sat Aug 24th last century, No self-respecting OTHER PLAY. Paging Mr. Ri- ducive to platooning quarter- of interviews with everyone 8-9AM EDMOND 8-9AM CLINTON football coach plays two QBs, pley, paging Mr. Ripley. backs. 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