Roundtable: Is Arizona’s two-quarterback system a good idea?

Photo by Mike Christy/Arizona AthleticsIn somewhat of a surprising announcement, Jedd Fisch said Tuesday that both Gunner Cruz and Will Plummer will see time at quarterback in Arizona’s opener vs. BYU on Sept. 4 in Las Vegas.

Is that a two-quarterback system a good idea? Our staff members weighed in.

Brian J. Pedersen

Short answer: yes and no. Longer answer, with some actual context: this is Jedd Fisch making the best out of a less than ideal situation.

It’s fair to say neither Cruz or Plummer stood out from the other in camp, as the statistics apparently showed. That means neither did anything super great or terribly bad, so it became a coin flip.

And in the current college football climate…