Emotion in Benkert reactions

East Carolina quarterbacks, from left, John Jacobs, Kurt Benkert and Philip Nelson warm up before Saturday's scrimmage at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. (Scott Davis/The Daily Reflector)Because it was a Wednesday and in congruence with in-season policy, only defensive players were available for interviews after East Carolina football’s evening practice.

That meant those defensive players answered a lot of questions about quarterbacks.

The buzz around ECU football throughout the day was centered around starting QB Kurt Benkert and his knee injury that was diagnosed early Wednesday as a season-ending ACL tear that has sidelined him for the entire season and re-opened a quarterback competition that had…