Marcus McMaryion has not been officially announced as Fresno State’s starting quarterback for Saturday night’s Mountain West opener against Nevada.
I’m listening to whispers, reading tea leaves, tracking smoke signals.
But unless something unexpected happened in the 24 hours leading up to kickoff, McMaryion will be the guy breaking the huddle on the Bulldogs’ first offensive play in the season’s most important game.
Why change now? Poor performance by Chason Virgil can’t be the reason. The sophomore has been serviceable over the first three games, especially considering the competition in the last two.
However, there’s still a sense McMaryion can bring a more dynamic, multidimensional element to the offense now that the Bulldogs have reached conference play and will be facing teams closer to their equal.