Four months before training camp last year, former Rutgers coach Kyle Flood offered a definitive timeline on the quarterback decision, saying he would choose between Chris Laviano and Hayden Rettig in the first 7-to-10 days of training camp.
Flood then delayed the decision throughout the summer and ultimately named Laviano his long-term starter two days after the season opener last September.
So, yes, we get that timelines can be meaningless.
But with Rutgers once again in the midst of a quarterback competition, Scarlet Knights head coach Chris Ash was asked last week whether he had a timeline on naming a starter for the Sept.