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Redshirt freshman no underdawg in SIU quarterback battle

"I don't feel like an underdog at all," Hearn said. "Coach [Nick Hill] knows what I can do."

On Jan. 14, a Football Championship Subdivision scout tweeted that the quarterback battle between fifth-year transfer Josh Straughan and sophomore Sam Straub will be an intense fight.

Hearn and Scout Twitter Interaction
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Football fans, like this scout, may believe that a sophomore, and certainly a fifth-year transwer, would have the leg up on Hearn.

Hearn takes exception to this assumtion and said tweets like that motivate him.