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Will Hall stays quiet on Southern Miss football QB situation after Jake Lange heroics

Southern Miss football is back to what has been its default state over the last two seasons: One of uncertainty at the quarterback position.

The Golden Eagles benched their true freshman quarterback Zach Wilcke in the third quarter of Saturday's 20-19 victory over Arkansas State, trailing 17-7. Former walk-on Jake Lange entered and engineered two touchdown drives to give USM (3-3, 1-1 Sun Belt Conference) a much-needed win.

Asked whether there would be a quarterback battle this week between Lange and Wilcke, Hall declined to show his cards ahead of a matchup with Texas State (3-4, 1-2) on Saturday (4 p.