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Zach Wilcke wins Southern Miss football quarterback competition again, gets Tulane start

Another period of competition at the quarterback position for Southern Miss football has yielded the same result: Zach Wilcke remains the Golden Eagles' starter for a third consecutive week.

Coach Will Hall announced Wednesday that Wilcke, a freshman, would lead the Golden Eagles (1-2) against Tulane (3-0) on Saturday (6 p.m., ESPN+). He indicated that Ty Keyes, who came into this season as USM's starter, would also play.

"I'm not going to tell you exactly what that's going to look like because I don't want to give that away," Hall said. "We're going to play both of them, and we're going to do everything we can possibly do .