Starting quarterback competition wide open as Cougs head into fall camp

The first time Mike Leach was in charge of a fall camp for the Washington State Cougars was the last time the team has a genuine quarterback competition. Jeff Tuel and Connor Halliday would ultimately share reps as the season wore on but ever since, we’ve known who the starter would be in August, despite many assurances from Leach himself things were wide open.

This year, Leach has a quarterback competition again. But it’s not two quarterbacks; it’s not even three like many had assumed; it’s four.

“I do feel good about probably four guys so we are going to have to sort it,” said Leach in his annual pre-camp conference call with reporters today.

When WSU hits the practice field for the first…