The hot-topic discussion for WVU football all preseason long was the battle for the starting quarterback position. Head coach Rich Rodriguez gave exceptionally little detail as to how the race was going, other than the fact that he had positive things to say about all five quarterbacks vying for the top spot on the depth chart.
However, if you watched the West Virginia Mountaineers' Week 1 matchup with Robert Morris and had no context of what transpired through the offseason and preseason, you probably would not have thought that a quarterback competition was taking place.