Maybe Jackson State’s Rick Comegy and Grambling’s Rod Broadway know something the rest of us don’t, because with the beginning of the season barreling towards the two SWAC favorites, being undecided at the most important offensive position is not a good look for team stability, or fan confidence.
During yesterday’s conference call, both coaches were evasive or downright indignant on which quarterback would be under center this weekend. Jackson State, who faces Hampton University in the MEAC/SWAC Challenge this Sunday, is torn between the tenured Tray Rutland and Louisiana Tech transfer Michael Mosley.
“Those guys were going neck-and-neck there for a while,” Comegy said. “But I think after a couple scrimmages maybe Mosley has edged him out really only by a hair.”
But that was in the morning.
“It’s moved slightly back the other way,” Comegy said after practice Monday afternoon. “Tray is really playing some good football.
Broadway, whose Grambling Tigers were forced into a quarterback controversy after Brandon Landers was declared academically ineligible, is mum on the decision to be made between Missouri transfer J.P. Tillman, freshman Brendan Crawford, and sophomore Greg Dillon.
“I really don’t know,” Broadway finally expounded. “It’s a toss-up at this point. They’re playing basically the same. And if we liked someone, we’d probably name a starter now.
With the level of success these two programs have had, you would think that the eye for a quarterback that can manage the team in pressure-packed situations would be there. But in black college football, there is often a tendency to waver between athletic playmaking ability and passing proficiency.
With Alabama State facing the same tough choice, you wonder if the SWAC just has a great reservoir of quarterbacks, or if the coaches have a hard time making up their minds?
