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Pokes play QB roulette

Wyoming keeps options open in revised offense

By Austin Ward, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle

Published August 9, 2008 at 12:05 a.m.

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Wyoming's not trying to keep anything secret about its uncertain quarterback situation.

The Cowboys just really don't have any idea how it's going to play out.

Wyoming coach Joe Glenn tried his best to say nothing at all about his signal-callers, then sidled up beside new offensive coordinator Bob Cole to listen to him do the same after practice at War Memorial Stadium.

Glenn and Cole are well aware of the importance of finding a starter under center, and it's not like they have anything to hide.

The simple fact is that Wyoming really isn't any closer to settling on one guy from its pool of candidates - junior Karsten Sween, junior-college transfer Dax Crum and senior Ian Hetrick.

"They're all doing really good," Cole said. "None of them has actually pulled away yet. They will by the scrimmage, I think, and we'll decide on a guy.

"They've been going with the ones for two days each, so it's not like they're not getting enough reps. We're getting a good evaluation on them. The cream will rise to the top. It always does."

Obviously, the hope is that the separation comes midway through next week, with Wednesday's opening scrimmage serving as the unofficial deadline.

"We're just going to keep evaluating and really let them compete," Glenn said. "Probably not going to answer any questions about the quarterback thing until after that scrimmage.

"We'll have a guy, and it'll be based on everything that we've done up until that time and on the scrimmage. So to say that this guy is doing better than that guy right now, each one of them has had better practices and better moments in practice."

So far this week, those positives are largely a product of the familiarity with Cole's offense afforded by the spring.

The Cowboys will still try to increase the tempo, though whoever wins the job next week will lead an attack that relies more on the no-huddle.

"(The double cadence) is pretty much gone, maybe three plays a game," Cole said. "I've done it for a year or two, and, initially, I liked it a lot.

"The more I've done it, the more it just looked like it just took the flow out of the game and the rhythm out of the offense."

All that's left is finding the best guy to synchronize it.

"Nobody has really jumped off the chart yet, I know that," Glenn said. "That goes with the whole team - the coaches and everybody else - nobody's perfect and nobody's playing perfect.

"We'll just see how it goes. Probably even need to see the film after the scrimmage, but it should be obvious, shouldn't it?"