Posted by SJSdude on 4/19/2008, 7:08 am
Link: http://www.mercurynews.com/collegesports/ci_8982684
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By Jon Wilner
Mercury News
04/19/2008
Hot off the Mercury News' college sports blog, the College Hotline . .
Not only do the local teams have quarterback questions, but they also have tailback issues.
Stanford, Cal and San Jose State are looking for No. 1 quarterbacks and No. 1 tailbacks. And there has been no resolution on either front at any school during spring practice.
At Cal, injuries to quarterback Nate Longshore and tailback Jahvid Best have added to the murkiness.
Longshore is due back in August to compete with Kevin Riley for the starting job. But how effective will Best be after a major hip injury?
Add the departure of James Montgomery, and the Bears have more questions in the backfield than at any time during the Jeff Tedford era.
• At San Jose State, Kyle Reed and Jordan LaSecla figured to duel for the starting quarterback job, but that changed in a hurry. Reed, a Cal transfer, broke his foot; LaSecla struggled; and Myles Eden emerged as the steadiest of them all. For the moment.
The tailback situation is even foggier. Will Yonus Davis make grades and receive an extra year from the NCAA? Will Patrick Perry be healthy in time for training camp? When a quarterback (Sean Flynn) is your leading rusher in the Spring Game, things are unsettled.
• What looked like a two-man quarterback race at Stanford entering camp (between Tavita Pritchard and Jason Forcier) actually turned into a three-man race (Pritchard, Forcier and Alex Loukas). I'm guessing Harbaugh would have preferred that someone claim the job.
The tailback situation on The Farm looks better than it is. Returnees Anthony Kimble, Toby Gerhart, Jeremy Stewart and Tyrone McGraw rushed for 1,286 yards last season (and that's with only one game from the injured Gerhart). But Harbaugh isn't satisfied.
"The main thing is to find that No. 1 tailback who's there every game," he said. "We need to establish a running back we can count on."
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