As most fans wait to see who first-year UW coach Dave Christensen names as his starting quarterback, which should come Monday or Tuesday (if he doesn’t already know it), Colorado State named its starter for its Sept. 6 opener at Colorado.
Senior Grant Stucker, who has played in five games in the last three years, got the nod Friday from coach Steve Fairchild. Stucker beat out junior-college transfer Jon Eastman and sophomore Klay Kubiak.
UW’s first road game is at Colorado on Sept. 19 and the Buffs haven’t settled on a starting quarterback yet, either.
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TCU and Florida International are the only Football Bowl Subdivision teams that won’t open the season next week. TCU begins its season Sept. 12 at Virginia.
Coach Gary Patterson has mixed feelings about that. He doesn’t like the fact Virginia will have a game under its belt by the time his squad gets up there. But he likes the extra practice time, especially some of the younger players to get ready for the season.
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Utah still hasn’t named a starting quarterback between true freshman Jordan Wynn and junior-college transfer Terrance Cain.
Coach Kyle Whittingham showed last season he isn’t afraid to play two quarterbacks. He doesn’t necessarily want to platoon guys, but he isn’t opposed to putting in special packages for a different quarterback depending on the situation in the game.
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When UW opens the season Saturday against Weber State, there will be 1,800 temporary bleachers in the south end zone that fans can purchase tickets for. However, the real reason for those bleachers is for the Sept. 12 game with No. 2 Texas.
Also, there will be around 840 temporary bleachers in the north end zone for the Texas game.
Check out Sunday’s Wyoming Tribune Eagle for a complete team preview of the Cowboys and a prediction of how many games they will win.
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