Two weeks ago, the coaching staff settled on Brent Rausch – a third-year sophomore – as the successor to the record-breaking Colt Brennan.
It was quite a story, considering that Rausch was playing eight-man football for a small high school based in the California desert just three years ago.
But Rausch came down with tenderness in the right forearm and biceps of his throwing arm, causing him to miss three practices and take a limited number of snaps during yesterday's final session prior to the team's departure for the mainland.
That's opened the door for the other JC kid, fourth-year junior Greg Alexander, to possibly start against the Gators. Making the most of his second chance, Alexander completed 11 of 12 passes during yesterday's throwing drills.
Now, we're told, the starting QB for Saturday's game could be a game-time decision.
Head coach Greg McMackin is putting a happy face on this latest development, saying the two candidates were "this close" in their fall competition and that both have received about the same number of reps during camp.
Waiting in the wings is Tyler Graunke, who blew his chance at opening the season as the starter by receiving a team suspension for academic reasons. Graunke has since been reinstated, but is not part of the 66-player travel roster, although he will be given a chance to compete for the job when the team returns from Gatorland.
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