NORMAN — In 2013, on opposite ends of the Big 12, two quarterbacks went through very different yet similar position battles. In Norman, Trevor Knight was in a three-way battle where he wasn’t the favorite but wasn’t the overwhelming underdog, either.
At the same time in Lubbock, Texas, Baker Mayfield was never even expected to be in the conversation to be Texas Tech’s starting quarterback. Two years later, the two are in the middle of another quarterback battle — against each other. “It’s the same type of deal,” Knight said recently, reflecting on his competition with Blake Bell and Kendal Thompson.