The Big 12 has several quarterback derbies – or faux quarterback derbies -- this August. OU, OSU, Texas, Kansas State, Texas Tech. But some of the non-conference teams the Big 12 faces in September is going through the same thing.
And that includes UCLA, which has a new coach in Chip Kelly and a graduate transfer quarterback with name-brand recognition in Wilton Speight, late of Michigan. The Bruins play OU on Owen Field the second week of the season.
But Speight was a pocket quarterback, and Kelly’s great success at Oregon came with dual-threat QBs, so Speight seems a funny fit in Westwood.