At Pac-12 Media Days, Oregon St. head coach Gary Andersen made it clear that he would prefer to not only have 1 clear starter at quarterback this season, and that he would prefer to name that person sooner than later.
But with zero experience between true freshman Seth Collins that most onlookers expect/hope wins the job, red-shirt freshman Nick Mitchell, who has shown flashes of better accuracy, and even red-shirt freshman Marcus McMaryion, whom Andersen installed as the 3rd stringer this spring, its entirely understandable that Andersen asked himself the question of "What if no one emerges?