TEMPE, Ariz. -- Often quarterback competitions are more like coronations, when everyone knows who's going to win the job -- think UCLA last year. If not that, observers often pick up cues, both from watching practices -- performances and how reps are portioned -- and from chatting with other players and coaches -- think Marcus Mariota at Oregon in 2012.
But if we've learned anything from Arizona State QB competitions under coach Todd Graham, it's that one shouldn't count ones pitchforks before they've... er, fully trifurcated? No one in 2012 thought Taylor Kelly was going to beat out Mike Bercovici and Michael Eubank until Graham made his ultimate decree, and even then immediate speculation was the decision wasn't written in ink.