Purdue coach Jeff Brohm was an assistant at Louisville, his alma mater, when the Cardinals faced West Virginia on Oct. 15, 2005. The Mountaineers were coached by Rich Rodriguez, who had utilized two quarterbacks up to that point: Adam Bednarik and Pat White.
Bednarik was the starter, White his little-known sub. Louisville led West Virginia 24-7 in the fourth quarter when Bednarik got hurt.
“The rest,” Brohm said, “was history.”
White rallied the Mountaineers to a 46-44 victory in triple overtime. He became one of the most prolific dual-threat quarterbacks in NCAA history.
The events of ’05 give Brohm a unique understanding of the quarterback dynamic at Arizona, where Khalil Tate took over for the injured Brandon Dawkins on Oct.