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Troy names Gunnar Watson starting quarterback

TROY — Troy went through its second scrimmage of the fall Saturday morning at Veterans Memorial Stadium exactly two weeks out from its season opener against Louisiana-Monroe. The Trojans ran around 125 plays on the day, and head coach Chip Lindsey named sophomore Gunnar Watson the starting quarterback following the scrimmage.

“Throughout the whole camp and preseason practice (Gunnar) has been the most consistent quarterback,” Lindsey said following the scrimmage. “Gunnar has to do a good job to keep that spot but we will go with him in game one as our starter.”

Watson took all of the snaps with the No.