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OPINION: Why Virginia's quarterback competition is nothing to fear—despite the history

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With the news on Sunday that former ECU quarterback Kurt Benkert is coming to Charlottesville and reuniting with his former coach, the situation under center at UVA has become a little murkier. Senior Matt Johns had been considered the strong front-runner to start heading into spring camp, but Connor Brewer's strong spring made it a two-man race.

This week, reports indicate the starting job may be back to being one man's to lose—except that one man is Benkert and not Johns. And now Virginia fans have started muttering the words no football team wants heading into the offseason: "quarterback controversy.