Oklahoma football: QB platoon appears to be a last resort

Coach Bob Stoops still plans to name a starter sometime this week, perhaps as early as Wednesday.
by Ryan Aber Published: August 20, 2013

— Asked whether he could use a two-quarterback system to start the season, Bob Stoops resorted to quoting movie lines from a juvenile comedy.

“What do they say? Never say never and there's always a chance,” Stoops said Tuesday. “Even what's his name in “Dumb and Dumber,” he had a chance. It was one in a million, but he did have a chance.”

The Sooners have used some sort of a two-quarterback system the past two years, with the Belldozer in short-yardage and red-zone situations. But this year, with Blake Bell and Trevor Knight battling for the starting quarterback spot with less than two weeks to go until the opener, Stoops seems to be only leaving open the possibility in case drastic measures are needed.

Anytime he's been asked about the possibility of playing both Bell and Knight in any significant way, he's had a similar non-answer answer.

Stoops did shoot down reports that Knight had already been named the starter for the Aug. 31 opener against Louisiana-Monroe.

“Of course it isn't true,” he said.

Sources told The Oklahoman on Tuesday that the starting quarterback had not been decided entering the evening practice.

by Ryan Aber
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