The News-Sentinel quoted Fulmer tonight as saying that Crompton and Stephens will split playing time with the ones during practice this week, and whoever is most consistent will get the start against Northern Illinois on Saturday night. It didn't include a statement about both playing or BJ Coleman or anything like that, but more details are sure to follow.
At the earliest stage of this quarterback "controversy", I'd simply caution to not make the same mistake with Stephens that Vol fans made with Crompton (and most fans make with a new QB) - don't expect the world out of a kid who, until Crompton went 8 of 23 yesterday, wasn't good enough to get a sniff as the starter. Nick Stephens has been the backup for a reason, and any game action he sees, whether it's against NIU or UGA, needs to be heavily tempered with low expectations. In part, a 1-3 start has done that for us. But let Stephens be Stephens and it won't take long to see what the kid's got against our schedule. Don't lean heavily on his one completion to Brandon Warren for 42 yards against UAB, because the most important parts of that sentence are "one completion" and "UAB". Just because Crompton has been that bad doesn't mean Stephens will automatically be that good.
And if it turns out that Crompton is back under center again Saturday night, we need to support him too. The season is bad enough already without a divisive quarterback situation. The whole Tennessee family - no matter who Crompton thinks that consists of - needs to find the good in what's already a bad situation. And hopefully, the Vol offense will find its life somewhere along the way.
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In my mind the idea of an "open competition" is just a farce. Fulmer has already said that Crompton practices very well, so is there any question who will start this saturday. They're just trying to make us fans happy. That being said I will be at the game this saturday and I will cheer whom ever is under center.
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