Meyer looks forward to seeing how QBs respond Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer discusses the QB competition between J.T. Barrett and Cardale Jones and Braxton Miller’s decision to move to wide receiver. 0 Shares Print Steve Spurrier has never understood why there’s such a stigma attached to playing two quarterbacks. The Head Ball Coach is a bit of an expert when it comes to playing more than one guy at the most important position on the field, and he sees a lot of advantages to playing two if there’s no clear separation. “If you’ve got two who can help you win, and there’s not much difference between them, why not play both of them?” Spurrier said. “It’s no different than any other position. At least, it never has been for me. There’s nothing in the rulebook that says you have to play just one.” Nobody has ever accused Spurrier of being Mr. Conventional, and he certainly doesn’t subscribe to the old adage that if you have two quarterbacks, you don’t have any. He will remind you (again and again) that four of his seven conference championships as a head coach have come during seasons in which he played multiple quarterbacks, from his first at Duke in 1989 with Billy Ray and Dave Brown to his last at Florida in 2000 with Rex Grossman and Jesse Palmer. Spurrier’s even been known to rotate quarterbacks on every play. He did it in a handful of games during the 1997, 1998 and 1999 seasons at Florida, including a win over No. …
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