Uncertainty at QB abounds in Pac-12, not just at Stanford and Cal
[...] there will probably be eight new ones — possibly nine — this season in a league known for its passing games and elite players at the position.
Falk shared All-Pac-12 first-team honors with Cal’s Jared Goff last year, throwing for 4,561 yards and 38 touchdowns in Mike Leach’s “Air Raid” offense.
Rosen passed for 3,669 yards and 23 TDs but lost three excellent receivers to the NFL draft.
The uncertainty at the most important position makes the league’s division races less predictable, and the subject was one of the major topics at the Pac-12’s media days at an L.A. hotel.
Cardinal fans will recall that the team went only 8-5 (6-3 Pac-12) in the great Andrew Luck’s 2009 redshirt freshman season.
A shoulder injury took Williams out midway through spring practice, but he’s healthy now.
Darell Garretson, who passed for 2,586 and 18 TDs in 13 games at Utah State, probably will start for Oregon State, still looking for a first conference win for second-year head coach Gary Andersen.
Cody Kessler is gone at USC, and redshirt junior Max Browne is the favorite to replace him, although coach Clay Helton said there wasn’t much separation with redshirt freshman Sam Darnold.
Helton said he’ll pick a starter two weeks before the Trojans open against defending national champion Alabama on Sept. 3.