Pretty smooth way to handle this...
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HOW MUCH OF A COMPETITION IS IT GOING TO BE BETWEEN ZACK ANNEXSTAD AND TANNER MORGAN?
Fleck: First of all, I think Tanner Morgan's earned the first team reps. Period. In terms of the spring.
I think if you ask Tanner, if you ask Zach, you ask Cole, if you ask Jacob, they all want an opportunity, and everybody's going to get an opportunity. I think that that's what this program is about.
But I think when you look at what Tanner has done, at the body of work over a period of time, what he's done for this institution, what he's done with the football program, what he does in a leadership role that he has, he's earned the first team reps in the spring.
And I think if if you ask Tanner Morgan as humble of a kid he is, are you the starter? He's going to say I gotta go earn it. And I wouldn't have it any other way. But it's going to be a very competitive spring and we want it to be that way because the great thing about it is, I know what they can do.
But now we have an offensive coordinator who gets to coach them and teach them for the first time, and gets to see their strengths and gets to see their abilities to be able to grow on. And I think that's really critical for our spring is to get Coach Sanford familiar with all of them. He's been able to work here and there on some techniques and fundamentals, but to really dive into the quarterback position in terms of playing the game. I'm really excited about that.
