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Keith Price will take his starting job back from Nick Montana, the famous Nick Montana.
The Washington Huskies will start Nick Montana at quarterback in place of injured starter Keith Price, who sprained his left knee last week against the USC Trojans, coach Steve Sarkisian announced after some delay. Montana, a freshman, will make his first career start against the Oregon St. Beavers.
In spot appearances and in relief duty against USC, Montana has piled up a 65 percent completion rate and a 133.2 quarterback rating. Highly recruited out of college, he had the chance to follow his father -- Joe Montana! You might've heard! -- to Notre Dame, but elected to set up shop in the Pacific Northwest instead.
Don't expect Montana to need to do too much to beat lowly OSU, but it will make for live-fire competition sure to get some sort of quarterback disagreement stirred up.
For more on this game, visit Washington blog UW Dawg Pound and Oregon State blog Building The Dam. Also enjoy SB Nation Seattle and Pac-12 blog Pacific Takes!
Apple Cup 2011: Keith Price To Resume Starting Role
The Washington Huskies will send out top quarterback Keith Price against the Washington St. Cougars, coach Steve Sarkisian confirmed Tuesday. Price missed last week's loss against the Oregon St. Beavers due to a left knee injury, ceding the top gig to Nick Montana, but is apparently good to go for the Apple Cup.
On the year, Price has 2,334 yards and 26 touchdowns, with his best games coming against the California Golden Bears and Colorado Buffaloes. He came off the bench to relieve Montana, throwing for about as many yards in fewer than half the attempts, though each mustered an interception.
The game's odds favored the Dawgs by 9.5 points at the beginning of the week, but started to slip once uncertainty about Price's injury crept in.
For more on this game, visit Washington blog UW Dawg Pound and Washington State blog Coug Center. Also enjoy SB Nation Seattle and Pac-12 blog Pacific Takes!
Nov 22 12:12p by Jason Kirk - 0 comments