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Last week, quarterback Ryan Staub was third on Colorado\u2019s depth chart behind highly regarded senior transfer Kaidon Salter and five-star freshman Julian Lewis.<\/p>\n
This week, sources told ESPN\u2019s Pete Thamel that Ryan Staub will start for Colorado (1-1) on Friday night when it plays at Houston (2-0), and if Staub plays well, he\u2019ll keep the job.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the goal. I don\u2019t want to play musical chairs with quarterbacks,\u201d Colorado coach Deion Sanders told reporters Wednesday. \u201cWhy would I want to come to the game and do that?\u201d<\/p>\n
An old football adage says if you have two quarterbacks, you have none. Colorado apparently has three, so you can draw your own conclusions about its quarterback situation.<\/p>\n
Perhaps we shouldn\u2019t be surprised.<\/p>\n
Sanders\u2019 son, Shedeur, was his starting quarterback when he coached youth and high school and the first four seasons of his college coaching career. Shedeur Sanders, a fifth-round pick in this year\u2019s NFL draft, sits third on the Cleveland Browns\u2019 depth chart.<\/p>\n
How did Colorado wind up with a quarterback carousel? First, Sanders is known for his offensive impatience. In the four years he\u2019s been a head coach, he\u2019s changed offensive coordinators multiple times during the season.<\/p>\n
If Sanders doesn\u2019t like what he sees, change is coming.<\/p>\n Kevin Langley\/Icon Sportswire<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n For this season, Sanders said he decided to open up the quarterback competition after a 27-20 loss to Georgia Tech. Colorado gained 305 yards and 19 first downs, but Salter averaged just 5.7 yards per pass attempt.<\/p>\n Against Delaware, Sanders rotated each of his three quarterbacks, giving each of them two series to demonstrate their worthiness. Colorado won 31-7 and Staub emerged as the starter after completing 7 of 10 passes for 158 yards and two touchdowns.<\/p>\n Staub has taken the majority of first-team practice repetitions this week, though Sanders has yet to name him the starter publicly.<\/p>\n \u201cLeadership is involved. Understanding the totality of the offense is involved, and being able to do some things that are off script,\u201d Sanders said. \u201cWhen the play breaks down, come on, man, what you got?<\/p>\n