The Virginia quarterbacks decided to remain silent during training camp, announcing their decision to decline media interviews at Meet the Team Day. Their teammates, however, have been fielding questions about the quarterbacks throughout. Here are some quotables about Scott Deke , Peter Lalich , and Marc Verica .
About the different personalities …
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“They are all funny guys. Each one is different. I’m glad to be on the same team as all of them.” – Eugene Monroe
“Pete’s probably one of my best friends on the team, a real cool guy. Same as Deke and Verica. You couldn’t have picked a better, funnier group of guys to be around. Guys that can make you laugh. And they can also lead us. … They’re all good guys.” – Kevin Ogletree
“To me, they’re all funny. Marc is probably more of the type guy who just says something random. Scott is, well he’s my roommate and everything so I pretty much know when he’s trying to be funny. Pete’s just Pete. He’s a funny guy. … I think since they’re all competing for that spot, I see them all as the serious type of person who’s going to be in the film room.” – Cedric Peerman
“They’re all different guys. They are definitely all their own person.” – Landon Bradley
About the positive aspects of the race …
“Competition. Competition. Competition. It brings out the best in you. I think we’re seeing the best performance out of all three of the quarterbacks.” – Eugene Monroe
“Everyone is making good progress. Whoever is going to be the starter is going to be well prepared and ready to help us out.” – Cedric Peerman
“That they’re all just working hard. All the quarterbacks are working hard to earn playing time every day.” – Landon Bradley
“We’re wide receivers. We get the ball thrown to us. We know all of those quarterbacks can do that.” – Kevin Ogletree
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About the amount of media attention on the QBs …
“It speaks for their character and their toughness to be pounded so heavily with questions. Right now it seems to be an unknown. I think they are coming along well in their progression every day.” – Eugene Monroe
About how it affects the offense’s preparation …
“It doesn’t really affect us in anyway. That’s what we’ve got practice for. … We look at all three of them as one.” – Kevin Ogletree
From the coaches …
“They’ve all had good days and bad days and fortunately for us, more good than bad. They’ve all done very well. I’m pleased with their development, their progress, their command of the offense.” – offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Groh
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“I think anytime you have a chance to go through one year of college, you’re going to be a little bit different, know what to expect this time around. He’s competing for a job so certainly the focus is there day in and day out. .. . I think he’s looked really good. I’m very pleased with how he’s come along.” – offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Groh on Peter Lalich
“As I’ve said before, I don’t think we’re in any particular rush to [pick one]. The more we see of the quarterbacks, the better chance we have to let them give us the most clear-cut information as to who should take the first snap.” – UVa coach Al Groh
“He’s got a lot of good zip on the ball, nice rotation and good zip. He’s got a good, quick, clean delivery; the ball gets out of there pretty quickly. So he’s got good ability to throw the ball. The big thing with Marc and it’s continuing to improve is just getting enough looks and making the right decisions as to where that ball should go.” – UVa coach Al Groh on Marc Verica
“Scott’s been with us the longest and that gives him a real knowledge base not just in the system that we’re running, but just in the overall style and culture of this team. He’s heard our coaching staff talk about a lot of things, whether it’s how we do our business as a team, those things we that believe, how we run our practices, how we handle certain situations during the course of the game – this is now the fifth time that he’s heard them. … He’s got a good level of athletic ability for the position, probably behind Marques Hagans and Jameel Sewell , maybe third to those guys as far as the overall athletic ability of players who have played the position here.” – UVa coach Al Groh on Scott Deke
