Three-Horse Race In QB Battle - Central Michigan University Chippewas

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MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – The clock is tickin' and the calendar is flippin'.
 
Soon, at long last, it will be football season at Central Michigan University.
 
With just two weeks to go before its Nov. 4 season opener against Ohio, it's starting to get real for the Central Michigan football team.
 
"I think now it's starting to hit the guys," second-year coach Jim McElwain said. "I kind of noticed it in (Sunday's) practice; it's real and it's starting to happen. I think that's a good thing."
 
There is plenty of uncertainty for the Chippewas, just as there is in nearly every aspect of day-to-day life with the COVID-19 pandemic that has drastically altered the way Americans, and the world, go about their business.
 
For the Chippewas – and most every other college football team – it started in March with the premature end of spring practice and has continued through a delayed start to an abbreviated season.
 
While McElwain, his assistant coaches, and the Chippewas have adjusted, there remains plenty of football-specific question marks as they look to the opener.
 
There are in any season, the pandemic notwithstanding.
 
For CMU, one of those big questions is quarterback. Senior David Moore is locked in a competition with redshirt freshman Daniel Richardson and junior Ty Brock, a transfer from Football Championship Subdivision Sam Houston State.
 
Moore is the most experienced of the trio, but he is awaiting word from the NCAA on his eligibility. He appeared in six games, four of them starts, a year ago as the very capable backup to graduated starter Quinten Dormady. Moore completed 57 percent of his passes for 1,143 yards and five touchdowns.
 
Experience, McElwain said, gives Moore an edge and he showed poise and an in-depth knowledge of the offense when he got his opportunity a year ago.
 
"His knowledge, the way he handles the operation of the offense," McElwain said of Moore when asked what sets apart each of three hopefuls.
 
Richardson, who came to CMU from one of the nation's high school football hotbeds in Miami, Fla., has increasingly drawn the respect and trust of the coaching staff since his arrival in 2019.
 
The 5-foot-10, 205-pounder doesn't possess the prototypical quarterback build, but he has a knack for the position and for making plays, McElwain said.
 
"He's a guy that really is able to make plays and create," he said. "He's not a fast guy, he's not ultra mobile, but he does an outstanding job of seeing the field, extending plays, and creating explosives.
 
"He's got a real good knowledge now. It's untested from a game standpoint so you never know where that goes, but the situations we've put him in I feel very comfortable there."
 
Brock is the late comer to the party. He was not in spring practice nor was he in Mount Pleasant in the summer. Still, his track record is strong: He became the starter early in his freshman season (2018) at Sam Houston State and in two years with the BearKats he completed 54 percent of his passes for 3,885 yards and 24 touchdowns.
 
In 2018, he was a finalist for the Jerry Rice Award, which goes to the top freshman in FCS.
 
"He's able to do some things that the others can't do with his feet," McElwain said, adding that Brock compares favorably to Tommy Lazzaro, who last season frequently spelled Dormady in goal-line and short-yardage situations to take advantage of his running ability.
 
"There's some things that (Brock) does, from being able to throw on the run, being able to use his feet and athletic ability, that probably is a little bit different than the other two," McElwain said.
 
 

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