Sunday evening head coach Dan Hawkins announced that senior James Cox will open the season under center for the Buffaloes. Cox was injured much of spring practice and dropped to third on the depth chart. But Cox worked hard off the field to learn the new offense and to be ready for fall camp. In camp it was thought juniors Brian White and Bernard Jackson would compete for the job. White stayed atop the depth chart for most of camp and didn’t do anything negative to lose the job, but Cox’s ability to lead the offense was more consistant. Jackson has the most athletic ability of the three quarterbacks, however, his throwing needs improvement. Hawkins called the race “razor thin”, but in the end Cox appeared to be more efficient moving the offense and won the job. Hawkins is now in the delicate situation where he has two quarterbacks that can play and if Cox struggles how long to stick it out before bringing in White

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