To call it a quarterback controversy at East Carolina would be quite an understatement. The Pirates have four -- yes, four -- players competing for the starting job, and coach Ruffin McNeill said Saturday that "I think they're all, right now, in the mix." When East Carolina opens in four weeks against Appalachian State, the starting QB could be junior Rio Johnson. Or sophomore Shane Carden. Or redshirt freshman Cody Keith. Or fifth-year senior and former walk-on Brad Wornick. "In the end, I just think it'll make whoever the starter is that much better," Carden said. "When you have a competition between two people, they kind of push each other forward to make the better play or to step up their play more. When you have four, it just makes it that much closer of a competition." McNeill says there's no need to hurry and pick one because all four have been around long enough to become familiar with coordinator and quarterbacks coach Lincoln Riley's offense. Instead, the priority is on "making the right decision and what's best for the football team." Said Johnson: "It isn't a sprint. It's a marathon. This whole camp, this whole process, it's not just off of one day." Read more: http://espn.go.com/college-football...ers-mix-starting-qb-job-east-carolina-pirates
