Duke named its starter for Notre Dame--Clemson transfer Chase Brice. David Cutcliffe discussed why Brice won the job and what his plans are for the backups.
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00:00Well, I think it changed weekly.
00:04One of the things that took a bit, and it would, is you had two guys competing for
00:09the job that knew the system and the system.
00:12I think Chase, as he got more comfortable with our system,
00:17what you started seeing was his experience.
00:20He's played a lot more football at this level than the other two have.
00:25Chase played a lot of games and a lot of game time at Clemson.
00:30And you could see that in his pocket movement and
00:34just feeling natural in a pocket, the timing mechanism of throws.
00:38And as he got more comfortable, his accuracy level at all the throws,
00:44whether it was deep balls, intermediate, short, layoff, he just became more and
00:49more the most comfortable quarterback on a day-to-day basis.
00:52And as the week closed out last week, I think it became more obvious.
00:57And it's when we made the decision to start him at the Notre Dame game.
01:02But I do, and I've said it, and I said it in the release, it's not just words.
01:06Chris and Gunner both have played outstanding, they're talented players.
01:12They're doing everything that's asked of them.
01:15And so certainly the circumstance is gonna be fluid when you have a team that
01:20hadn't played, you hadn't had a spring practice.
01:23You hadn't scrimmaged as much as what you would have in the past,
01:26hadn't had a normal camp.
01:29So you just gotta go play games.
01:31But I think Chase earned this start without a doubt.
01:34He's a talented young man and does a lot of things extremely well.
01:39That's completely fluid right now, and
01:41that might be the situation of the game or the circumstance.
01:44And both of those guys have great strength.
01:48Chris Katranek is really a master of our system, throws the ball really well.
01:53More of a drop back guy.
01:54Gunner's throwing it really well, but Gunner gives you the dual threat.
01:58He's got a lot of speed and a lot of things that he brings to the table.
02:01So again, it would be the circumstance right now, but
02:04they're bracketed as number two.
02:06And I mean truly bracketed, there's no three.
02:09We got a starting quarterback and then we've got two backups.
02:13That's always a possibility right now.
02:16It's not on the highest priority level for this ball game.
02:21The uniqueness of our practice and
02:23the experiences that we've had to deal with during camp.
02:28The amount of time we can put into different things is more limited than what
02:32it's been in the past.
02:34But that's certainly a possibility that you could see either one of them in this
02:40game, but I'm not ready to say I wanna go into the game.
02:44We got a starter.
02:45We're gonna go play and go play that way.
02:47And I think that's the best approach to start the season.