08-20-2006, 08:52 PM
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| ASU starting QB Sam Keller leaves the team
Is this true??????? I read it on the Husker rivals board. And there is also another thread about him transfering to Nebraska?? What's going on in Tempe? Quote:
Arizona State's high-profile quarterback competition, believed to have ended on Friday night, took an unexpected, bizarre twist on Sunday, with the winner of the duel quitting the team.
Senior Sam Keller, who was named the starter over Rudy Carpenter, has left the Sun Devil program, sources close to the situation have said.
A school spokesman told the Tribune that ASU coach Dirk Koetter would have a "significant announcement regarding a player" after the team's practice on Sunday night.
According to a source, several players requested a Saturday meeting with Koetter in which Keller was not present. They expressed to Koetter their feelings that Carpenter should be the starting quarterback.
Last year, Keller threw for 2,165 yards and 20 touchdowns before succumbing to a right (passing) thumb injury. Carpenter took over and finished as the nation's pass-efficiency leader.
“I’m excited, happy and also humbled by it,” Keller said on Friday. “It’s a dream to play your last year and go for (a championship). The other guy deserved it as much as I did. It makes me feel good, and I’m enjoying it a lot more because I earned it.”
In the 18 camp practices before Friday, neither Keller nor Carpenter had established clear superiority over the other. But Keller’s seniority and the strong allegiance Koetter has for veteran players was a major factor in the decision.
“We went for the guy who is best for our situation now, and we couldn’t make a bad decision,” Koetter said. “I really hoped one guy would clearly outplay the other, and we had to do what we had to do. . . . The fact that Sam is a senior and hasn’t redshirted, that was sacrificing something for the program. If it was flipped over, with Rudy a senior and Sam a sophomore, it might have gone the other way.”
Carpenter threw for 2,273 yards and 17 TDs last year. The Sun Devils were 4-1 in games he started.
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