Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Simms pulls ahead as Vols starting QB

The Tennessee Volunteers have plenty of issues heading into 2010, including breaking in a new coach, a serious lack of depth and experience and the NCAA probes. Deciding who will be their starting quarterback, however, will not be one of those issues.
Matt Simms, the son of former New York Giant Phil Simms, appears to be on track to win the starting job for the Vols this season over freshman Tyler Bray. Matt Simms' experience appears to be giving him the edge in Tennessee's quarterback competition. With one week of the Volunteers' fall camp left, the junior who spent a year at Louisville and another at a junior college, is poised to become the team's starter when it begins preparing for the season opener against Tennessee-Martin next week. The competition for starting quarterback has been fairly even throughout much of the spring and summer. Both players possess strong arms, but Simms has fared better during two-minute and red zone drills.

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