A quarterback with mixed success enters his senior season to questions of whether or not he should make way for his successor.

A statement about Devin Gardner? Try Brian Griese entering the 1997 season.

Griese entered his senior season with a 5-5 record as a starter, and had ridden the bench for most of the 1996 season. His competition for the starting position in 1997 included Scott Dreisbach, who had started most of the previous season, and some guy named Tom Brady.