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The University of Utah Athletics
Ratliff Named Utah's Starting Quarterback
8/23/2006 12:00 AM | Football
Aug. 23, 2006
SALT LAKE CITY -- University of Utah head football coach Kyle Whittingham announced senior Brett Ratliff as the Utes' starting quarterback Wednesday morning.
Ratliff and junior Tommy Grady had been in competition for the position throughout fall camp.
"It was obviously a very competitive situation and not an easy decision to make," Whittingham said. "Both Brett and Tommy performed well all during camp and both are certainly worthy of the starting position. What it ultimately came down to was Brett's performance in the two games he started at the end of last season, combined with the excellent job he did during fall camp of not turning the ball over, moving the first team offense, and getting us into the end zone."
Ratliff helped lead Utah to a 41-34 overtime victory over rival BYU in the final regular-season contest last season. He then quarterbacked the Utes to a 38-10 rout of then-No. 24 Georgia Tech in the Emerald Bowl.
Junior Brian Johnson began fall camp in the equation, but decided to redshirt late last week to give his surgically repaired left knee more time to fully heal. Johnson started the first 10 games of last season for Utah.
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