Who will be starting QB @ Navy?

Clifford was terrible against Colgate
Pulled against BC (not a good barometer)
Pulled against Yale I believe
Might of had a decent game vs. Harvard

Got to play good against the good teams too.

I am predicting that Matt Considine will take the first snap in the game at Navy. Chris Butash may be the future of the position (although Hunter Helms and others will come to compete with him) with the future coming later this year---or next year----or his junior year. Still, however good he may become, I'm thinking, as others have suggested, that coach won't want to make his first college experience against D-1 FBS Navy.

I'll be pretty disappointed if Clifford is taking the first snap in Annapolis. I saw enough last season to know he's not going to be able to move the offense up and down the field.

What I saw last year was not inspiring from Clifford. However, this is a full year later so I have to believe he has been working on all aspects of his game for almost a full year. The choice of starting QB is a big one for many reason (most mentioned in earlier posts on this thread). However, we can't know the thinking of the coaches or what their plans are for the development of each of the candidates for this key position. With our transfer from Wake now on board, with his varsity experience, I don't expect to see Clifford start against Navy. BUT if he does start and can do well on the field, it would not disappoint me in any way.

Just psychology.  Biggest atmosphere of his life that can't be duplicated in practice against a team that is likely to be rearing to go out the gate.  Let a youngster soak in the atmosphere a bit and prepare mentally from the sideline while getting a feel for live Division I football.   Even if he is the best QB after camp, a sacrificial lamb would be in order at he start IMO  

From the Worcester Telegram article:

"As Chesney said last week on media day, all four quarterbacks, senior Emmett Clifford, junior Connor Degenhardt, junior Matt Considine, a transfer from Wake Forest, and freshman Chris Butash, are in the mix for the starting job.

Clifford and Degenhardt got most of the reps Tuesday, but all four continue to rotate.

“Connor and Emmett have a little better understanding of what’s going on and they’ve made some great plays over the last couple days,” Chesney said. “Then you look at Matt and you look at Chris and they’re doing an unbelievable job. All four of them — two of them are mentally very sharp right now and the other two are very physically gifted and just have to catch up a little bit and they’re doing an excellent job of it.” "

Yep. Very political answer to the question.

What we have confirmed, with some detail, is that the coach has a very competitive process going to select the QB starter for Navy. A game that is not typical of the competition later in the season.

Chesney’s comments are never going to give anyone (fans or foes) any clue about where the competition is 17 days before the opener. Expect a lot of coach-speak from now until at least the week of the game. The candidate pool for starter on 8/31 is not 4 guys at this point. If it is, we’re in trouble.

I probably misinterpreted this comment: "“Connor and Emmett have a little better understanding of what’s going on and they’ve made some great plays over the last couple days,” I still believe we will see Considine starting with Butash getting some time.

That's the Bunch em up and get shredded offense. This year we're the shredder, not the old bank statement getting shredded.