Nebraska's QB Battle Takes Twist

With Joe Ganz graduating this year, the Nebraska Cornhuskers were going to have a quarterback competition in the spring with junior Zac Lee and sophomore Patrick Witt. There are a couple of other freshman candidates who will be competing for the spot in Kody Spano and Cody Green, but realistically they're longshots at best.

Or at least that's what the Cornhuskers thought. Turns out the path for Zac Lee to claim Nebraska's starting quarterback job just got a lot easier as Patrick Witt announced on Sunday that he is transferring.

"We have no comment and Patrick has no comment. He's leaving," Gene Witt said Sunday night.

Gene Witt said his son, a sophomore-to-be from Wylie, Texas, would leave Lincoln in May after finishing out this semester of classes.

"Everything was official (Saturday). It's a done deal," Gene said. "He'll be leaving at the end of this semester. He's got a 4.0 GPA and he's focusing on his grades now."

Bo Pelini issued a statement saying he wished Witt "nothing but the best," but something tells me he was keeping other, angrier, thoughts to himself. Pelini had said that both Witt and Lee had been going back and forth for the job, but when it came to actual game time last season, Pelini called on Witt more often.

When Ganz had to leave the field for a play in the Gator Bowl it was Witt that ran out onto the field, not Lee. So far in his two years in Lincoln, Lee has thrown two passes for five yards, and rushed twice for 17 yards.