After the game, Matt Leinart and Lincoln Kennedy provided some outstanding analysis.*. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A BACKUP QB CONTROVERSY ON OUR HANDS. Tyler Hilinski got some time late in the game, and didn't look too bad, throwing a lot of checkdowns while leading his team to a late score. Our man Jacob Thorpe weaved the word "pendulous" into his primary article. Quentin Breshears had a chance to, yet again, kick a very short field goal. Fortunately, he will likely be moved back to safety, and as Jacob Thorpe noted, was playing corner mostly because his squad only had two others at that position. Deion Singleton did not have a good day at corner. David Bucannon, who was beaten pretty badly on the play, channeled his inner Jason David after the ball hit the ground. Robert Lewis got behind everybody on one deep pass, but Falk couldn't quite get it to him in stride, and Lewis dropped the ball. Hopefully alot of that had to do with what will be an improved pass rush. The offensive line, while admittedly not playing together, looked a bit leaky at times. Chandler Leniu looks like he's going to the Levon Kirkland school of linebacker size. Other random observations/Fireball Hot Taeks: Bender made a poor throw, but Marks needs to make the effort to at least break those plays up. A similar situation occurred on the Roach interception. If Marks had made a play on the ball, he may have come down with it. Bender underthrew him on a deep route, and Charleston White made a good play to intercept it. However, he also needs to do a little better job of fighting for the ball. He was hindered a bit Saturday because he was on the Gray team, and seemed to be open on a good number of plays. The other starting outside receiver, Gabe Marks, is another guy who could really shine in 2015. If he can clean up the case of the drops that plagued him at times last year (the first quarter of the Apple Cup come to mind), he could have a huge year. He piled up 164 receiving yards and looked like a man among boys for most of the day. Saturday he took a quick slant and rocketed through the secondary for a touchdown. It's clear that he is a dangerous receiver, especially after the catch. The star of the game was Dom Williams, who has been enticing us since 2012. 
Still, it will take nothing short of a spectacular fall camp on his part, along with some regression from Falk (unlikely) for Bender to get the job. He threw a ball to Danial Lilienthal for a 38-yard touchdown up the left sideline, and it was a thing of beauty. Still, there were moments where you could tell why Leach is pretty high on Bender. Bender has to clean that up if he wants to compete for the job. The second was near the endzone, and was broken up by Chandler Leniu. The first was a "go" route that was intercepted by Willie Roach. There were two plays that epitomized Bender's tendency to lock on to his primary guy. He stared down quite a few receivers, particularly Gabe Marks. Bender didn't look overwhelmed or anything, but he seemed to have a lot more trust in his arm than he should have. Falk wasn't spectacular, but he seems much more adept at finding the open guy and knowing his limitations. Luke Falk was clearly better than Peyton Bender. One thing that seems pretty obvious is the quarterback hierarchy. Still, there were some observations that could be telling, or maybe not. As is also usually the case with spring games, I got excited to watch the game, tuned in via iPad-into-TV contraption, and lost interest shortly after halftime. As is the case with nearly every one of these games, not a lot of definite conclusions could be drawn. The 2015 edition (minus the summer arrivals) of the Cougar football team made its first appearance Saturday in the biggest city between Colfax and Omak.
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