


STANFORD >> Stanford has a College Football Hall of Fame quarterback running the program and a 14-year NFL quarterback coaching the team. But as the Cardinal began training camp on Wednesday, one month before its season opener at Hawaii, it didn’t yet have a starting QB.
“It’s open competition,” interim coach Frank Reich said. “We’re obviously evaluating every day. Every meeting, every walkthrough, every practice, it all matters.”
Reich was hired by general manager and former Stanford star Andrew Luck less than four months ago. Two quarterbacks have transferred in since then — redshirt senior Ben Gulbranson from Oregon State and redshirt sophomore Dylan Rizk from Central Florida.
Gulbranson and Rizk will compete with redshirt sophomore Elijah Brown, a four-star recruit and