51.   But he wants everyone to know his quarterback is a legitimate Heisman Trophy candidate and is not being propped up by a pass-happy offense.

52.   But here were both quarterbacks on Sunday, leading their teams with inspiring efforts that fell just short.

53.   But Manning was not scarred as so many rookie quarterbacks are by sudden ineptitude when they take that giant step to professional football.

54.   But no lead is safe when the opposing quarterback is Roger Staubach.

55.   But quarterback is the key position, and Parcells saw something in Lucas that everybody could savor, oh, for at least a few hours.

56.   But Slocum might not have felt so desperate had his starting quarterback not been so roundly ineffective.

57.   But Sunday, all such speculation went out the window as Hostetler made about as powerful a one-week comeback as a quarterback is capable of.

58.   But Testaverde, thinking Chrebet would just turn around, tried to get the ball to him, which the quarterback admitted was his mistake.

59.   But Taumaurice Nigel Martin has accomplished what no UT quarterback had been able to do.

60.   But quarterback is the top priority.