Right up top, let’s remember there is no quarterback controversy and no one’s attempting to generate one, least of all Barry Brunetti. He’d rather do it with his arm than his mouth, which you have you like. But the words coming from his mouth? You have to like those, too.

“You don’t want to go somewhere and sit down three or four years,” true freshman Barry Brunetti said. “At the same time, I picked a school where I felt the depth chart was small and I have a chance to play early, but I’m still not out of it.

“I’m still behind Geno (Smith), but I’m still not out of it. You never know what happens later on. You just don’t know.”

Spoken like a competitor. Spoken like a kid who hasn’t lost a game as  starting quarterback in six years and four seasons.

Brunetti was 26-0 as a varsity starter and unbeaten as the starter in eight and ninth grade. It’s built an inner faith, developed refusal to lose. Sample his quotes:

+ “What does it feel like to lose?” he said, repeating a question posed to him Tuesday. “I don’t know. I haven’t lost. I don’t know.”

+ “I wish I could continue that in college,” Brunetti said. “That’s my dream, to continue to be undefeated.”

+ “It’s in the past, but I hope it can continue,” he said. “This is Division I. I may have a loss, but hopefully I don’t. If I do, I have to just keep going. I might have a loss. You can’t be perfect. Even the greats can’t be perfect.”