Kansas will start Montell Cozart at quarterback and Oklahoma will go with Baker Mayfield, and these are notable developments for a few reasons. Cozart has a specific feet-first skill set, so you get a clue about the direction Kansas will head in during David Beaty’s debut season. Mayfield has pro potential. He just hasn’t had a stage. He was part of Kliff Kingsbury’s juggling act in 2013, and then Kingsbury blocked his transfer to Oklahoma, which forced Mayfield to walk on with the Sooners as he redshirted last season. But he’s won the starting job at two places now where he arrived as a walk on, and that says something about him, no? (It might also say something about Trevor Knight, too. Remember that Sugar Bowl game against Alabama?)

WVU didn’t have a quarterback dilemma hanging over the offseason, but it may gave gotten better at combating quarterbacks over the weekend.

Junior college All-America cornerback Rasul Douglas was finally and officially cleared, days after some reports came out stating he was good to go that served to bother the folks inside WVU’s office who were working to get some good news but hadn’t heard and couldn’t confirm it until Saturday, when Douglas was allowed to practice.

The guy’s a talent, and he was Brian Mitchell’s No. 1 target for a year — the Gary Jennings on defense, if you will. But he’s three weeks behind Ricky Rumph and Nana Kyeremeh and Tyrek Cole and Khairi Sharif and Jordan Adams, never mind Terrell Chestnut and Daryl Worley. Actually, he’s further behind than that, because they’ve all been here for a long time, including Adams, who enrolled in the summer and impressed Mitchell. He’s going to redshirt, but still. He’s where Douglas is not.

This is not to say Douglas cannot get there, though the odds are against him for turning this season into what he wanted it to be. WVU’s hope is to get him on the practice field a bit this week and maybe a little bit more next week, though that week is solely about the game and this week is about paring things down for that week.

Still, if that works out and Douglas does what’s needed and then if WVU has the opportunity to empty the bench against Georgia Southern, then maybe enough people get on and off the field to slide Douglas in late. Ideally, that whole process repeats itself again for the following week and the Liberty game and WVU enters the open week 2-0 and with some practice time to get ready for Maryland. By then, the Mountaineers will have a thorough assessment of Douglas and his surrounding parts and the coaches will make some requisite personnel decisions — and maybe that involves moving Douglas around a bit, perhaps as an extra nickel or a spare safety.

The very best bet is that Douglas gives WVU a little more depth as a reserve in 2015.