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It wouldn't be a complete interview session with BYU football coach Kalani Sitake without someone asking him about the starting quarterback situation.

Shades of 2010, when Riley Nelson and Jake Heaps were in a battle for the starting QB position. James Lark was kind of in the mix as well, coaches insisted at the time.

Nelson was picked as the starter a week before camp ended that year, but the freshman Heaps would still split time with the junior, they said. The duo QB experiment ended when on Sept. 20 when BYU announced that Nelson would be sidelined for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury he suffered during camp in August.

Sitake reiterated Monday that he wants to name a starter "as soon as possible," but noted that neither Taysom Hill nor Tanner Mangum separated himself with his play in the scrimmage and coaches aren't ready to name a starter yet.

Asked what he is looking for in a starting QB, Sitake said: "Exactly what the two guys are. So it is not about who is better at starting. They both have experience. It is just who is going to be the best fit for us right now. It is a battle."

Here's my camp report from Monday's practice, of which the media was allowed to view just the first 30 minutes, when no scrimmaging was taking place.

Couple of things I noticed:

* Nick Kurtz (broken foot) was out there with the receivers, doing some light drills.

* Defensive tackles Travis Tuiloma and Handsome Tanielu and linebacker Scott Huntsman were taken in for treatment rather early in the practice.

* The Cougars worked early on their punt team, with Jonny Linehan and Rhett Almond doing the booting and the Juergens twins, Mitchell and Garrett, doing the catching.

* Offensive lineman Brad Wilcox checked out practice briefly, then headed up to the third floor of the SAB to do some studying.

After the practice, Sitake talked to the media for the seventh time since camp began. That's probably more times than Bronco Mendenhall talked to assembled reporters all of last year's camp.

Sitake said more hitting and live work is planned for this week.

"We will do a lot more live stuff," he said. "We will do some live stuff again tomorrow, and it will be situational rather than just the whole day. So we will do that a few more times. Just some things that we think we need to work on. I've said before that O line and D line is pretty much live any time they put on pads. We need to be creative in ways we get our skill players to tackle each other, and block. We did a little bit of that Saturday, but we will do that more now as we get closer to the game, and take a lot of hits off of our O line and D line."

Sitake said a two-deep chart is being solidified, but it hasn't changed a whole lot from the one coaches put out shortly after spring camp ended.

"So there will be a few changes here and there, but for the most part we have an idea who are best guys are. There are some guys who will just have to compete for a starting spot — quarterback being one of them. But there are a few others who are [inaudible], so that could only be settled on the field. We will take this week to hone in on who our best guys will be, and who will take the first snap. But we feel really good about developing the depth we have on this team, both on offense and defense. So far, the competition has been providing a lot of opportunities, and it is getting our depth a lot better in each position."

Sitake said freshman Alema Pilimai was moved to tight end because he plays a lot faster at that position than he did at linebacker or defensive end. He reiterated that BYU "definitely" will use a tight end in Ty Detmer's offense this season.

As for the offensive and defensive lines, Sitake said he likes what he's seen so far. Clearly, having Tejan Koroma back competing for the center job has enabled the staff to see what guys can do in other positions.

"They are doing well," Sitake said. "Like I've said before, tthis is a great group of young guys. They are always willing to learn new techniques and the things that we are teaching, and so we haven't had any issues with that. They are buying into what we are teaching them, and they are trying to put it on the field. I think when you have guys who are willing to do what you ask them to, a lot of good things happen. Some of the things are la little different than what they've learned before. But some of the things are similar. We have taken what we'e already seen that has been established by coach Mendenhall and his staff and are trying to build on those strengths, and are also trying to add some new things that can help us win."