COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Its the prime question of football at any level and one South Carolina coach Will Muschamp has wrestled with since taking the job last December: Whos the quarterback?Long gone are the days when the Gamecocks could count on a Connor Shaw or Dylan Thompson to win the position and hold onto it for a year or more. Now, things are jumbled enough that Muschamp has said no one should be surprised if he uses up to three quarterbacks this year.I think, at the end of the day, whether we play one or two or three, were going to do what we need to do to be successful, Muschamp said this week.South Carolina has had its most success when one player grabs the position and doesnt let it go.Shaw, whom Steve Spurrier has praised as the best quarterback in school history, took over for good early in the 2011 season and finished with a 27-5 mark as a starter. No surprise that the Gamecocks had their best record with Shaw in control, going 11-2 for three straight seasons between 2011-13.Shaws patient backup, Thompson, moved behind center in 2014 and, while South Carolina did not have as good a showing, it finished 7-6 for a seventh straight winning season.But injuries, inexperience and upheaval took over last fall. Connor Mitch, the starter coming out of fall camp, played in the first two games before getting hurt and never returning. He transferred after the season.Onetime walk-on Perry Orth and freshman Lorenzo Nunez also started a year ago, managing a turbulent season in which Spurrier resigned midseason and the Gamecocks finished 3-9.Orth led the way with eight starts. He finished 10th among Southeastern Conference quarterbacks with 160.8 yards passing per game.The slate is completely clean, Orth said. Its a tossup and, hopefully, I can come out on top.Muschamp said he would like to whittle the race to two after the teams first major stadium scrimmage on Aug. 13. The Gamecocks start the year with two SEC road games, at Vanderbilt and at Mississippi State, so Muschamp does not want an unsettled situation behind center.---A look at South Carolinas quarterback contenders:THE VETERAN: Orth, a fifth-year senior, once worked in a Publix grocery store to pay for college before getting a scholarship last season. Hes used that resolve to work his way to the top of the depth chart. Orth went 1-7 as a starter last fall but perhaps was more important in keeping the Gamecocks together after Spurriers sudden departure. Orths best showing came in the seasons final game, when he threw three touchdown passes in a closer-than-expected 37-32 loss to No. 1 Clemson.THE YOUNG GUYS: Brandon McIlwain and Jake Bentley are two promising freshmen. McIlwain was a likely high-round MLB draft pick who stuck with the Gamecocks instead of going pro. He enrolled in January and did enough in the spring to be co-No. 1 with Orth entering fall camp. Bentley wouldve been a high school senior this year but had enough credits to graduate and enroll in college this summer. Bentley, whose brother Chas Dodd was Rutgers starting quarterback, had an offer from Alabama but chose to follow his father, Gamecocks running back coach Bobby Bentley, to South Carolina.THE WILDCARD: Nunez is a lanky, 6-foot-3 sophomore with a dual-threat skillset more in line with Shaw. Perhaps thats why Spurrier put him in there to start two games until injuries sent him to the sideline. Muschamp and co-offensive coordinator Kurt Roper have a willing Nunez working and excelling in practice at receiver. But both say Nunez is too talented not to have a package ready to go with him running the offense. Nike Cortez Ultra Moire Obsidian/Blanco . The Nashville Predators were glad their captain was still on their side. Weber had a goal and two assists, and Roman Josi scored the shootout winner to lift the Predators to a 4-3 win over the Flyers on Thursday night. Nike Cortez Ultra Moire Negro/Blanco . It was the kind of score that might make everyone else wonder which course he was playing. Except that Graeme McDowell saw the whole thing. Crouched behind the 10th green at Sheshan International, McDowell looked over at the powerful American and said, "Ive probably seen 18 of the best drives Ive seen all year in the last two days. http://www.siyaguna.com/nike-air-presto.html . Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Nike Pegasus 33 Mujer . Olli Jokinen, Mark Scheifele, and Bryan Little each had a goal and an assist as Winnipeg won 5-2, handing Calgary its record-setting seventh consecutive loss on home ice. Shox r4 . Three came down to the fourth quarter while quarterbacks continued to shine in all four games; so important to the overall quality of the game. Go to: Starters | ReservesHow will Jeremy Lin, Brook Lopez and the rebuilding Brooklyn Nets do in 2016-17?Here are our player scouting reports and anaalysis.dddddddddddd ' ' '