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Colin Smith caught nine passes for 132 yards last week. Smith was one of three Penn receivers to go for 100-plus yards receiving against Brown. (Trevor Grandle/The Daily Pennsylvanian)

When Penn (4-3, 3-1 Ivy League) travels to Princeton (2-5, 2-2) tomorrow, you'll get to see a guy who has to deal with a question about as confounding as Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?". Meet Princeton coach Roger Hughes, and pity his conundrum: Who's the Tigers quarterback? Two months ago, Hughes would have no trouble answering that question. Junior Tommy Crenshaw, who had thrown for 1,662 yards in eight games in 1999, was entrenched as the Tigers' signal-caller. But that must seem as far back in the past to Hughes as Abbott and Costello themselves. Crenshaw broke his wrist in Princeton's third game -- and so began the Tigers' QB wheel of fortune. Enter senior Jon Blevins. He led Princeton to an overtime victory over Columbia, but he sprained his ankle the following week against Colgate. Enter freshman David Splithoff. In his first start, he led Princeton to a 55-28 victory over Brown and became the first freshman ever to be named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week. But Splithoff's star was short-lived. He broke his jaw in his second start. Re-enter Blevins. He came back from his ankle sprain with no trouble, but injured his elbow last week -- in his second game back. Enter pre-season fourth-stringer Brian Danielewicz. He completed six-of-seven passes for 88 yards in leading Princeton back in the two-minute drill last week. And he hasn't gotten injured. At least not yet. But the way things have been going for Hughes, it's only a matter of time. "I'm hoping some guys there... have a little eligibility left," Hughes joked when addressing members of the media by phone at a luncheon on Wednesday. "I'd like to suit them up because we may need them the way things are going." It's quite a contrast to the rosy quarterback situation at Penn, where Gavin Hoffman is about as entrenched in the Red and Blue starting position as Peyton Manning is in the blue and white of the Indianapolis Colts. Hoffman -- who was named Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week for his 476-yard passing performance against Brown last week -- is omnipresent on the Division I-AA passing leader boards. He's second in completions per game (26.9), seventh in pass efficiency (149.7) and seventh in total offense (300.9 yards per game). It's not as if the Princeton quarterbacks are doing poorly -- the Tigers are averaging 276 passing yards per game -- but there hasn't been any consistency under center. Only once in Princeton's last five games has the same quarterback taken the first and last snap -- Splithoff against Brown. And even without any fresh Tigers' QB injuries, the platooning could continue this week. Both Blevins and Danielewicz have taken snaps with the first unit in practice this week. "Right now, we don't know who's going to start," Hughes said. "It's going to depend on how Jon's hand holds up and how Brian does picking everything up." But no matter who takes the Tigers' snaps, Penn has a difficult task on its hands tomorrow, as this game will not take place in the spacious-but-cozy confines of Franklin Field. The Quakers are a perfect 4-0 at home, but are winless in three games on the road, all of which have been played on grass. But Penn's home opponents have a combined record of 10-19. Meanwhile, the Quakers' road foes are a lofty 18-5. "Us not winning on the road has to do with who we're playing on the road," Penn coach Al Bagnoli said. But the Quakers do have some history on their side. Penn won its game against the Tigers on the grass at Princeton Stadium two years ago. Princeton won the first 28 meetings between the two schools. But the Quakers and Tigers have been virtually even in the 63 meetings since then. Princeton has won 32, Penn 30 and the two have played to one tie.

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