Lalich

The major issue will be settling the depth chart at quarterback, where sophomore Ryan Katz is listed ahead of junior transfer Peter Lalich entering drills, with two redshirt freshmen behind them.

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Lalich, a junior who was competing to start this fall, came to Corvallis after being dismissed from Virginia's football team for two alcohol-related offenses.

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Lalich was dismissed from the team three weeks into the 2008 season after admitting to violating the terms of his probation that had resulted from an alcohol-related arrest the previous summer.

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Katz was the primary backup last season but only played at the finish of three games, while Lalich was redshirted after arriving the previous season from Virginia.

Oregon State - Team Notes 2010

First-year Georgia Tech Defensive Coordinator Al Groh -- who served the previous nine seasons as head coach at Virginia -- said in a telephone interview Thursday that losing quarterbacks Peter Lalich and Jameel Sewell at the beginning of the 2008 season "probably changed the landscape" regarding his job status at his alma mater.

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When asked Thursday whether he felt he still would be the coach at Virginia had Lalich not been kicked off the team for his transgressions, Groh answered thusly:

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Now, the battle is between Katz, a sophomore who played in four games last season, and junior transfer Peter Lalich, who hasn't played since 2008 when he was dismissed from the team at Virginia after two games.

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Lalich did start two games in his two seasons at Virginia, and Katz will be in his third season with the Beavers.

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With Lalich and Sewell out of commission, Marc Verica -- then a redshirt sophomore -- was inserted into the starting lineup.

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* Answers to the trivia question: Dan Ellis in 1997 and Peter Lalich in 2007.

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