By now, University of Washington football players should have a fairly good idea of who will start at quarterback against Nebraska next Saturday in the middle of the country.

The rest of us, not so much.

Definitive preparations for the Cornhuskers game will begin with a Sunday practice and the competition between Elijah Brown and Demond Williams Jr. most likely was decided coming into it after much discussion following a week of those two sharing the job.

Do you feel compelled to go with the hot hand provided by Brown, who replaced an injured Williams and has thrown for 6 touchdowns over three halves and led the UW to a 38-26 victory at Purdue?

Or do you put the ball back in the hands of Williams, a 21-game starter who has struggled all season and no doubt still has tender ribs?

The key is not to make an emotional decision with either player.

After all, Brown has been a back-up quarterback for most of three seasons at Stanford and Washington, and it's still unclear whether he can continue to excel long…