As we suffer through the doldrums of the summer awaiting the coming of fall and, more importantly, football season, here's a little quiz to test your college football quarterback IQ.

1. Former Florida Gator National Champion quarterback Chris Leak is now doing which of the following?

1. Sheriff’s Deputy
2. Assistant High School Football Coach at his alma mater
3. In Canada, where he was released by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and signed by the Montreal Alouettes
4. Stalking Tim Tebow with a sniper rifle
5. Using an experimental device to grow three more inches … in height I mean

 2. An "Alouette" is?

1. Lion
2. Skylark (that’s a bird genius)
3. French soldier
4. French for "I surrender"
5. Tank

 3.  Former Bowling Green phenom quarterback Brandon Jacobs is now?

1. A quarterback with the Florence Phantoms of the American Indoor Football Association
2. Still bouncing around the NFL
3. In New York trying to break into radio
4. Trying to figure out why he spent his irretrievable college years in Bowling Green, Kentucky
5. Playing basketball in Argentina

 4.  The American Indoor Football Association is the minor leagues of the Arena Football League, which is sort of the minor leagues of the NFL.

1. False
2. True, he went THAT far down

 5. Beloved Florida State four-year starter Chris Rix is now?

1. A sports agent
2. Doing some analysis for Fox Sports and serving as quarterback coach at his high school alma mater
3. An athletic advisor for FSU
4. Playing for the Orlando Predators in the Arena Football League
5. Still getting his hair done and trying to pay off his Tallahassee traffic tickets

 6. Chris Rix is teaching the high school quarterbacks how to effectively?

1. Throw interceptions
2. Scramble for no reason
3. Fumble at a crucial point in the game
4. Ignore pre-snap defensive alignments
5. Alienate themselves from all teammates, coaches and the surrounding community
6. All of the above

 7. Former Heisman Trophy quarterback at Oklahoma, Jason White, is now?

1. The owner of a merchandise store called "A Store Divided" and an Athlete’s Foot
2. An assistant coach at Oklahoma
3. Attending law school
4. Undergoing knee surgery for the 2,264 time
5. Speaking at the NFL rookie symposium on the subject, "I hope you actually graduated from college because most of you will not be here next month"

 8. "A Store Divided" sells merchandise relating to?

1. The Oklahoma/Oklahoma State rivalry
2. The Oklahoma/Texas rivalry
3. The Hatfield/McCoy rivalry
4. The East Coast/West Coast rivalry
5. The Democratic Party

 9. Former Iowa standout quarterback Drew Tate is now?

1. A backup for the Miami Dolphins
2. A farmer in Iowa
3. A quarterback for the Saskatchewan Rough Riders of the Canadian Football League
4. Trying to figure out how Tarvaris Jackson is an NFL quarterback and he isn't
5. Leading the charge to repaint the Iowa visitor locker room from pink to fuscia

10. The Saskatchewan Rough Riders have been around since?

1. 1910
2. 1976
3. 1968
4. 1492
5. 1

 11. Former Wisconsin quarterback John Stocco is now?

1. A broadcaster
2. Attending graduate school studying chemistry
3. Playing quarterback for a professional team in Italy
4. Trying to figure out how his last name is correctly pronounced
5. Moving somewhere warmer

 12. There are more professional football teams in Italy than in the NFL.

1. True (not soccer…AMERICAN football)
2. False

Answer key:  

1. C- Cut by a Canadian team has to feel good
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. B
6. F
7. A
8. A
9. C
10. A
11. C
12. A- There are over 50