GREENSBORO, Ga. -- Sean Glennon represented Virginia Tech's offense at Sunday's 2008 ACC Football Kickoff. It may be the last time he's in sole control of the Hokies' attack -- at least for anytime soon.

When preseason practice opens in two weeks, Glennon and Tyrod Taylor will continue their battle for the Hokies' No. 1 quarterback job. From all accounts, the gig will remain a tag-team job until one or the other lands a staggering haymaker.

"If we played today, it would probably be alternating," said Glennon, a fifth-year senior who split duties with the sophomore in last season's final five games.

"I'm maybe 1A," added Glennon, laughing. "Not 1 by itself. [The coaches] told us 'you both had your strong points in the spring and Sean might have gotten better of it in the spring game, but there wasn't enough separation where we could say, you're the guy!' So the competition continues in August."

With Tech's wide receiver corps sorely lacking in experience and proven talent, and with its top two tailbacks coming off off-season surgery, there has been some talk how the quicker and faster Taylor will have to get more field time simply because of the unit's shortage of playmakers.

"You know we don't have maybe the playmakers and [Taylor] is a playmaker so he needs to be on the field, so I understand that concept," Glennon said. "But I think playmakers can use their arms and not just their feet, too. Although I'm not a flashy playmaker, I make plays with my arm. I may not make them with my feet, but I wouldn't count myself out as a playmaker."

Glennon has had plenty of ups and downs in his Tech career. Last year, he lost his starting job to Taylor after Tech's 48-7 shellacking at LSU in Week 2. Taylor started the next five games before injuring an ankle in Week 7 vs. Duke.

Glennon, who had gotten only minimal time since the LSU debacle, came in relief against Duke and was 16-for-21 passing for 258 yards and two touchdowns. He was mostly money the rest of the way in a rotation system with Taylor down the stretch.

"It's been up and down. It's been tough at times, but my four years have gone by pretty damned quick," said Glennon, who redshirted in 2005. "I've only half of a year left and I'm going to enjoy it. Who knows how many more years I'm going to be playing football. This could be it. I could play 10 more, who knows? I'm going to have fun this year."

Top gun

Glennon had some fun Sunday morning, taking medalist honors at Reynolds Plantation in a threesome that included fellow ACC QBs, Clemson's Cullen Harper and Florida State's Drew Weatherford. Glennon was the medalist with a 10-over 46 for nine holes. Harper posted a 51. And Weatherford? He was a no-show.

"Drew overslept so he didn't make his tee time," a grinning Glennon said. "Cullen's not bad ... he hit a few OB off the tee so he was in trouble. Golf is a sport I'm not consistently good in, but today I was pretty good."

Impressed

Senior defensive end Orion Martin of Martinsville carried the torch for the defense Sunday. When asked about 6-foot-3, 292-pound sophomore defensive tackle John Graves, Martin was unusually verbose.

"He's strong from his head to his feet," Martin said of Graves. "His calves, his arms, he's just big and strong. He's going to be a force for us in the middle, man ... a bull for us!"

O-line off hook?

For a change, Tech's offensive line wasn't a major subject. The Hokies plan to start two three-year lettermen, a pair of two-year lettermen and redshirt freshman Blake DeChristopher.

"Yeah, it's a little role reversal," Glennon said. "This year the line is all good and the question is the receivers. I'll have to tell those guys that for the first time they weren't the topic of conversation."