SoldierGriz said:
Good grief...Purdy was only the starter because Lance and Jimmy G got hurt. He was QB 3 to start the season. He carried that team. When they had to go to QB 4...yes, problem. Can't think of ANY team that might excel if QB 4 had to start a game.
Back up QB should be fully capable of carrying the team...with minimal drop off.
Speaking of cat posters...didn't you cheer for the cats until the 90s?
Good grief. The NFL can bring in new qb's almost anytime. Again, Purdy has started for 8/9 games and was the starting qb. He was not a backup. When he went down, SF was screwed the playoff game. See the article.
There is drop-off, or significant drop-off, with most backup qb's, especially in college. It is a luxury to have 2 top notch qb's on the same team, and most teams don't have that. It's also very difficult for a back-up to come into a very tough road game in the first quarter, and also tough to carry the team the next week with another tough game on the road.
I still often cheer for the Cats, when they are not playing the Griz or there are no Griz implications. I cheer for all college sports teams in Montana. In football and basketball. I went to high school in Bozeman. In recent times, I have been friends with some of the Cat coaches. My stepdad was a MSU professor. My mom worked for the MSU Foundation. Much of my family lives in Bozeman. Several of my relatives are major MSU boosters. I don't like some of the Cat posters, but I generally like the teams. I loved following Raequan Battle and Kola Bad Bear.
Funny that you would raise this question. You don't even cheer for the Griz half of the time, and you tear down the coaches and team at every chance you get.