[Husker] Beck

[BRADALAN at aol.com]

I was wondering today as I was missing the second half if BC might consider  
putting Beck in "for a spark" or even if Taylor got knocked out.  At this  
point, with two games left, even the increasingly remote chance of getting bowl  
eligible is not worth burning the redshirt.  Beck is supposed to be the  
future of the program and he should be getting back-up snaps behind Taylor next  
season and then have three years to start.  There is NOTHING to be gained  by 
burning his redshirt at this point.  He would not get enough experience  and 
there is a good chance he would end up like Beau Davis against TT last year,  
given how poor the O-line is playing.  The smartest thing BC could do  at this 
point would be to publicly announce that Beck is redshirting and not  dress him 
for the rest of the season so he doesn't do something stupid on  gameday.
 
I can forgive the emotional outbursts, and I can give Callahan and co  
another year or two for their recruits to get experience, bulk up, and start  
dominating.  However, if he burns Beck's redshirt at this point, he should  be fired 
that very day...period.  That would demonstrate an  inexcusable lack of 
judgement, imho.
 
Brad Bredenkamp 
 
In a message dated 11/5/2005 1:10:53 PM Hawaiian Standard Time,  
scott71law at verizon.net writes:

Anyone  want to take bets that Callahan pulls a brain fart and burns Beck's 
redshirt  in the next 2 weeks?

About 2 or 3 games ago I was all for this,  thinking the back up game 
experience would help Beck a ton, but now I think it  would be a huge mistake. I have 
a sneaking suspicion Callahan and Norvell are  considering this. I'm not sure 
all these struggles are Taylor's fault anyway,  the line is worse than a 
sieve. Beck may actually get his head knocked off in  this offense. 

What does it say about the o-line when Lucky breaks huge  kickoffs and always 
seems one step away from a td, and when he's in the game  at RB, he looks 
like me running it. Not much else could go wrong at this  point.