[Husker] I don't understand you people (fwd)

[Steve Reichenbach]

> Remember the Missouri game?  UM brought the second
> string QB in and it provided a spark for the Huskers. 
> UM had gone up and down the field up to that point. 
> NU came back to tie the game and the second string QB
> never returned.  

So, Beck didn't come in to previous games because it would have slowed
the momentum of the NU offense?  Hey, most of those games, there wasn't
any momentum to slow.  Were there two games without a first down in the
entire first quarter?

> I agree with getting Beck some pt if he is not going
> to red shirt.  I also agree with BC doing everything
> he can to use the red shirt this year and getting Beck
> pt next year, when he has had more time to learn the
> system, a year of lifting to get stronger, and is more
> mature.  

I think it's clear that Callahan didn't play Beck because he was trying
to keep his redshirt and not because of any NFL mindset about the
starting QB nor concerns about the offense falling apart if Beck
played.

I come down on the side of those who think Callahan should have gotten
Beck some playing time earlier in the year and I think that if Callahan
felt that Beck gave NU a better chance to win a big game than Ganz then
he should have played Beck at the end against KSU.

> Obviously it would be nice to get the second QB in but
> I do not know of a time this year when NU could afford
> to have Taylor on the sidelines for a series or two.

If Taylor was that valuable, why couldn't NU move the ball?  I mean
really, unless Beck is so bad that the turnover risk is huge, he could
have gotten the 3 and outs as well as Taylor.

> BC took a gamble that Taylor would not get hurt.  If
> that happens, then everything works out better for the
> year.  It didn't and he had no choice but to put Beck
> in to win the game.

I agree about the KSU game, but I think Beck should have played earlier
in the year.  If Taylor is the starter next year, Beck has only one
year to get some limited experience before the offense falls to him
(unless someone who beats him out).  If Beck starts next year, then he
has even no game experience.  I think the experience would be more
valuable for Beck than the redshirt year.  Isn't NU going to recruit
anyone else to play the 2009 season (let alone all of the seasons
before that)?  Of course --- and hopefully we get the promising QB
recruit  from the KC area.  I thought the defense of Callahan despite
limited success thus far thus far was that he needed guys with
experience at the WCO, so why not get Beck some of that experience this
year?