[Husker] Mr. Keller Comes to Lincoln

[Pat Gaule]

jonlists at cbsol.com wrote:

>The depth chart shows that we'll have two quarterbacks with three years 
>(at least) in the incredibly, horribly complex offense - you know - that 
>BC-WCO thang, versus an incoming guy who will have spent one year as a 
>redshirt. 
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More experience in a specific offense does not neccessarily make for the 
best quarterback.

>And the downside appears to be that most people coming to college, say a 
>kid named Witt - or some of the best - that we've been told we absolutely 
>must positively have - don't want to redshirt and wait a year or two or 
>three. Certainly not three. Not four either. 
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Waiting three or four years is irrelevant to the Keller situation since 
the most he can do is force a recruit to the sidelines for one year.  
There's very few elite programs where a true freshmen can come in and 
start at QB.  That seems to be the imperssion that Harrison Beck got 
when we recruited him, and look where it got us.

>I take it from your response that both Ganz and Davis are just warm 
>bodies, then? No faith whatsoever in them? 
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Keller has proven that he can be succesful at the Division 1-A level.  
I'm sure Beau Davis is a nice guy, but unless he's made himself into one 
of the biggest improvements in the history of college football or NU 
suffers some devastating injuries at QB,  there's no way he'll ever be 
the starter.  I think Ganz has an upside, but I honestly don't see him 
starting over Keller in 2007 (if all works as planned).

At the very least, the competition will help all 3.