If You Have Two Quarterbacks You Have None

10 Days from Kickoff (thank God), the QB battle between Brown and Wade continues to rage on, After practice this morning, Addazio went on record that he still has not decided who’ll be under center in Dekalb. While there is a strange comfort to a QB controversy returning to the Heights (Shinskie-Tuggle, Shinskie-Rettig, Rettig-Shinskie-Suntrup-Bordner (lol JK), Flutie-Smith-Fadule, Towles-Wade, and now this), the time has come to go get your mans. And as mentioned in our Spring Game recap, the official position of Dudes on First is that the man should definitely be Darius Wade.

While I have zero CFB experience outside of multiple NCAA ’10 championships, here is what I do know: 18 and 19 year olds shouldn’t be trusted with anything of importance. This is true with money, Twitter Accounts, going to class on time, not peeing the bed after drinking, and it’s especially true with running a college football offense in the best conference in the country. With our defense and stable of RB’s, we just need a game manager who will get the most out of the tools he’s given, play responsibly, and minimize mistakes against some of the strongest and most complex defenses in the league. From what we’ve seen/read so far that seems to be exactly what we have with Darius. We know (again based on spring game/previous season cameos) he’s good with his feet, accurate inside 15 yards, and generally doesn’t try to force too much. This will be his 4^th year in this program – he knows the speed, skills, and preparation needed to succeed at the ACC level. All he’s missing now is the vote of confidence from Daz to grab the reigns and officially lead us until battle next week.

Our offense has been our downfall the past 2 years, and much of that can be attributed to youth – from the QB debacle in 2015 to the unwatchable line struggles last year. Let’s not make that mistake again. While Anthony is a very, VERY bright spot for our future, the reality here is that we’re not recruiting the Jameis Winstons and Deshaun Watsons who are better than 33% of NFL QB’s by the time they step on campus and can lead high power offenses before moving off of Upper. I’m assuming that Daz/the coaches know who the guy will be, and hoping he’s tipped his hand to both QB’s (and the rest of the 1s) and this is all a media ploy to try to throw Northern Illinois off its game prep. Gotta give the Huskies coaching staff as little time as possible to analyze the tape of the < 60 pass attempts for whoever is ultimately named QB1.  

PS – I reserve the right to be completely 100% wrong here, and honestly I don’t care – all I want is a competent QB who will make some plays when needed, but most importantly won’t give these games away. With what we’ve seen I think Wade gives us the best chance for that, but I’ll be just as happy (if not more so due to having him for 4 more years) if its Brown. All I know is I’m tired of watching unwatchable offenses and hearing the Youth excuse in the postgame pressers.