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Michael Duca on the Pac Ten
By Michael Duca August 3, 2010 |
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Sportstalk: Miguel here we are again schools in session and Cal head coach Jeff Tedford was talking about his recruits and who he likes at quarterback for this season. Who do you like of Tedford's laundry list of quarterbacks Allan Bridgford, Brock Manison, Kevin Riley, Brian Sweeney, and Ryan Wertenberger to start this year is Riley the front runner or is the job up for grabs? Kevin Riley leads all Pac-10 returning quarterbacks in starts, wins, and touchdown passes. I'd have to say the job is his to lose. Sportstalk: Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh said that Andrew Luck is his guy at quarterback but he will also use Alex Loukas to alternate at safety and quarterback. Harbaugh is still looking for his number two quarterback until then he's using Loukas who he says is the best athlete on the Cardinal. Look for Loukas at safety more often than at quarterback. How do you like the alternating idea of Harbaugh when necessary? Generally, I don't like it -- but -- if one qb is a lights-out passer and not very mobile, and the other is a devastating rusher but not much of a passer, then there might be situations, particularly dictated by the type of defense being played, where a running quarterback might soften up a sell-out pass rush, for instance. Still, in the scenario I propose, you're giving away your offensive strategy because you have two 1-way players, each with a separate skill set. So, back to my original point, I don't like it much. You have to give someone the responsibility of leading the team, and the offense. "Not to decide is to decide." Nobody wins. Sportstalk: How badly will Oregon miss their former quarterback Jeremiah Masoli who is now at ole Miss. Masoli was busted for stealing two lap top computers and a guitar from a fraternity house and then later was caught with less than an ounce of marijuana and charged with two non-criminal violations following a traffic stop forcing Oregon to release the troubled quarterback who got picked up at Mississippi. In light of all of this how do you think Masoli will fare at ole Miss? Well. That was the start of my thoughts, not a prediction about how Masoli will do. He's already graduated, and has been admitted to Ole Miss as a graduate student walk-on, meaning no scholarship. Ole Miss is probably not the cheapest place for an out-of-state student to attend graduate school....so they are probably expecting Masoli to earn a scholarship in practice. On the other hand, their coach is named Nutt. |
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