NOTEBOOK: Battle for backup QB job heats up as fall camp starts
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So the team has checked off being bigger and stronger than in 2016, hopefully they're faster as well.
Excited for this season.
Excited for this season.
The backup QB battle is imperative. We all need to be on the same page after Park throws his first incompletion. We can't have some of us chanting "We want Kempt" while others yell "Put in Zeb" or "Gimme Moore".
Sad.....but likely not out of the realm of real things we could hear from someone in the stands.
I think one of my other "favorites" is when someone says something like "how dumb is our coach...playing Lazard (#5) on defense, too!"
Tough time of year...excitement of football season, still a month away, and there's always the kool-aid drinking that provides the perfect set up for, well, ISU football.
Still excited though. Hopefully that's still there by October.
Still excited though. Hopefully that's still there by October.
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We want the Utter guy!
I'm just happy this is the backup that's up for grabs. It seems rare that we go into a season without a QB competition for the starter.
I think a lot of these battles are coach-speak to keep the kids competitive, I imagine with Zeb's injury last year and potentially still recovering, Kempt is the leader. If it works I don't fault anyone....
This isn't a knock on Moore, but if he takes a single snap this season then things will have gone terribly wrong at the QB spot.
Don't listen to the coaches in the media. They say almost nothing. Just wait for the final depth chart. Moore will red-shirt. We have 3 able bodies ahead of him. He would have to be Johnny Football to see the field.
Is "redshirted" what the kids these days call snorting cocaine and other illegal drugs? If so, he should have his "redshirt" retired and hung from the banners.
There are probably more recent examples of a true freshman starting or even taking snaps for a P5 school, but the last one I can recall is Christian Hackenberg at Penn State. It just doesn't happen very often. And it shouldn't. The guys who have been in the program for a year should virtually always be a better option than the guy who just arrived on campus.
Still, I look forward to hearing some more from reporters who got to see Moore at practice. I expect him to redshirt, but I am interested in how good he is. Could he play this year if we needed him?
