Simmer down. If he is back and he wins the starting spot that's fine. But I don't know if that is the best thing for the team. I haven't seen much that tells me that Park is the second coming of Jesus like some of you seem to think. The tie, for me, would go to Zeb since he still would have 3 years with the program. Not to mention that I'd hate for another year of drama and leaving the team.
So you must have hated Fred taking Royce White? The drama he caused in Minneapolis proves he was going to be too much drama to deal with in Ames.
You post as if you know something about the program when you're just throwing **** at the wall and seeing what sticks. What's best for the team? You don't have a damn clue. For all fans know Noland is a total **** and his teammates hate him and they love Park (the exact opposite could be also true).
What I do know is this:
Points given up in losses started by Jacob Park
2016
KSU: 31 (19/35, 201, 2 TD, 1 INT)
OU: 34 (16/29, 160, 2 TD)
WVU: 49 (23/44, 371, 1 INT)
2017:
IA: 44 (25/46, 347, 4 TD, 1 INT)
TX: 17 (24/48, 246, 1 TD, 3 INT)
While the Iowa INT was very poorly timed, I can blame exactly 1 loss on Park's play (Texas) and even then it's tough. We had the brilliant idea of trying to throw down the field behind a line that couldn't hold a pocket and took 5? sacks and a ton of hurries. We also apparently forgot we had David Montgomery.
Points given up in ISU wins in 2017 (P5 only)
OU: 31
KU: 0
Tech: 13
TCU: 7
WVU: 20
OSU: 49
Point? It's really, really easy to look like a great QB when you have a great defensive effort the same game. I'm not going to say we'd be 9-3 or 5-7 with Park taking the snaps instead, but you could definitely make an argument we'd have a better record considering apparently the coaches for the first 4 games thought he was the best QB on the team.