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I was perusing my usual sites this afternoon in between work and study and came across this article.  I understand that quarterback controversies are an inevitable part of the game in this day and age. Blame it on the media if you will, i chalk it up to the heightened level of pressure that comes with playing Division I Football in this day and age where the pressure is much more than it ever was before. Not just at the quarterback position but across the board, the pressure is so much greater than it ever was before. However seeing the inherent ineptitude of the general public to understand that there is far more that goes into winning, or losing, a game than the play of the quarterback, the quarterback position is always what gets ink, always. So be that as it may it should come to no one’s surprise that some members of the media are zeroing in on potential quarterback controversies across the country. It is a general rule, adhered to by most in the coaching community, that having more than one starting quarterback is a good way to create a bad season. It is understood, but occasionally this tenant of the game faces challenges from a student of the game who intends to disprove this theorem. I get the feeling that this will be one of those seasons, where this method of convention will be tested from many different angles. Be it from Euguene, Stillwater or some other location. The bottom line is that it is not going to work, anywhere on a consistent basis. I think that the root of this movement will stem from the pied piper of College Football, Urban Meyer and his utterly brilliant use of Tim Tebow last year. Football is a copy cat game, and it has always been that way. It is worth noting that Meyer is not the first coach to utilize a future star of the franchise in a limited role as a true freshman. Bobby Petrino did the same thing with Brian Brohm, but to a larger extent. That is the inherent difference between these two situations and what could happen this fall. It is one thing to get the future of the franchise meaningful playing time in an attempt season them for the future. It is an entirely different thing to do a one for one switch on a series to series basis, which is something that was seen from the Ducks in their bowl game under then Offensive Coordinator Gary Crowton. Doing such is the worst possible situation to put a team in. Given the amount of time that the coaches spend with their players there is no reason not to make a call one way or the other. A team is better off riding it out with a bad quarterback then cycling between two bad quarterbacks. For whatever reason I think we are going to see a few coaches around the country fail to make a decision one way or the other and accordingly we are going to see some teams struggle as a result.