We burned the RS. So it better be Hansen.
:thumbsup:Cody will start but Hansen will likely get significant playing time.
We burned the RS. So it better be Hansen.
Not necessarily. I'm betting we'll see Cody start and Hansen will see plenty of time. I have no problem with that approach.
I'm not a huge fan of rotating QB's. But I'm not the coach either.
Seemed to work out fairly well for Florida & LSU lately.
I don't understand the sentiment I've seen expressed that playing Tyler against Missouri qualifies as "throwing him to the wolves." Just because Missouri has a great offense doesn't mean that their defense is particularly intimidating.
I think he needs to be the man now, personally, he didn't put up great numbers but he did enough to win the game - although, obviously, the defense deserves the overwhelming majority of the credit for that.
Ultimately, I don't mind the rotation stuff while Tyler is figuring out the offense but I think we need to progress towards him being the starter, for the purpose of next year.
Next year is a year when CU has a LOT of talent coming in that isn't currently contributing: barring any more academic/injury/whatever shenanigans. Katoa, Major, Miller, healthy Scott, Tau (maybe), Simas (maybe), MTM, Iltis ...
Potentially we could be a much better team. The point is, it would be unfortunate for the potential of that team to be hampered by having an inexperienced QB. Tyler can learn a lot this year, and while the year is by no means a wash, we aren't doing anything major either.
Hansen needs to (and will) be on the field while their first stringers are in and the crowd is really into it; hopefully we keep it close OR take the crowd out ourselves, but they're going to try and make a statement to get to a BCS bowl and that starts against us. While CU hasn't historically played well at Mizzou, there is no way they have a bigger home-field advantage than aTm. The Aggies absolutely drink the kool-aid and will be at their absolute loudest for our game. It'll be the last home game they have a shot at winning (they have OU after us and are @Baylor) so I'd expect the 12th man to be out in full force.
Hansen needs to get in early, but I don't see him for the first series.
Remember this when Hansen is getting rocked next Saturday. If you want Hansen and only Hansen, you are playing for next year. That may be the right thing to do, but realize what you are doing.
Personally, I think we need to win games this year AND get Hansen as much experience as possible. This means continuing the QB shuffle for the next few games. Hansen better be getting reps at practice though...
The second factor is going to come down to the Oline. If the Oline can play well and establish some holes, then it may make more sense to put Cody back in. IMO, Cody is pretty effective when he has a run game to work the play action off of. [Random rant...why the **** does our OC still insist on play action when we are down 20 and it's 3rd and 16???] If the line is a big crew of matadors, then Hansen at least gives us some extra wrinkles for them to think about before heading straight for the ball carrier.
We run more play action on third and longs than any team in history.:huh:
If Hansen is going to see substantial playing time against Mizzou, we need to be designing rollouts and other ways to get him comfortable in the passing game. We have done some of this all year with Cody, but Hansen's mobility should help make these plays more effective.
Hansen needs to (and will) be on the field while their first stringers are in and the crowd is really into it; hopefully we keep it close OR take the crowd out ourselves, but they're going to try and make a statement to get to a BCS bowl and that starts against us. While CU hasn't historically played well at Mizzou, there is no way they have a bigger home-field advantage than aTm. The Aggies absolutely drink the kool-aid and will be at their absolute loudest for our game. It'll be the last home game they have a shot at winning (they have OU after us and are @Baylor) so I'd expect the 12th man to be out in full force.
Hansen needs to get in early, but I don't see him for the first series.
Personally, I think we need to win games this year AND get Hansen as much experience as possible. This means continuing the QB shuffle for the next few games. Hansen better be getting reps at practice though...
Cody will get the first drive. Hansen the 2nd. The rest will be situation dependent but I expect it to be a 60/40 Hansen/Hawkins split.