All three QBs had similar situations:
-Big XII QBs
-Sophomores
-Primarily seen as running QBs, competing for job with QBs primarily seen as throwing QBs
-Swag level: 5000
QB A was Trevone Boykin as a sophomore competing against Casey Pachchalachall, QB B was Daniel Sams as a sophomore competing against Jake Waters, and QB C was Ell Roberson competing against Marc Dunn.
If Sams had been given the job as a sophomore like Ell and Boykin, would he have grown to the same caliber of QB as Boykin this year or Ell next year? Obviously it's impossible to tell, but given that Sams's stats were comparable or better than the other two QBs at the same point in their careers, it isn't out of the question.
The fact that LHCBS and Co. gave up on Sams so that we could go to the BWW Bowl in 2013, a similar bowl in 2014, and have no QB in 2015 when we have a pretty stout defense and zero proven-stud receivers returning is absolutely mind-boggling. Sams was a comparable short-term play to Waters in 2013 (we probably finish with about the same record both last year and this year) and a way better long-term play. He could have been another Ell, maybe even a better Ell. Why wouldn't we suffer through some growing pains for that?
(This is not an anti-Waters post. It's a pro-OurGuy post.)
Sophomore Boykin
Comp/Att: 105/176
CMP%: 59.7%
Pass Yds: 1198
YPA: 6.81
TD/INT: 7:7
Rating: 122.0
Rushing Yds: 313
Avg rush: 3.0
Sophomore #OurGuy
Comp/Att: 38/53
CMP%: 71.7%
Pass Yds: 452
YPA: 8.53
TD/INT: 4:4
Rating: 153.1
Rushing Yds: 807
Avg/rush: 5.3
Sophomore Ell
Comp/Att: 54/136
CMP%: 39.7
Pass Yds: 855
YPA: 6.3
TD/INT: 4:8
Rating: 90.5
Rushing Yds: 643
Avg/rush: 4.5
