[81alum]

That's right.  And the pro-Nottingham buzz was based on a few plays when Nottingham came into blowouts behind Luck the year before.  He threw 8 passes and had a QB rating of 186--higher than Luck! 

What is the moral of the story?  Whether it is watching 8 passes in no-pressure situations, or relying on old high school tapes, we fans have far less information on which we can form an opinion about a young quarterback than the coaching staff has.  We may have certain advantages over the coaching staff--we have no vested interests in protecting ourselves from criticism about earlier decisions, we have no personal relationships with the players, we have no friendships with assistant coaches--all of which make it a lot easier for us to criticize and perhaps even be more objective at times. 

However, the one thing we do not have is information--without which we really have no rational basis for saying much of anything about our young quarterback alternates.  But being rational is not what makes us into fan--atics! 

We do have quite a bit of information about Crower.  Enough for me to be very curious about how he would do in a game.  I thought he looked good in the Spring game.  I would love to hear Shaw privately explain why Crower doesn't get time--he must have...information that we lack.

[81alum]

That's right.  And the pro-Nottingham buzz was based on a few plays when Nottingham came into blowouts behind Luck the year before.  He threw 8 passes and had a QB rating of 186--higher than Luck! 

What is the moral of the story?  Whether it is watching 8 passes in no-pressure situations, or relying on old high school tapes, we fans have far less information on which we can form an opinion about a young quarterback than the coaching staff has.  We may have certain advantages over the coaching staff--we have no vested interests in protecting ourselves from criticism about earlier decisions, we have no personal relationships with the players, we have no friendships with assistant coaches--all of which make it a lot easier for us to criticize and perhaps even be more objective at times. 

However, the one thing we do not have is information--without which we really have no rational basis for saying much of anything about our young quarterback alternates.  But being rational is not what makes us into fan--atics! 

We do have quite a bit of information about Crower.  Enough for me to be very curious about how he would do in a game.  I thought he looked good in the Spring game.  I would love to hear Shaw privately explain why Crower doesn't get time--he must have...information that we lack.