This means, by default, we are not going to score many points. So we have to keep mistakes to a minimum. A lot of teams can recover from a fumbled punt, or an INT for a touchdown because they can score points. We can't do that.
The fact is, that this is a young FB team that is going to make mistakes out there. We can't expect our kids to play a perfect game, because we need that to win.
That right there is the reason NOT to play Tate Wallis. If Bartel isn't the answer, than stick Phillips in there. But either give Bartel the ball and allow him to develop, or stick Phillips in there and tag him as the QB of the future. This is for multiple reasons:
1) Wallis is NOT the QB of the future, so there is no point in giving him time out there.
2) The team is NOT going to play perfect football. They are young and going to make mistakes. So you have to have someone who can drive the offense and has the POTENTIAL to make up for those mistakes. Tate might be able to "manage" a game or whatever, but he is not going to make the big play and allow us to recover from mistakes. As long as he plays, once the team makes mistakes, we cannot recover.
I just wanted to get that off my chest
. I understand that Tate at this point in time has more mobility and can run the option and all that stuff, but he isn't the QB of the future, and we need to get the guys who WILL be playing in the future out there on the field getting game experience.
I don't know, just my opinion. Maybe the coaches saw that Nevada would kill us with a pass rush and wanted to run the option and hold the ball. But once Phillips is ready to run that kind of option, he should be in the game under those circumstances.
