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I love how everyone thinks they know that Jack West is worse than Tanner McKee based on two starts.  One of those starts against UCLA was awful, but in fairness to West, that whole team was awful and the OL had been completely decimated.  The other start against Oregon was pretty respectable, given that he only found out he was playing 90 mins before the game.  He looked competent and he didn't make enormous mistakes. I've observed that his accuracy on passes over the middle is really pretty good - he hits guys in stride.

I also love how everyone gave Davis Mills a pass for being rusty against Colorado, but they didn't give West a pass for having no reps and no prep as the starter for the Oregon game.

Furthermore, I've seen Tanner McKee throw some really bad balls in the limited practices that I've seen.  He might be great, but my point is that nobody really knows.  I agree that we should start him because his athleticism brings an added dimension, a la Kevin Hogan, and he has better raw tools. 

Like cheese on the casserole at a college dining hall, a quarterback's ability to scramble for key first downs and touchdowns can cover up a multitude of evils.

All very fair and I would love to find out that West has turned the corner and that he'll be the next Elway, but based on the muted commentary so far,  I interpret the no QB decision as "no one is stepping up" rather than "they're both playing lights out" and making it an impossible choice.

I didn't hear Shaw's press conference yesterday, but on the previous one all he could muster was "the good news is that they can run both the offense".  We still have 9 days to gameday...

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I love how everyone thinks they know that Jack West is worse than Tanner McKee based on two starts.  One of those starts against UCLA was awful, but in fairness to West, that whole team was awful and the OL had been completely decimated.  The other start against Oregon was pretty respectable, given that he only found out he was playing 90 mins before the game.  He looked competent and he didn't make enormous mistakes. I've observed that his accuracy on passes over the middle is really pretty good - he hits guys in stride.

I also love how everyone gave Davis Mills a pass for being rusty against Colorado, but they didn't give West a pass for having no reps and no prep as the starter for the Oregon game.

Furthermore, I've seen Tanner McKee throw some really bad balls in the limited practices that I've seen.  He might be great, but my point is that nobody really knows.  I agree that we should start him because his athleticism brings an added dimension, a la Kevin Hogan, and he has better raw tools. 

Like cheese on the casserole at a college dining hall, a quarterback's ability to scramble for key first downs and touchdowns can cover up a multitude of evils.

All very fair and I would love to find out that West has turned the corner and that he'll be the next Elway, but based on the muted commentary so far,  I interpret the no QB decision as "no one is stepping up" rather than "they're both playing lights out" and making it an impossible choice.

I didn't hear Shaw's press conference yesterday, but on the previous one all he could muster was "the good news is that they can run both the offense".  We still have 9 days to gameday...