09-21-2025, 05:01 PM
As usual, the most popular player on a bad team is the back-up quarterback. I’m inclined to agree that there were a myriad of other problems than our starting QB in this Virginia game. Gulbranson was fine, and it is entirely believable that none of the other guys would have been better.
That being said, once the game was out of reach, you can avoid exposing your starting QB to injury and give your back-ups some valuable snaps to grow. Gulbranson is a 6th year senior, so he won’t benefit much from the extra snaps; the other guys might benefit from playing in garbage time. The only reason not to is if you think the guys are so unprepared that putting them in a game situation would kill their confidence and screw them up. I doubt it.
And if Gulbranson gets injured, we will have no choice other than to play one of the guys.
BC
That being said, once the game was out of reach, you can avoid exposing your starting QB to injury and give your back-ups some valuable snaps to grow. Gulbranson is a 6th year senior, so he won’t benefit much from the extra snaps; the other guys might benefit from playing in garbage time. The only reason not to is if you think the guys are so unprepared that putting them in a game situation would kill their confidence and screw them up. I doubt it.
And if Gulbranson gets injured, we will have no choice other than to play one of the guys.
BC