re: Miles's comments regarding 3rd and 8 are disturbing

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And can I just say that if Miles REALLY believed Lee was the answer, don't you think it be a heck of a lot easier to just thrown him in and show us? I mean you're asking me to believe that Miles is so dumb/stubborn/idiotic/assinine/self-hating that he refuses to put the best player on the field just to shut up some fans. I mean that assumption is completely irrational. Lee may have earned my respect for sticking around and competing and he should be worked into the games, but he has also earned the distrust some of us still have about his ability to NOT TURN OVER THE FOOTBALL.

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As I said earlier, your position amounts to blind faith in the staff.

Moreover, I do not know why you continue to emphasize turnovers as if it is a dispositive factor in JJ's favor. JJ just threw two damn INTs in his latest game, including one on an atrocious read that gave WVU tremendous field position and led directly to a WVU td.

Here is my position, which depends only on empirical evidence and does not require faith in the genius of the coaches:

Jefferson has played very poorly for three consecutive games.

On Saturday, he performed as poorly as a QB possibly can. (This is what led to the very limited argument about whether Lee was worse in 09 than JJ was on Saturday. And he wasn't. JJ's performance on Saturday was worse.)

Given that our starting QB has had three consecutive appaling outings and played as poorly as possible on Saturday, Lee should at least be given an opporunity in the Tennessee game. He should be given a chance to galvanize the team and prove himself with extended play. Given JJ's performance against WVU, we risk very little (if anything) by inserting Lee.

If Lee plays well, then you elevate him to starter. If he doesn't, then JJ remains starter and the fanbase will be relatively united behind him.

This is the only rational way to proceed.