re: Backup QB's

I think the optimism is coming from our defense. They are already looking fierce and still improving. We just held a Mike Leach offense to 16 points and under 300 yards of offense and pretty much shut them down in the 2nd half. New Mexico wasn't the greatest team in the world, but we gave them nothing. If not for one missed coverage they would have finished with 40 yards and 1 first down. It's pretty damned amazing actually. New guys playing in a new system and they are disciplined as frick. Everyone one is doing their jobs and doing their assignment. That D is going to keep us in every damned game.

The offense may not be great, but it's being safe with the ball, taking what's given, and moving the chains. With our D that's a pretty good plan for the offense. Then again, we haven't really opened up the playbook either. I suspect that we won't really know what we have there until we play Tennessee.

The biggest concern in the special teams, but we're seeing corrections made there as well. Hopefully they get the rest of that shite fixed before it costs us a game.