Rockne's Roundtable

I'm opening a bottle of champagne when Rees gets picked as starter.

... but scotch if it's Crist.

If Reese starts against USF and has success, I would be really surprised and Crist would probably not come back for a 5th year. On that note, we would have some great up and coming QB's with running ability in Hendrix and Golson and I like both of them for the future of the program.

Don't know why, but I just get this feeling that Dayne's the starter. Four key factors are that he's fully healthy, there's an undeniable difference in arm strength, the way he's conducted himself has been exemplary, and he's a senior with a dwindling time window to showcase his talents and help us win. Conversely, there may be a feeling that Tommy's still got time as a 19 year old sophomore.

I know it may not be fair, but when the race is this close, those kind of factors can tend to weigh into a 'human' decision.

No pressure with that statement. Feel very confident in who ever Kelly names the starter. Still believe Crist gets the nod.

If Tommy is able to win the starting job then I would expect the same type of year as if Dayne wins the job a BCS championship contender heading to Standford.

both the young men have the capability to do big things with the offense

Every QB throws INTs. Rees threw too many in his four games, but this is not the same 'kid' as last year. He's stronger, smarter and obviously will be even more poised (although last year he was extremely poised for such a young player). I do think Kelly will start Crist, but if he dosen't get it done I don't believe Kelly will hesitate one second before putting Tommy in charge.

he did pretty well for a nervous freshman thrust onto the big stage. note that molnar said he throws the short to intermediate with more zip and ACCURACY than crist. and THAT'S the type of throws you'll see the most in a spread......and why he should be BK's choice.

Wow, the only reason he had to allow the running game to take over the game on that last drive was because he sucked so bad the entire game. If he wasn't the worst excuse for a quarterback against USC we beat them 28-0 or worse, but since he was so bad, Hughes had to take that last drive over. If the defense and running game played like it did when Crist was the quarterback Tommy would have been lucky to go 1-3 and I am giving him the Army game but I think it could have been 0-4. and the accuracy thing is funny because one was 61% and the other was 59% but Rees was not asked to make the throws Crist was asked too.