Quarterback 2015??

[vbfan19]

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My playoff wishlist includes a bunch of outdoor away games in terrible weather.

won't be another snow bowl at Delaware (they're sitting at 3-5).
Montana is at 4-4 and still have to play EWU and at Montana State.

[Kyle]

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I can live with a 45° game at JSU in the pouring rain.

[SteinPizza]

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A great QB makes a huge difference, but is not a prerequisite. Tee Martin can't hold Peyton Manning's jock strap, but the Vols won their NC under Martin's direction the year after Manning graduated. I'm not downplaying the importance of a high level QB, but am just saying it is possible to win without one, especially when you have a championship caliber defense.

Defense travels much better than offense, which is why this team's performance has not improved when playing at home. Heck, a good argument can be made that this team actually plays better on the road.

My playoff wishlist includes a bunch of outdoor away games in terrible weather.

This is correct, especially in college. The dominant Alabama teams are another good example. None of their QBs were world beaters by any means, but they were surrounded with really good players, and an absolutely crushing power running game.

To me, Bailey seems to be developing and improving. The low point was the second half of the Iowa State game. He seems better now by comparison. If UNI is the overall talent powerhouse some of you seem to think, then his steady improvement should be enough.

[vbfan19]

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"Dalton Demos will come back next year [2016] as a quarterback"
~ Mark Farley, 11/19/2015

what was that definition of insanity again?

[7YrsOfCollegeDownTheDrain]

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wow...that's a head scratcher with Demos. Move him to WR then state you're going to bring him back as a QB when all of your contributing QB's are back.

What is Demos' status? did he get injured during the bye week? If so any insight on what the injury is?

[vbfan19]

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wow...that's a head scratcher with Demos. Move him to WR then state you're going to bring him back as a QB when all of your contributing QB's are back.

What is Demos' status? did you get injured during the bye week? If so any insight on what the injury is?

reinjured the same knee that he had previously injured (not sure which _CL it was). Evidently he had surgery in which they took stuff out of the other knee and put it in the injured knee, so now both knees essentially need to be rehabbed.

[Gocats15]

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"Dalton Demos will come back next year [2016] as a quarterback"
~ Mark Farley, 11/19/2015

what was that definition of insanity again?

This makes sense. On our roster, Bailey and Dunne are the only QB's who have ever taken game snaps. Who knows if Black will even bother staying for his 5th year, DeWayne Collins is listed as a WR now, and Schulte hasn't played. We need 3 capable QB's for emergency situations.

[Blue42]

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This makes sense. On our roster, Bailey and Dunne are the only QB's who have ever taken game snaps. Who knows if Black will even bother staying for his 5th year, DeWayne Collins is listed as a WR now, and Schulte hasn't played. We need 3 capable QB's for emergency situations.

Didn't realize they'd moved Collins to WR. We could use an athletic 6'2" with some speed at that spot for the next 4 years. Hope it works out.

I wondered a bit if Demos' knee injuries played into the decision to come back at QB. Not that QB isn't demanding on the knees...but maybe not as much cutting as you'd have at WR.

[UNIdad]

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Retrospective views on the QB situation?

[vbfan19]

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the last few opponents UNI has faced haven't exactly been the toughest, and they struggled to stop the run game, so Bailey's passing ability wasn't put to the test.

can't really look retrospectively on the situation until after they face tough competition again in the playoffs.

[UNIdad]

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the last few opponents UNI has faced haven't exactly been the toughest, and they struggled to stop the run game, so Bailey's passing ability wasn't put to the test.

can't really look retrospectively on the situation until after they face tough competition again in the playoffs.

My point is that for all the uncertainty and volume of QBs in the pre-season competition, the QB situation certainly seems to have become clear for the post-season.

[Panther-at-Arms]

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I think he's playing better than he was earlier in the season. I also don't think he's good enough to take us far in the playoffs. I would love to have him prove me wrong.

[claw]

My point is that for all the uncertainty and volume of QBs in the pre-season competition, the QB situation certainly seems to have become clear for the post-season.

It's become more clear due to the fact Sawyers concussions ended his career early

[igo4uni]

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It's become more clear due to the fact Sawyers concussions ended his career early

That did take the decision about who to play off the table

[havok58]

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With a comment like this in the Courier:

Farley says he started to see Bailey emerge after he became the clear-cut starter when Kollmorgen was lost for the season after suffering his second concussion in as many weeks in a loss to Western Illinois.

"He has gotten better each week," Farley said. "When we were going back and forth, and it was unfortunate we lost Sawyer, but at that time I think what happened is ... he (Bailey) hasn't played for two years. Each time he plays now, he gets a little better because of experience."

You think?

I would hope that Farley is finally starting to realize that running a 2-QB system full time isn't good for the team and not good for the QBs. Maybe next season he will stick with one QB in the pre-season and regular season.