Scooby, you might be right, but I seriously doubt it. And I don't care who Gene Chizik wants to face. Gene Chizik should be more concerned about not going 2-6 against SEC opponents and winding up fired after another trip to the Birmingham Bowl than he is who CKS starts against him.
Here's my take on the JE situation. If JE is benched to start the season in favor of Lambert or Ramsey, then I will forever forsake any stock in the star ranking system of high school players. It's almost comical as it is now, but if we honestly are going to put a 5 star QB coming out of high school on the bench, then the star system is a complete and utter joke and one that should never have any stock put in it in the future. Fact - we had a stable of QB's last season that together didn't equal a 3 star QB on their best day. If CKS puts JE on the pine for any reason other than a red shirt, then what he's saying is that this kid really didn't have the requisite skill set to play QB in the SEC that the star ranking system said he did. I simply cannot see that happening.
When you pick up a true freshman QB with as much fanfare as JE with as much need as we have at that position, you (A) expect him to start right out off the bat and (B ) you understand that there's going to be a 'breaking in' period. Yes, JE is going to fumble, yes he's going to throw picks, yes he's going to be lost here and there. But that's what you went into it knowing you were going to get. They picked up JE because we have a dire need for a stud QB. This entire program is going to go through growing pains this year and I've said it from the outset - let JE grow with CKS and begin his formation in the process. But to bench JE in favor of the other known quantities is a colossal mistake and one that shows utterly no confidence in JE's ability to adapt and use his raw skills to become refined under CKS and lead an SEC team.
Start Eason. Let's get on with it.
