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I do wonder how Charlie's 4th "new offense" in 3 yrs will do if buechele gets "david ash-ed" into next week.
This. The lack of depth at the QB position (again) is the huge question mark. There were a ton of injuries to QBs in the Big XII (and other leagues for that matter) over the last two seasons.
And the sips have Swoopes and Heard who have endured how many scheme changes each? Especially Swoopes. Started under Mack (burned his RS in a crap game), then Watson, then Watson's HUNH (not) reboot, then Jay Norvell and now Sterlin Gilbert. Heard through both iterations of Watson, then Norvell and now Gilbert.
They may have been moved to other positions at the moment, but the chances they may be pressed into service should not be ignored completely. Not with a true freshman starting. Baylor was down to a WR starting as QB at the end of last year. And Briles normally is stacked at that position, but still wasn't enough.
TCU managed to have a comeback for the ages with a back-up QB aided by Oregon's defensive collapse, but that's an anomaly.
And let's face it, Charlie Strong isn't that lucky, nor is he smart enough to plan ahead for when his unlucky streak hits.