Max Hall: Starting QB

Last week I made the prediction that Max Hall would be named starting Quarterback at the Blue and White Spring game or shortly thereafter AND that Gaskins would be redshirting.

I was half right.

As I posted yesterday, Bronco Mendenhall has officially announced that Max Hall will be the starting quarterback. I beleive that no matter what had happened at the Spring game, this was going to be the case. Cooper, sadly, will miss the season after his injury sustained during the scrimmage. This is bad for two reasons:

1. Wasted Reps during spring: Gaskins, now the #2 quarterback at BYU, received little to no reps with the 1st or second strings during spring practice. He is severly behind the curb, and despite a great showing at the Blue and White game, has a long way to come to be a good #2. This injury to Cooper is swift reminder that just one freak play can change the course of a season. Let's hope Gaskins takes advantage of the summer work outs and can build chemistry with the receivers and offense.

2. Log-jam of QBs: This wasn't going to be a problem. Hall would play, Cooper as a back-up and Gaskins would red-shirt. This way one QB would graduate each year. Now, however, there is a serious problem, similar to that encountered just last year (Both QBs graduating at the same time.) Here is the rundown:
Max Hall: Redshirt sophmore, 3 years to play.
Cade Cooper: Junior, taking his redshirt this season.
Brenden Gaskins: Sophmore (redshirt available) 3 years to play.

Long story short: as of next spring, we will have 3 junior QBs.

My 3 Cents: Gaskins may want to redshirt next year, distancing himself in graduation by a year and thereby positioning himself to be the QB his senior year. Problem is, Lark will be back by then and could potentially be vying for the spot as well.