re: McIlwain has to start... Right?

Orth is not a good quarterback. I'm sure he's a great guy, the other players love him, he knows the playbook, he has a great work ethic, etc. However, when it come to actual football skills he is very deficient.

He does not have a strong arm. When he attempts to get some zip on a pass, he has to over exert and it leads his mechanics to fall apart causing his ball to sail. He is not overly accurate in general. He is undersized to be a pocket passer, but too slow to be an effective runner or even scrambler. Either he doesn't know how to read the read-option or he's afraid to run it; no one can be that bad at reading. He's just not suited to play qb in the SEC, and the fact he's been starting here for two years is an indictment against our recruiting the past 4 years at that position. Orth should not see the field again here barring injuries.