Here's why I honestly think Hubanek starts

Look at the Dread Pirate Mike Leach's tenure as Spread King of College Football.

Correct me if I am wrong, but the least experienced QBs he fielded were Graham Harrell and our hero, Kliff Kingsbury, who were redshirt sophomores, meaning that by the time they took a starter snap they'd been in the system for two complete years.

For a long string of time in between those two, Leach's plug-and-play record-breakers were seniors.

My point is that the greatest living operator of the spread saw the need to play experienced quarterbacks and favored experience over talent.

Why?

Because the spread requires, above all other things, quick decision-making by the quarterback in order to be successful. You have to get the ball and strike, get the ball and strike. That only comes with experience. That only comes after going through thousands of practice reps scrimmages and drills designed to instill that capacity in you.

Look: Sonny Cumbie lead the nation in passing and total offense and beat Aaron Rodgers in the Holiday Bowl. Sonny. Cumbie.

It's not about talent. It's about being drilled to the point where you automatically, instinctively fire that pigskin out to a receiver, whose job it is to get YAC, the second you get it.

Johnny, who had at least redshirted by the way, was able to get it done on talent because he was a freak once in a lifetime player.

We're out of those.

The closest we get to the experience needed to get the ball out to playmakers in lightning fashion is Hubanek. He practiced in this system when he was at Oklahoma State and he played in it at Blinn. Collegiate-level practice and playing time, not Allen High School where your players are better than your opponents players in every position, every game because you have a student population of 50,000 to pull from.

Kyle Allen may be a great QB for a pro-style offense, but at this point it is fair to say that he isn't a "fire that pigskin" guy. He takes too long to turn loose the ball and he's (and the play calls built to suit him are) always looking for big throws.

I think Sumlin realizes now that there's no shortcut in this offensive system when it comes to QB. You can't play freshmen. We need a guy who can operate. Not a star, not a hero, not perfect, just a guy who can come in and get rid of the ball. Knows the offense, has a quick release, has the guts to just make the short strikes the way he is supposed to most of the time. That's Hubanek. We play him, dump the long sideline throws, rein in the bubble screens, and do a lot more meshes and slants and we'll win 10.