I will let you guys figure out whether it was a good idea on the redshirt issue. Now that he has played, here is how I would go about it, which means nothing I know.

I like Mauk and his big play ability. The starting job is his to lose. What I don't like about him is his lack of technique sometimes, and more times than not, it's all or nothing with him. We have way too many 3 and out's or very short lived drives with him. That has to change, he wears the defense out by not taking much time off the clock and letting them rest. The defense seems to be our strength and needs to be fresh as possible especially when we hit conference play.

Lock will play sparingly as this seems to be Pinkies proven gameplan. However, if I see Mauk continually struggle to put together time consuming drives and Lock shows he can, a decision needs to be made sooner than later. If Lock is truly the better QB (which I believe he is, just lacks the college experience) and shows he can listen to the coaches and run the gameplan to the teams benefit, he becomes the starting QB.

Again, I like Mauk, wish him the best, and hope it doesn't come down to this during the season. However, if he shows the most he can do is throw the long ball, which essentially takes half our offense away, the better route is to go with the QB who can utilize the whole offense in a more balanced attack. Mauk has shown he can do this on occasion, but on occasion isn't good enough when you have a stud young QB that can do it consistently.

There is no doubt who the QB of the future is. In the past, we really had no option after Mauk, we do now, and if he loses his starting job, it's his own damn fault. He has the ability to do the small things needed to be an all around, polished QB, but imho, for whatever reason, it just doesn't click with him on the priority of importance. Loyalty on Pinkies part only takes you so far in this game.