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Posted on 10/29/17 at 9:35 pm to DBU
You'd be 99% wrong then at least per this article
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Leach rides with Tyler Hilinski through the thick and thin of Washington State’s loss at ArizonaSat., Oct. 28, 2017, 11:28 p.m.
Washington State quarterback Tyler Hilinski throws down field for a first down against Arizona on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017, in Tucson, Ariz. (Rick Scuteri / Associated Press)
By Theo Lawson
TUCSON, Ariz. – Mike Leach could’ve pulled the plug on the Tyler Hilinski experiment at any point in the second half of Saturday’s game at Arizona. And the thought did cross the Washington State coach’s mind a few times, as the Cougars’ second-stringer continued to throw the ball into the hands of the opposing defenders, only making it harder for the visitors to stage a comeback against a team that was far more efficient on offense than they were.
Leach thought about it – “I did, I did,” he said after the game – but never did more than that.
Hilinski came into the game with 2:56 remaining in the second quarter and never came out. The backup replaced starter Luke Falk on a night Falk needed only 225 passing yards to become the Pac-12’s all-time leader.
Asked about the QB shuffle, Leach gave an explanation similar to the one he gave when the coach inserted Hilinski into the Boise State game earlier this season. Hilinski led the Cougars to a 47-44 triple-overtime win against the Broncos after helping WSU climb out of a 21-point deficit in the fourth quarter.
So there was a precedent for the decision the coach made Saturday in Tucson.
“I wanted Falk to see the field,” Leach said, “because we weren’t pushing the ball down the field. And then Hilinski was hot, so we stayed with Hilinski. I think Hilinski does a good job of bouncing around, pushing the ball downfield, but he gets wreckless.”
Hilinski threw four
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