Who WILL start on Friday against Hawaii?

[Surfah]

What exactly is Riley's injury and when did he get it and what is the prognosis?

It happened at about the 6:05 mark in the 2nd quarter of the Weber State game. It wasn't a bad hit and looked pretty routine.

[MarkGrace]

Riley should start if healthy. The problem is, I'm not sure how you get him healthy without sitting him at this point. If he can't go, then I'm not sure what you do. All signs point to hill, but it seems like lark has at least earned a shot.

[Indy Coug]

They shouldn't even think about using Nelson until the USU game, at the bare minimum. There's no way he's going to be ready this week.

[MarkGrace]

Shoemaker weights in.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/7...tive.html?pg=1

[oxcoug]

If you can't see the difference in Riley between the Tulsa and Boise games, then it's clear you're out of your effing mind. Riley isn't a very good QB, but despite that fact you simply don't know a damn thing about football. Your pig-headed determination to beat this horse enough to be on PETA's Top 10 Most Wanted List has afforded us the opportunity to see how ignorant you are.

Riley's performances against Tulsa and Boise actually have a lot of similarities. Against Tulsa he averaged 1.2 yards per carry on 13 attempts. Against BSU he averaged 1.9 ypc on 7 attempts.

Against Tulsa he completed 42.5% of his passes. Against BSU 44.4% of his passes.

Against Tulsa he threw 2 INTS (and had two more easy ones dropped) against BSU he threw 3 INTs.

Obviously, the big difference is that vs Tulsa he managed to extend a few plays long enough to pull rabbits out of the hat and was crafty enough to make the quick throw at the end for the win.

But the overall sloppy, disorganized and desperate style of play was similar. Of course that doesn't mean he wouldn't have performed better against BSU if he wasn't hurt - but he performed nearly as badly v Tulsa when he was healthy.

[The_Douger]

I'm tired of watching Riley run. Especially when his first read isn't immediately open. He's not Vince Young.

[Hsaru]

anyone changing their mind?

[MarkGrace]

It's going to be Hill.

[Eddie]

It's going to be Hill.

Yeah. I'll be surprised if it isn't Hill.

I know that some would say waiting means that Hawaii has to prepare for both - whatever.

I think a bigger deal is that by waiting Bronco/Doman can say that Nelson is still their guy and they were waiting to see if he would get healthy during the week. And since he didn't, they are going to play Hill and see how Riley is feeling next week.

Many will hope that this means Hill will start the rest of the season. I doubt he will.

I'm trying to decide what I want the coaches to learn from this whole adventure, while trying to figure out what they learned last year.

Did they learn that they should've stuck with Heaps and to let a QB work through difficulty? Are they still convinced they did the right thing in pulling Heaps - in which case you have to ask why they don't see that same problem with Riley?

I know there are some differences - but I'm trying to figure out what Heaps did that was worse than what Nelson has done the past two games. I'm not seeing it.

Mostly I'm disappointed that if the coaches knew Riley was really hurt and was not able to perform up the the standard necessary, then why did they leave him in the game?

[jay santos]

Did I miss something? Did coaches change what they're saying?

[Eddie]

Did I miss something? Did coaches change what they're saying?

Not that I've heard. I think we're still just speculating. At least I know that I am.

[Coach McGuirk]

It is Hill.

[Hsaru]

From Doman's comments admitting they were making mistakes on Riley's injury and him playing and they need to stop making those mistakes, makes it seem like Hill.

And Riley seemed pretty resigned in a lot of his interviews.

[Maximus]

It's going to be Hill.

unfortunately 1.5 games too late.

[The_Douger]

I guess I just don't get what Lark has done to get in the doghouse. I'd have liked to see him get a chance rather than throw a kid that has little to no time in the program against Boise.