Word from some players is watch out for Windham if coaches give him a chance...they said he was levels above the other QBs during Spring Ball and has worked hard all summer. Has 2 years left they seem to think he will get a shot if Vick is injured or struggles. Very accurate and has a huge arm.

The backup qb (or in this case third string) always gets fans hopes up due to the unknown factor. I do believe Windham has the best arm of the group and should definitely be ahead of Sprague, but hard to imagine he gets much playing time unless injuries occur.

From what I've see, my personal belief is that Windham has by far the best arm of the top 3. (I haven't seen Maxwell, Krizancic, or Duckworth, so I can't compare him to them.) At the end of the BG game he really had a live arm, and an accurate one, and I think he completed something like eight in a row.

I presume there are reasons why he was behind Sprague, and my guess is that it has to do with one or more of these, but which, I don't know:
1. Understanding the playbook and audibling
2. Game management
3. Ability to run the ball
4. Ability to read/make decisions on options
5. Ability to scramble
6. Leadership ability

The year he had away from football put him behind, and he has had to work hard to catch up. As good as he looked last year when he did play, I can't imagine that he can be so far behind that he can't close the gap.

I'd love to see one of the QBs have an awesome fall, and really take charge, and become a clear number 1. I think any of the top three could do that, and I definitely don't see any reason it should only be a two-way race.

And why would that be?

IMO, Solich and staff play favorites and give opportunities to some while denying them to others, sometimes for reasons unrelated to talent/performance. I think this approach is what led to the mutiny of 2013, where some % of the team quit on the coaching staff. So I'm skeptical...but we'll see.

However, when I combine that thought with the nonsense we've heard from the coaching staff regarding the QB position already, I'm increasingly pessimistic about our chances to improve the offense.

I have only seen Windham play very sparingly like everyone else. My observations are as follows: He looks rusty due to a lack of playing time. He throws the ball very well and has a strong arm, he seems athletic and has quickness when evading tacklers, he looks smaller than DJ/Vick although he is listed as about the same size.
He was a three star recruit coming out of HS and had an offer from Cincinnati as I recall.
With our QB issues over the last two seasons he doesn't seem to be able to get much playing time which is puzzling.

I looked it up, and it was 7 in a row:
1st and 10 at OHIO 38 Greg Windham pass complete to Chase Cochran for 6 yds to the Ohio 44
2nd and 4 at OHIO 44 Greg Windham pass complete to Chase Cochran for 6 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
1st and 10 at 50 Greg Windham pass complete to Aaron Bradley for 12 yds to the BwGrn 38 for a 1ST down
1st and 10 at BGSU 38 Greg Windham pass complete to Aaron Bradley for 24 yds to the BwGrn 14 for a 1ST down
1st and 10 at BGSU 14 Greg Windham pass complete to Sebastian Smith for 6 yds to the BwGrn 8
2nd and 4 at BGSU 8 Greg Windham pass complete to Sebastian Smith for 4 yds to the BwGrn 4 for a 1ST down
1st and Goal at BGSU 4 Greg Windham pass complete to Dorian Brown for 3 yds to the BwGrn 1

On the next play BG took over at their own 21, and it doesn't say how. Perhaps a fumble, combined with a penalty?

In any case, for the year Ohio's pass efficiencies last year were:
Vick 130.9
Windham 129.9
Sprague 99.9

As I said before, however, there is more to being a QB than just passing. In whatever areas he was behind, Bobcatblitz assures us that he has been working hard, so we may see a lot more of him this fall.

The old joke, "who is the fans' favorite QB? The second string QB", maybe should be modified to "third string". We always like the ones we don't see because they haven't made any mistakes yet, so we project the good things we have seen them do, and presume they will do everything else equally well.

I'm sure that's true. It's part of human nature.

But given the standard--W's and L's--a coach ought to be able to communicate and manage well enough to, for the most part, get the best out of his best players.

At some point, if this is a consistent problem, then the problem is not the players; it's the coach.

We need to take his performance vs BG with a bit of salt. It came on Ohio's last drive of the game, when BG had it iced away and was playing subs, for the worst D in MAC. (The drive ended on a Brown fumble -- the only run of the drive -- and a 15-yd personal foul penalty after BG recovered.) The rest of the season he was 2-5 for 26 yds. (bad percentage but a decent per-completion average). He's a junior this season so he should get more of a chance to show what he can do.

With "win" in your name, how could you go wrong?

Got to thinking about my earlier post last night and there's a correction: he was 3-5 for 26 yds the rest of season. That's a good percentage but a very modest per-completion average.

I agree with an earlier post that we should like to see players who aren't happy sitting the bench and who are eager to take charge. For me, Austin Everson comes to mind. He got his first start against UCF in '03 and really took advantage of it. As I recall his first pass went for a TD and the team rolled to a 28-0 win.

You're certainly entitled to that opinion, if it suits you, and I presume from the strong way that you stated it that it means that you have a definite opinion about some people who should be playing more. Therefore, I have to ask which of these you think should be starters?:
LT - Lowery So
LG - Alcorn RSo
C - Pruehs So
RG - Anderson So
RT - McCray So
TE - Morgan RSo
QB - Sprague RJr or Windham RJr
RB - Patterson Sr
WR/F - Walker So
WR/X - Brunis So
WR/Z - Sawyer RSr

DE - Smart RSo
DE - Berger RFr
NT - Aloese RSo
DT - Porter RSo
MLB - Grillot RSo
WLB - C Moore RSo
SLB - Daugherty RSo
CB - Bass RSr
CB - Brunson So OR Fox RFr
FS - Macer RSr
SS - Nelson So