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[QUOTE="All4SU, post: 3639209, member: 381"]
I have been reading this claim on this board for a while now, and I confess I don’t know where this notion originated. TD was pressing Dungey for time as a freshman. And Dungey was the best QB we had seen since McNabb. (Okay, maybe Nassib, but in terms of individual impact on the game Dungey carried more weight.) The idea that TD was given or guaranteed anything by the coaching staff is so odd, borderline silly. He came into the program, worked to earn time, waited until Dungey graduated and took over the starter’s role. No one guaranteed him anything. The fact is, he was/is better than the other QBs on the roster. If that somehow kept other players from signing with SU, well then they don’t have enough confidence to compete for a P5 QB position.
The thing that killed our QB position was two good QBs back to back (Dungey/TD), some bad choices (Aimee), some bad luck (Culpepper cancer), and an OL that no one wants to play behind at the moment. And yes, the coaches swung and missed on a few top QBs. But it has nothing to do with TD being guaranteed anything.
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