Wonder how people will interpret the sentence bolded below? Focus on the first half, or on the second half?
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ll-bret-bielema-confident-in-new-look-offense
Austin Allen, younger brother of Brandon, is the most experienced quarterback on the roster. While Allen is talented, and comes from the right lineage, that experience is hardly something to fall back on. The 6'2", 210-pound junior served as his brother's backup in 2015 but attempted just three passes with his lone completion going for a 35-yard touchdown.
"Austin is the most likely incumbent, but we are going to open that baby up and let everybody compete," Bielema said.
This should be one of the most intriguing quarterback battles in the country, with redshirt sophomore Rafe Peavey and redshirt freshman Ty Storey—who were both highly touted signal-callers coming out of high school—and USC transfer Ricky Town—who transferred prior to the 2015 season after enrolling early and going through spring practice with the Trojans.
"Ricky was kind of in a tough spot," Bielema said. "He came in after the second week of fall camp, and we jumped him right into the drills. He really didn't get to learn the offense. I know Robb Smith and our defensive coaches said he did a great job throughout the year on the scout team, and his leadership and all that goes into it. I'm excited to see Ricky pop in there.
"In bowl practice, we saw that he had a live arm and does a lot of good things in reading and understanding."
The inexperience on the roster in terms of playing time and snaps taken with the first team can be negated, though, by the presence of second-year offensive coordinator Dan Enos. Enos, who previously was the head coach at Central Michigan for five years, produced a 3,000-yard passer for the fifth time in the last six years in his first season inFayetteville.
"Dan did a really great job of developing quarterbacks," Bielema said. "He was able to bring them along and do things during the year that we really haven't been able to do before. I give him a lot of credit to that partnership."
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...ll-bret-bielema-confident-in-new-look-offense
Austin Allen, younger brother of Brandon, is the most experienced quarterback on the roster. While Allen is talented, and comes from the right lineage, that experience is hardly something to fall back on. The 6'2", 210-pound junior served as his brother's backup in 2015 but attempted just three passes with his lone completion going for a 35-yard touchdown.
"Austin is the most likely incumbent, but we are going to open that baby up and let everybody compete," Bielema said.
This should be one of the most intriguing quarterback battles in the country, with redshirt sophomore Rafe Peavey and redshirt freshman Ty Storey—who were both highly touted signal-callers coming out of high school—and USC transfer Ricky Town—who transferred prior to the 2015 season after enrolling early and going through spring practice with the Trojans.
"Ricky was kind of in a tough spot," Bielema said. "He came in after the second week of fall camp, and we jumped him right into the drills. He really didn't get to learn the offense. I know Robb Smith and our defensive coaches said he did a great job throughout the year on the scout team, and his leadership and all that goes into it. I'm excited to see Ricky pop in there.
"In bowl practice, we saw that he had a live arm and does a lot of good things in reading and understanding."
The inexperience on the roster in terms of playing time and snaps taken with the first team can be negated, though, by the presence of second-year offensive coordinator Dan Enos. Enos, who previously was the head coach at Central Michigan for five years, produced a 3,000-yard passer for the fifth time in the last six years in his first season inFayetteville.
"Dan did a really great job of developing quarterbacks," Bielema said. "He was able to bring them along and do things during the year that we really haven't been able to do before. I give him a lot of credit to that partnership."
