I wasn't alone in writing extensively last winter about BYU's need to find a junior college quarterback in case a scenario like this one unfolded, but coaches apparently thought they could make it work. We will see.
I talked this week with quarterbacks coach Jason Beck about Hoge's strengths and weaknesses, why BYU recruited a kid who did't play the position until his senior year at a medium-sized high school in Kentucky (Highlands High, in Ft. Morgan, which is just across the Ohio River from Cincinnati), and why they are in this predicament in the first place.
"Yeah, Beau got more balance, more 50-50 reps, in practices Monday and Tuesday," Beck said.