Austin Appleby? If you’re an observant college football fan, you know who that is. Even if you’re just a more casual Iowa fan, chances are you’ve probably heard of him before. Why? Because, well, he played the Hawkeyes three times as a Boilermaker.
About a week ago, Jim McElwain announced that Appleby would be the starting quarterback for the Gators in the Outback Bowl, and if you want to read a little bit about how that decision came to be, then check out this article written by SB Nation’s Florida Gators blog, Alligator Army. The comments section there also seems pretty indifferent about him as a quarterback, so the fanbase doesn’t seem to be all that concerned with whether or not he’s quarterbacking the Gators against the Hawkeyes.