Just moments before writing this, news hit the Twitterverse that true freshman QB Justin Herbert will start this Saturday against Washington. After finding some success last year with an FCS grad transfer QB in Vernon Adams, the Ducks dipped into the I-AA ranks again and roped in Dakota Prukop, who looked good early in the season running the offense. He’s appeared to regress a little bit since then, and did not look good against Washington State last week.
It’s hard to say why the coaches are making the move to go with Herbert, because Prukop hasn’t exactly been awful, and Oregon’s most glaring holes are on defense, not offense.