Sunday, August 19, 2007

Sam and Rudy; One year later

It struck me today that we're a few days away from the one-year anniversary of when former ASU football coach Dirk Koetter made what would ultimately be a season-defining decision for his 2006 squad when he took the starting QB role away from senior Sam Keller and handed the reins to sophomore Rudy Carpenter. This of course after he had named Keller the starting QB just a day earlier. As everyone who follows ASU football knows, this decision would be the beginning of the end for Koetter who was given his walking papers after the season ended.

It is interesting that the AZ Republic has not come out with a story on what really drove DK's decision. Perhaps we'll see something in a few days or next weekend before the first game on Sept. 1.

I also plan to do a little reading on whether or not Keller is being challenged at all for the starting spot at Nebraska. Had heard initially that he wasn't a clear-cut favorite.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Read this week's SI ... Nebraska is ranked i believe 18th ... big picture of Keller and most of the story is about him. he is definitely the starter.