I think people are getting way too caught up in defending their positions on Mitch in this thread. Re-watch Thursday's game - Mitch was awful. How can anyone not have seen that? His two longest completions were to May on a ball that was horribly underthrown, and a short out to Wolitarsky that DW ran 15-20 yards after the catch.
Yes, 19-35, but as Spoofin pointed out probably 16 of those weren't in the air more than 10 yards. One could say he kept us in the game against the number 2 team in the country. My take is that if he was functional, we win the game.
And seeing Boykin throw, compared to Leidner, there is no comparison - yeah, Boykin missed two open TDs, but every other ball was on a line, and on the money. He's a spectacular QB.
What was alarming to me was a) not just the misses, but how badly the misses were - ridiculous for a two-year BigTen starter, and b) his lack of sense. Yes, the O-Line was a shambles, but he showed so little pocket-sense...
Now, I'm saying this today, and Mitch will probably go 14 of 22 for 220 yards and 2 TDs at CSU, and we'll be saying the same thing most have said for the last year, "this is what Mitch is - awful one day, decent the next".
And again, like it or not, I'm sure he is our best option right now. However, if they (gopher coaches) like the recruit from MI as much as Burns and recruiting analysts say they do, then my vote would be to forget the redshirt for Croft and give him five plays a game.
