We Will Know About Jake Rudock Soon - Obstacles Remain
Per every Michigan tweeter, Jake Rudock is visiting soon and we will know, in relatively short order, whether he will be Michigan's next QB.
A few key tweets:
#Michigan has not offered Rudock yet but he is expected to accept if offered on his visit to Ann Arbor this weekend. http://t.co/zTqfioKfOF
— Clint Brewster (@clintbrew247) March 18, 2015
Sources tell me that Iowa HC Kirk Ferentz will release transfer QB Jake Rudock to #Michigan. http://t.co/zTqfioKfOF via @247Sports
— Clint Brewster (@clintbrew247) March 18, 2015
Ex #Iowa QB Jake Rudock is heading to #Michigan for a visit in the next 36 hrs, per source. Hopes to hear from B1G in next wk or so on elig.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) March 18, 2015
Of note on Rudock stuff: B1G's revised intraconference transfer policy doesn't have a special exception for immediately eligible grad xfers
— Nick Baumgardner (@nickbaumgardner) March 18, 2015March 18th, 2015 at 11:14 PM ^
He was a top 30 QB last year.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/qbr
Iowa was 19 points away from being 11-2. They lost by 2 to Wisconsin and to Nebraska in OT late in the season. If they won both of those games they would have gone to the B1G Championship game.
Quarterback leading your team when he doesn't even want to be there?
Okay, well, let's flip the situation. You've been around here long enough to see what happens. How about this headline:
"Iowa, Ferentz will not release QB Rudock to play for [insert teams]"
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March 19th, 2015 at 10:05 AM ^
That's actually not at all what he's asking. Go back and read his post. He didn't ask anything about splitting reps, changing quarterbacks, etc.
You're putting words in his mouth and trying to argue with me about it.
This is what I've gathered from Iowa fans at BHGP. Iowa had two QBs, Rudock, a two year starter with one year of eligibility left, and Beathard, two years eligibility left and I believe one start when Rudock was injured. Most fans seem to believe Beathard is more athletic and has a higher ceiling than Rudock and is just lacking in game experience.
In their bowl game, Ferentz started Rudock but alternated series with his two QBs until the final series where he left Beathard in, who led them to two late TDs to make the score look semi-respectable when the reality was Iowa was getting blown out (problems across the board with offense, defense, special teams, coaching).
A week after the bowl game, Ferentz released a depth chart which listed Beathard as the starter, Rudock as second string. I'm not sure why he thought it necessary to release a depth chart in January, and that seems to have been something new for Ferentz, not something he typically does. There was speculation among some of the fans that Beathard was threatening to transfer.
http://www.blackheartgoldpants.com/2015/1/9/7519169/iowa-depth-chart-cj-beathard-jake-rudock
Whatever the reasons for the turmoil at Iowa, Michigan might be able to pick up a QB with two years starting experience