Shane holding his own?

There's more to it than how you perform in practice. This is a real game, on the road, in a new system, with a new coach, and huge national spotlight on the team's performance. Rudock has played in many high pressure situations and thrown 34 TDs in college. That's 34 more than all other QBs on our roster combined. Barring injury, there is no scenario under which he doesn't start that game. 

He is a man who knows.  There s no possibility that anyone would be that dogmatic if there was a chance he could be wrong.

Morris has as much arm talent as anyone in college football. Not just in terms of rocket arm, but you saw him throw some fade routes that, despite having a high trajectory, got on the receivers almost instantly. When he has his mechanics, he can make any throw you ask of him: deep outs to the far sideline, deep streaks, intermediate digs, the playbook is completely open. The ceiling is through the roof.

Rudock doesn't have that. He has a meh arm that you generally want to allow him to roll out to threaten the far side of the field (not much of an issue in a PA-heavy offense). He gets a lot out of his mechanics, but that's about the extent of it. He can't really push the ball deep well, both in terms of his arm and apparently the mental part of the game. He's a nice floor. If things are rocky, he's a nice stabalizing force. He's a nice player.

Harbaugh wants to win. He's also extremely cocky and thinks he can make wine from water, and QBs from, well, not QBs. If he perceives a guy has a higher upside, he's going to prove that he can bring out that upside. And there's a good chance he will.

From a coach's perspective, particularly a QB coach's perspective, you see Morris and you salivate. The opportunity to work with those skills, to mold those skills, to see a player with those skills reach their potential... Harbaugh wants to do that as much as anyone. On top of that, Morris has worked with these receivers longer, he understands how they run routes even beyond just the system. He's also been in the system longer. He's more familiar with everything about the program and the school and his teammates.

I see Morris play, and this spring really did a lot for him confidence-wise. His body language is still good despite everything that's happened. If that translates to at least some confidence on game day, I believe he's the guy. Unless he's totally wrecked, I beleive he's the guy. Because I believe Harbaugh wants him to be the guy, because I believe Harbaugh believes he can get the most out of him. That means calling plays that may be a bit safer to marginalize the weaknesses. But you get Morris's confidence up and you coach him up, and this is a completely different team. Rudock is nice, but Harbaugh doesn't want to be nice, he doesn't want to stop-gap. He wants to change Michigan, and Morris gives that potential, at least until/if he proves he doesn't.

But to start, I believe it will be Morris.

Or he could be our own Jacory Harris... aka shows promise only to crumble under inconsistency and the "return of M football" (Harris' case was return of "Hurricane football")

Everyone is depserate?  That means I also am desperate?  Thanks for telling me, man.  I had no clue.  I thought that I thought that the whole "submarine" idea was excellent, and was willing to wait.