You guys are putting a LOT of stock into "back up" guys who not even YOU have seen....what makes you sooo sure they are better. Unless you are attending practices daily, not sure that anyone can assume that these guys are are better.... the old adage applies... "the back up qb is always the fans favorite player on the team"....
It was very obvioius that the 3 freshmen weren't ready to run between the tackles and you can't just live on toss sweeps and reverses....if they enter the game, any DC worth his salt would understand that they aren't coming up the middle, so let's bring "outside" pressure......football 101........... this was painfully apparent the last 3 series in Iowa game......3 - 3 and outs with freshmen running mostly between tackles...... and yes, Nebraska was hoping to get first downs and would have with Rex.
Taylor is NOT just safe.... head to another thread and check out his numbers compared to Denard Robinson..... pretty much equal....but I guess he is just "safe" and vanilla too.
Maybe it is the coach in me talking here, but it AMAZES me that sooo many fans are smarter than the guys who coach these kids on a regular basis (daily) and we are basing opinions on the Red-White game and a few "flashes" against non-Big 10 teams.