[ComfortEagle]

I said until actual reasons were given, those bashing Hartline for no other reason than everyone else is bashing him, were full of it. I did not call anyone out.

15th, I apologize for not responding fully, as my internet went down until just now.

You proposed bringing in Newton for a series or two, but the problem I see with that is that he is currently our 3rd string QB.

If Brooks decides to bench Hartline and bring in his backup, then it would be Fiddler. And possibly even Cobb, but that would put our best receiver under center and not catching balls.

For those of you saying Newton is better, where is your proof? Have you been to the practices? I mean, unless you've been to UK's practices, which are closed, how do you know at this point in the season, that Newton is better than Hartline? Also, what happens IF Newton is brought in and he performs just as bad or worse than Hartline? Do we keep him in so he can get experience and we'll try to be better next season?

Again, it's mentioned that Hartline throws in front of or behind receivers. How many of those passes are rushed? And how comfortable does Hartline feel when his o-line has trouble blocking? Are some of Hartline's passes just flat out his fault? Yes. Are some of his bad passes the result of pressure and the pocket collapsing and throwing on the run? Yes. Not every bad pass is completely Hartline's fault.

I've pretty much extinguished my comments on this matter by now and until we can see more, I don't know what will happen.

What if UK comes out against SC and Hartline's performance is markedly better? Can we chalk the past two performances up to the fact that we were playing 2 of the best 3 teams in the nation?

And what if the performance is the same or worse? I don't know. Do we see Fiddler? He is the #2 QB. I just think it's too early to say this season is going under and that we need to bring in our young QB's and get them experience for next year. Again, on paper, our record is exactly where it should be...for the time being.

But to be extremely optimistic and looking on the bright side of things - at this point in the season UK could possibly still finish the season 10-2, and IMO that would be a great season.