Because of injuries and poor play among Iowa's QB's, it's doubtful a 4th teamer who hasn't played QB this year would present much of a problem. Given all their ups and downs, mostly downs, among their QB's, don't you think that kid would have at least had some mop up duty in a couple games Iowa had control of?No I just stated that he's their fourth QB and that's the dude I would be worried about if he got in the game, he hasn't played at all this year. So if it was just left down to those two his speed in his maneuverability would make up for his lack of experience if something happened to Stratton. Sure Cade and Brandon have been practicing this week but think they're QB number four would be likely to go in if something happened to Stratton but those two others may be practicing but their injuries would prevent them from being in the game I think that's more of a head game than anything because Kirk stated regardless Jackson still the starter for the game on Friday. We'll see
Although anything is possible, Kirk would likely exhaust the number 2 and 3 QB's before he turned it over to Resar. Putting an untested freshman QB in against an NU defense, although up and down this year, has shown in the first half against CU and for 60 minutes against OSU they could probably dismantle that kid pretty quick.
NU hasn't produced much pressure on the QB for a few weeks now, but you take an untested kid like that and I bet Tony could get pretty creative in some disguised blitzes. Even the older QB's that Iowa has, warts and all, have seen a lot of college defenses in their day, so they at least have a chance to avoid being decapitated.
We all know it will boil down to NU being able to get Iowa off the field on 3rd down, and how efficient NU is on offense without turning the ball over. If it gets into a shootout, NU will roll them.
If it's a tight game, then NU still has to prove they can beat a good team on the road. We all know Iowa's defense can be salty especially if you help them out by not taking care of the ball.