Quote Originally Posted by msstate7 View Post
If there's one thing I know, it's you are much better qualified to know who is better between Clifford and Stevens than franklin. You may be right, but you have nothing to base this on. In limited playing time last year, Clifford had a 399.7 passer rating. Sure that's going to go waaaay down, but I think franklin knows more about both than you.
And you really have nothing to base yours on either. You make a BIG assumption that Franklin orchestrated this situation and had it work out just the way he wanted by letting Stevens transfer. Its just as likely that Franklin was trying to keep both guys reasonably happy so that neither would transfer. And I say that because every report just said that Franklin would not name Stevens as the starter, I've not heard or read once that he actually had named Clifford the starter before Stevens left. Franklin didn't know how well Stevens would come back from his injury after missing all bowl practices and Spring practice, and to end up with Clifford transferring would have lost out on a possible 2 year starter versus the 1 year he would get out of Stevens. I would be willing to bet Franklin was hoping to keep both guys if at all possible.