Texas Tech football: What we need to see over the final two games

Nothing but Bowman at QB

The greatest disappointment about this year is the fact that we enter the final two games with more questions at the QB position than we had when the year began.  That’s why those games need to be Alan Bowman‘s regardless of how the offense performs.

Tech needs to find out once and for all what they have in Bowman.  He’s the only healthy QB on the roster who appears to have any shot at being a long-term answer for the program and he needs every snap he can get to close out this year.

Remember, he’s still inexperienced despite the fact that he’s been on campus for three years now.  Injuries and this year’s benching have limited him to just 14 starts.  That’s just over one full season.

Plenty of QBs have needed more than 14 starts to figure out how to play QB at the Big 12 level, especially those who have had as many starts and stops in their career as Bowman has.  Therefore, why not give him two more starts to try to end his year on a high note and head into the offseason feeling good about his game for the first time as a collegiate.

No matter what happens in the next two games, Bowman should take every snap (unless there is a blowout in either one).  That’s because Colombi has had his chance to show what he can do and he’s proven not to be a Big 12 QB, at least not a starting-caliber one.

This offseason, the Red Raiders will stage an epic QB battle between Bowman, current freshman Donovan Smith, and incoming freshman Behren Morton, and perhaps redshirt freshman Maverick McIvor (though he appears to be a long shot).  So to get a jump start on that evaluation process, why not give the only viable option in that competition who is able to play right now as many live reps as possible?