"meanwhile teams all over the country (including the one we play on sat) resort to back up QB's due to injury or failure and they are fine or better. why can that NEVER be us?"

I think we have done pretty well with a backup QB this year. We had one game where everything that could go against us did, I also think Michigan will show much better than most people thought before the season started. We have a very real possibility of having a 10 win season. We could also lose 3-4 more games. I think it will be somewhere in between at this point, but 8-9 wins with this schedule and the entire season with a QB that hasn't played football for 3 years?? I think that's pretty dang good.