than Koy all year? Basically thinking "that Critchlow kid may be the future, but neither Koy nor Critchlow are beating our Hoge or Tanner. So since the 3rd stringer won't play anyway let Detmer be the guy and lets build for the future by letting Critchlow redshirt?

They werent planning on Detmer playing, they were hoping to get through the Utah State game with Hoge and odds are that he should have gotten through 1 game. Unfortunately he didn't. At that point when Hoge got injured in the game the only options where Koy or Kafentzis.........was Critchlow even dressed?

So the week after the game it would seem reasonable to go "ok Hoge is out, who gives us the best chance to win as the backup going forward --- the kid who has been in the program but just showed badly or the kid who has size, the arm, and has shown well on the scout team?"