Crist stays. Based on the way Crist had been playing, the game likely goes the same way it did with Rees at the helm. The Irish offense moves in fits and starts, gradually getting back into the game while constantly shooting itself in the foot, and comes up short.
The Irish go from one legendarily painful loss to another the next week, taking on Michigan in Ann Arbor. Who is your starter? Likely still Crist, who despite a poor performance in the previous week is still the only proven option on the roster. Given the inconsistent and turnover-prone play he and the rest of the Irish offense had shown, I think that game goes much the same way it did in real life.
However, it still unlikely that Crist gets benched in favor of Rees at any point during this season. If his play remained ineffective Brian Kelly may have considered other options, but it would have more likely been Andrew Hendrix at the time regarded as a potential quarterback of the future who stepped in, as indeed he did for Rees at the end of the real-life season. In choosing between two equally unproven players there would be little sense in going with Rees, who had less raw physical ability than Hendrix.
So in this version of , Crist likely remains your starter for most of the season, with Hendrix getting some action as well. Tommy Rees plays the role of an invaluable scout-team quarterback, developing a mastery of the playbook that will help him later on, but does not see the field. Despite all the different possibilities opened up by changes in details in the past, the new timeline can sometimes still converge with the old one at certain moments.
Case in point: if Dayne Crist, rather than Tommy Rees, fails to progress and leads the Irish to an underwhelming season in , the situation going into is likely still the same as it was in our timeline.
Crist, who has not played well enough to keep his job or enter the NFL Draft , seeks a graduate transfer, and who better than his old friend Charlie Weis and the Kansas Jayhawks? Meanwhile, the same four-man competition that we saw in real life unfolds in the spring and summer at Notre Dame. Considering Everett Golson won the job over Rees, Hendrix and Gunner Kiel based on his upside and practice performance without a minute of game experience, he likely still wins it now.
Probably Rees, who by now is a junior and a known quantity who can be counted on to act as a competent game manager remember, we have seen Hendrix in action in this reality in the same way we did in , and therefore know he is not the right choice for such a role.
Cheers for Notre Dame for finding a college coach with a proven record, but wait Oh, and wait Oh, and wait—he has no experience in the NFL. So while the signing of Kelly may have been great news for Notre Dame, it's terrible news for Dayne Crist's hopeful agents. College quarterbacks that play in a spread offense are less likely to be drafted high when matched up with pro-style quarterbacks.
NFL coaches do not want to waste a first round pick on a kid that is going to take two to three years to first understand an NFL playbook and then secondly execute one. Look at JaMarcus Russell, for example.
The spread attack that Kelly runs may build up Crist's stats, but he will always be referred to as a spread offense quarterback, and that is bad news for his agent. Add in the fact that another touted recruit, freshman Everett Golson , has yet to take a snap this season, and the situation looked bleak for Crist. Crist completed more than 58 percent of his passes for 2, yards for the Irish, with 16 touchdowns and nine interceptions.
He was as a starter. I hope he's successful wherever he ends up going. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Reserve quarterback Crist leaving Notre Dame.
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Florida State Seminoles. UConn Huskies. The Longhorns have been flip flopping on quarterbacks Case McCoy and David Ash, and both have had a very unsteady grasp on the job. While McCoy is a little more refined than Ash, McCoy has little arm strength for what the Longhorns want to do in the downfield passing game. Crist would definitely have the opportunity to compete here, would be given the chance to win the starting job and would provide a much needed boost to the passing game with his stronger arm compared to the other two quarterbacks on the roster.
This is one of the biggest schools that could use a quarterback like Crist. After living in luxury with Case Keenum under center for six years, the Cougars will need a quarterback to keep their strong offense going.
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