Arms races: Nebraska isn't asking for much at QB, and may not have it

The fall's most gripping quarterback battles. Part of the Doc's Mid-Major Week. • Typecasting. Reviled former coach Bill Callahan traded in the glorified tailbacks who had guided the vaunted 'Husker option to spectacular success for 25 years for a more conventional "pro-style" model circa 2004, and the results have been, you know, okay. After a truly disastrous effort by Joe Dailey in 2004, a series of pocket-bound white guys – Zac Taylor, Sam Keller and Joe Ganz – came on to drag the offense into the 21st Century. That trio combined to obliterate every Nebraska passing record with more than 13,000 yards and 103 touchdowns from 2005-08, and everyone hated it. Former JUCO transfer Zac Lee was firmly in the "whitebread slinger" mold last year, but wound up slinging it a lot less – about 10 fewer times per game than Ganz or Keller in 2007-08 – as the nation's top scoring defense finally made it possible to win without 45 ...