Pyne's games, and it was against the #8 rated Defense in CFB on the road in week 1 when our OL was tippy-toeing around.

He outplayed Pyne by a mile in the Marshall game if you go by QBR.

Not saying he's great - he's definitely unproven and will be completely rusty - but he was not set up to succeed.

I do think Buchner would have played well in more than 3-4 games this season.

...Buchner was 18 of 32, 201 yards, zero TDs, 2 interceptions, including the pick-6 that effectively cost us the game. Rating: 53.7. Rather weak.

Pyne was 3 of 6, 20 yards, 1 TD, 1 interception. Rating: 15.4. Rather meaningless, in my opinion.

EDIT:

Year to date QBRs for Buchner and Pyne:

Buchner, 52.9
Pyne, 67.8

Kind of important dynamic

QBR shows Buchner clearly outplayed Pyne.

The passing was equal.

And do you put that last INT on Buchner or Thomas?

...that you chose. But if they are important, someone should report them. Here you go:

Buchner: 24 attempts, 62 net yards, 2.6 yards per carry, 2 TDs (2 games)

Pyne: 47 attempts, 108 net yards, 2.3 per carry, 2 TDs (11 games)

But it should be noted Buchners other game was against Ohio State.

No opportunity to play shit defenses like USC, Navy, UNLV, BYU, UNC, BC, Syracuse, Cal, and Stanford (9 games).

It was the 4th quarter and I think he got to play 2 series of downs. Don’t really think that’s much of a sample size to compare to TB’s.

It is a small sample and he might develop into a good QB, but so far he has not shown the ability to read defenses and tends to throw the ball into traffic.

So far, he hasn’t played like a starting QB on a top 20 team and my guess would be that he isn’t going to develop enough to be one.

Just making a comparison vs. the play of the other QB.