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He could be. From what some NFL scouts say, he’s one of the top QB prospects in his class. But as someone who watches him week in and week out, he’s still very inconsistent. A lot of that is because his offensive line is not nearly as good as OU’s, and partially because we either don’t have much of a running game, or we just don’t try to run the ball. That allows defenses to get a lot of pressure on him, and his mechanics break down under pressure. That’s his biggest problem right now. He doesn’t consistently exhibit good mechanics, and that tends to cause his throws to go all over the map.

Honestly, he has the potential to be better than Ron Prince thinks he is. But he hasn’t shown it yet. It doesn’t help that he doesn’t have running backs and wide receivers like OU to make him look better.

Venables was one guy I wanted to see among the candidates we looked at last time, but apparently there’s some personality conflict or something that will almost certainly prevent his return to Manhattan in any capacity other than visiting coach.

At this point, assuming Ron Prince doesn’t turn things around in a big, big way in the next five games (quite an assumption, I know), I would have to say most K-State fans’ have Gary Patterson at TCU at the top of their wish list. Patterson has shown himself to be an excellent head coach at the non-BCS level, winning big games and developing recruiting contacts in Texas. Patterson played football at K-State and, I believe, was a graduate assistant or held some other position on Bill Snyder’s staff at some point. He’s going to be in high demand if he has a big season this year, which it looks like he’s poised to do, and we may have to compete with schools like Clemson and Tennessee for his services. If this comes to pass, we’re hoping that loyalty to alma mater wins out.