Why did Roper get pulled?
The TV announcers stated that it was because he got his bell rung. I kinda doubted it--I suspected he didn't show much so Belotti pulled him--but I accepted it at face value, even though Roper seemed to be fine when he was talking to his parents on the sidelines.
But in this live blog by a Seattle PI reporter, she wrote during the third quarter that it was because of a hand injury.
Maybe just a mistake, but I get the feeling that while Costa may have been the #1, the battle for #2 wasn't really settled when he went down, and Roper was on a short leash. I just hope this doesn't lead to the coaches switching out QBs like Saturday night.
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Should answer your question
Concussion
Newman and Allen confirmed it on the postgame
--Dave
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Nobody's on that short of a leash...
If Roper had gotten benched just for throwing a pick (after going 7/10, for 114 yds, 1 TD before that), his confidence would have been shot for the entire season. No coach would do that to a QB
I would be surprised
To see him play too much against Utah State though. It’s not like we need him…
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Well actually
I would be 10 times more surprised if Masoli started.
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