# All your quarterbacks are out the day before the big game. What do you do? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 26, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-quarterbacks-are-out-the-day-before-the-big-game-what-do-you-do/705700 "2014-11-26T18:17:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2014, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-quarterbacks-are-out-the-day-before-the-big-game-what-do-you-do/705700/21 "2014-11-27T01:06:46Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Not with 300 lb defensemen about to take your head off, only 1.5 seconds to make the read, and the secondary waiting to intercept anything you throw. You wouldn’t stand a chance. Agreed. Playing QB is really, really hard. I’ve been on a local rec flag football team for a few years, and only about 2 or 3 out of our 15 guys are capable of playing QB with any hope of winning. It’s very, very hard to catch the ball from the center, locate an open receiver, and complete an accurate pass all within a second or two, often while having to run to avoid a sack. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-quarterbacks-are-out-the-day-before-the-big-game-what-do-you-do/705700/22 "2014-11-28T03:41:36Z")
A feeling of gloom hung over Taylor Field on Labour Day, 2002. Every year, the Big Game in the regular season for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL is the Labour Day Classic, when league rivals, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, come to Taylor Field in Regina. In 2002, Rocky Butler was the fourth string quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Improbably, he was pressed into service as the starter of the Labour Day Classic of that year, because injuries had knocked out the first :(, second 😕, and third string :eek: quarterbacks. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers were led by Khahari Jones, the CFL’s Most Outstanding Player of 2001. It was Butler’s first professional start. And if he went down, there was no back-up QB left. Rocky led the Riders to an improbable 33-19 win over the Bombers, in one of the best Labour Day Classics ever! ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-quarterbacks-are-out-the-day-before-the-big-game-what-do-you-do/705700/23 "2014-11-29T03:53:43Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > When was the last time USC had a quarterback even remotely in the Heisman race, anyway? Uh, three years ago? Unless I’m being wooshed… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-quarterbacks-are-out-the-day-before-the-big-game-what-do-you-do/705700/24 "2014-12-04T22:41:30Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Six words: > Student Body Left > Student Body Right > > Running never hurt USC any. When was the last time USC had a quarterback even remotely in the Heisman race, anyway? Carson Palmer and Matt Leinart WON the Heisman! And Rodney Peete and Matt Barkley were definitely contenders. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-quarterbacks-are-out-the-day-before-the-big-game-what-do-you-do/705700/25 "2014-12-04T23:32:03Z")
> [@yellowjacketcoder](#): > > You’re the coach of the \ football team, and the must-win game against your biggest rival is tomorrow when your assistant walks into your office. > > **Him:** Coach, Smith just got arrested and the judge said no bail! > **You:** Damn, he’s our star QB! Well, we’ll have to put Jones in tomorrow. > **Him:** Um, actually Jones was with Smith, and got arrested for the same thing. > **You:** Cripes, well, I guess Green will get his first start. > **Him:** Um, Coach, you’re not gonna like this… > **You:** Oh, come on, that’s all of our QBs! > **Him:** Should we forfeit? > **You:** No, we can’t forfeit. I tell you want we’ll do, we’ll… > > What? [Put the rookie in!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_Bag_Game) The rookie running back/kick returner that is. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-your-quarterbacks-are-out-the-day-before-the-big-game-what-do-you-do/705700.md?page=1)