Your First Clue Your QB Isn't Ready To Start The Season

[TexanBob]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=2541036

Mother of missing Nebraska QB Beck says he's 'safe'

LINCOLN, Neb. -- The mother of Nebraska backup quarterback Harrison Beck said her son, who skipped practice Saturday, is disgruntled with the amount of work he has received the first few days of preseason camp.

Evelyn Beck-Bothwell told the Lincoln Journal Star on Saturday night that Beck sent her a text message that read: "I'm safe."

Coach Bill Callahan said after practice that he didn't know Beck's whereabouts and that he was concerned about him.

"We contacted his parents," Callahan said. "He didn't arrive for afternoon meetings, so we are concerned. We are trying to contact him at the moment."

Callahan said Beck was at meetings in the morning, but didn't return after lunch.

"I talked to the players about it, and it really came as a surprise to all of us," Callahan said.

The Associated Press couldn't reach Beck or Beck-Bothwell for comment. A phone message left for Beck's high school coach, John Davis of Countryside High in Clearwater, Fla., was not immediately returned.

Beck-Bothwell told the Journal Star that her son was upset because Joe Ganz was receiving more practice repetitions behind starter Zac Taylor.

"Maybe if he would have stayed in the SEC, he would've been playing," Beck-Bothwell said. "Maybe he made the wrong decision. He knows that playbook. It's just an issue of not getting respect from the older players."

Running back Cody Glenn told reporters last week that older players on the team chided Beck last spring for not taking football seriously enough.

"Harrison, he's the kind of guy where he has all the physical tools. He can throw it a mile and throw it hard as anybody I've seen in my life," Glenn said. "He has to mature a little more. You saw that a lot this past summer, how he came in and tried to take control and be more of a leader as opposed to last year. He would kind of goof off and jack around and not really take this stuff seriously.

"This year it's like a totally different Harrison."

Beck appeared in two games as a freshman last season, completing one of 10 passes. His only completion, a 21-yarder to Nate Swift, helped set up the winning field goal against Kansas State.

Beck-Bothwell told the Journal Star that her son would beat out Taylor for the starting quarterback's job if the coaches devoted more time to him. She said Taylor is "just OK."

"It'd be different if he was sitting behind Matt Leinart or Brady Quinn," Beck-Bothwell said.

[TexanBob]

Glenn said. "He has to mature a little more."

I'd say so.

[Florida_Bronco]

This has already been posted in the college football section.

I've personally played against Harrison Beck, and the kid has loads of talent. He also (to my knowledge) hasn't said anything about being unhappy to his team or the media, so until then I suspect it's just his mother being a tool. From what I understand, she's a very big Florida fan and probably asshurt that Harrison left home to go play at Nebraska.

That being said, Zack Taylor is a very talented quarterback who played well last season, despite his O-line's attempts at getting him slaughtered. There is no way Beck is taking his job.

[Tombstone RJ]

He just needs to learn how to crap in some girl's hamper. That's the quickest way to mature as a football player and teammate....

[Steve Sewell]

Originally Posted by Florida_Bronco

This has already been posted in the college football section.

I've personally played against Harrison Beck, and the kid has loads of talent. He also (to my knowledge) hasn't said anything about being unhappy to his team or the media, so until then I suspect it's just his mother being a tool. From what I understand, she's a very big Florida fan and probably asshurt that Harrison left home to go play at Nebraska.

That being said, Zack Taylor is a very talented quarterback who played well last season, despite his O-line's attempts at getting him slaughtered. There is no way Beck is taking his job.

Florida, I know you are a Nebraska fan...after seeing a Beck interview before he even enrolled at NU, I saw this happening in his time there. He's kind of an arrogant kid...

FWIW, I work with a guy here in Omaha who used to play for the Huskers, and then worked as a broadcast journalist, so he has a lot of ties to the Husker program to this day. He told me that Beck was hitting only 40% of his passes in 7-on-7 drills WITHOUT any pass rush or time limit to get rid of the ball. Apparently this kid is a total headcase more than anything and I think there's good reason he fell down the depth chart.

[Hercules Rockefeller]

Originally Posted by Tombstone RJ

He just needs to learn how to crap in some girl's hamper. That's the quickest way to mature as a football player and teammate....

and get you picked in the 2nd round

[Florida_Bronco]

Originally Posted by Steve Sewell

Florida, I know you are a Nebraska fan...after seeing a Beck interview before he even enrolled at NU, I saw this happening in his time there. He's kind of an arrogant kid...

FWIW, I work with a guy here in Omaha who used to play for the Huskers, and then worked as a broadcast journalist, so he has a lot of ties to the Husker program to this day. He told me that Beck was hitting only 40% of his passes in 7-on-7 drills WITHOUT any pass rush or time limit to get rid of the ball. Apparently this kid is a total headcase more than anything and I think there's good reason he fell down the depth chart.

I've never seen any of his interviews, except for 1 last year after one of the games. He seemed pretty down to earth in that one, but I never stopped to talk to him after any of our games against him.

Are you talking about Eric Crouch? Last I heard, he was working for KETV up in Omaha. Either way, the kid has a ways to go, but he's extremely gifted physically.