Originally Posted by nickwc 
I don't really know if I am correct in saying this, but often times people say it will be harder for a team to prepare against us, while this might be a little true but in the long run i don't know if this is the case. Defenses pretty much know that if bates is in the game the offense is going to be completley different than if AA is in the game. So defenses will know beforehand on what formations to run and so on. to pose a question, wouldn't it take more time for a defense to prepare if they had one quarterback who could do both really well. That way the defense doesn't really know what to expect on each play?
Did ya watch the game Thursday night? The offense was relatively seamless when the QB changed.
And, even if it were not, one of the benefits of having a 2 QB system is to force the defense to have to prepare for 2 types of offense. Sure, they'll know what QB is in - but the prep work is the same.
However, I don't see the wide gap between our 2 QBs that you see in other 2 QB systems. People act like Arnaud can't run and Bates can't throw. Both claims are quite incorrect.
So I don't see
ISU having the "advantage" that many other dual-headed systems have. Our advantage would be having a fresh guy in there and if one guy is having an off day, the other guy gets the reps.
