I'm as big of a CPR fan boy as there is but I really don't get the "he's the best we have" thing regarding JB vs. SJ.
JB running the zone read is the best our running game had looked in ages last season. SJ isn't exactly lighting the world on fire throwing the ball outside of the Tulsa game and a few non conference 4th quarters last year and he is turning it over a lot, while him being in the game definitely hampers our rushing attack. I honestly think against Big 12 competition JB may be the more accurate passer. SJ's #s in Big 12 play are horrendous.
I'll take someone who I think can operate our running game at high level, who is a question mark at passing and ball security over someone who is pretty much the same thing but not a natural at running the zone read.
Could anyone who is a number cruncher look up SJ's passing #s in his Big 12 games? JB's are basically already just Big 12 #s right? The Big 12 is just an incredible meat grinder. We have Iowa, Kansas, two other non-conf and then basically 8 ranked teams to play against pretty much every year now. It really doesn't matter if someone looks good against non-conf or KU, it's can we get it done against the top 25 team we'll play 75% of the time.