Leach playing coy on QB situation

When it comes to who will play quarterback for Texas Tech this weekend against Nebraska, you’d have a better chance of prying a cold beer from my hand than you would in getting an answer to the QB situation from Mike Leach.

And, trust me, that’s saying something.

According to the Nebraska State Paper, the Red Raiders coach refused to even offer a hint as to who would start when they take the field against the Cornhuskers.

The Red Raiders’ coach won’t be naming his starting quarterback for the 2:30 p.m. game during the week. Instead, Leach sardonically said, expect the “excitement and drama” of a “gametime decision” between junior Taylor Potts and sophomore Steven “Sticks” Sheffield, who spelled Potts in a 66-14 rout of Kansas State by throwing for 490 yards and seven touchdowns in his first career start. He won Big 12 Player of the Week for his effort.

Potts, who earned the starting job last spring, clearly suffered a concussion in the second quarter of Tech’s win over New Mexico, although Leach denies Potts is injured at all.

“I’m not into the whole injury thing,” Leach said.

No offense to either Potts or Sheffield or Leach, but it was already proven this past week, and in the past decade for that matter, that it doesn’t really matter who the signal caller may or may not be.

It’s the system, stupid.

TT will roll up the points and yardage, regardless of what type of gamesmanship Leach is attempting to toss Bo Pelini‘s way.