QB Battle! Riley or Longshore?

Who would you guys rather have at the helm of the offense this year for Cal?  Nate Longshore or Kevin Riley.  Longshore was having a solid season until he got hurt in the Oregon game, and Riley played very well in the Oregon State game and the game against Air Force.  Personally, I'd like to see Longshore start next year because he has two years of experience.  I think that Tedford should go with the more experienced QB in a Cal offense that will be much younger than it was last year.  We lost Stevens, Jackson, Hawkins, Jordan, Forsett and two offensive linemen.

I really like Riley though.  He's a very scrappy player that reminds me somewhat of Tony Romo.  His touch on the long ball was great this year, and he evades pressure in the pocket very well.

Great post. I've been thinking about this myself. Longshore started the season very well, and when things are going good he looks great. However, he doesn't seem to play as well in close games and throws a lot of untimely INTs. On the other hand you may say that he played well at the beginning of the year because he was healthy, and his performance in the latter half of the year suffered due to the ankle injury. It was painfully obvious that when he came back from the injury he was not 100%, because you could see he could not step into his throws. Thus he had to rely only on his arm, which is good, but it cannot compensate for not being able to put weight on the ankle and stepping into the throw. The result? Under throwing the ball and weak throws that get picked off. In my opinion, Tedford should have stayed with Reilly after the Oregon State game, despite the brain fart, until Longshore was really ready to come back.

With all that said, I really don't know who should start this year. I think they both will do fine. I'm more concerned that Montgomery left and Best is still injured. Hope we have a solid running back to start the season. And I'm sure we will. Depite ESPN and all the other Network "experts" that think Tedford is just a quarterback genius, he is amazing at getting top tier runningbacks that many never heard of. Ech, Arrington, Lynch, Forsett, now Best (OK Best was highly touted), and the list goes on.

Looking forward to a great year and talking to you all on the Boards!

Roll on you Bears!!!!!!

The great thing about this QB battle is that the compition should drive both Longshore and Riley to get better and work harder.  Whoever wins the battle, has my upmost trust.  I still believe in Teddy and whoever he chooses, I'm cool with.

Wow a pretty unanimous vote for Riley.  I guess all those ints against UCLA, USC, and Az..St.  made us all lose a bit of faith in his late game preformance.  I must admit, this seasons preformance reminds me a bit of Joe Ayoob.