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May 27, 2026 at 5:34pm jumpinupndownmartha said: May 27, 2026 at 4:48pm wilkyisdashiznit said: To be fair to Brent VanderVeen, he was the 3rd-string QB in 2013 behind Mannion & Vaz.  After Vaz graduated, VanderVeen was Sean Mannion's backup in the 1st 2 games in 2014 before Luke Del Rio learned enough of the playbook. Then, GAG came along.   Who needs a QB, who can throw, when you can convert an obvious tweener WR like Seth Collins into a QB?  Luke Del Rio transferred to Florida.  VanderVeen foolishly stuck around.  GAG converted VanderVeen, who was a better QB than Seth Collins, into a TE.  VanderVeen started against Wazzu.  He was Pac-12 All-Academic Second Team.  He earned a letter.  Then, he realized that getting hurt playing for GAG wasn't worth it & quit.   Ok but none of that undoes or justifies the crime against humanity that is Maalik Murphy's footspeed. I refuse to believe that he's slower than Sean Mannion, but Mannion seemed much more mobile.  I still think that it's in Murphy's head. If they can make Murphy even a little more mobile, that really opens up the offense.