I see a lot of division about Maxwell being declared the Starter. The obvious thing to say about that is that people need to wait and see what happens. As fans, we have too little information to predict how any of the quarterbacks will do. The people with the most information, the coaches, decided that Maxwell should be the starter, and right now that has to be good enough for the rest of us. Folks, if Maxwell is not who we hoped for, we'll get our chance to grumble. But right now, none of us can really make a sound judgment, so we really need to be patient.
For the record, I predict that Maxwell will excel this year - just goin with my gut, folks, cuz I don't know any more than the rest of you. I predict he will make a Ricky Stanzi (remember "Rick Six"?) -like improvement. Maxwell showed progress in the Spring game. He showed confidence and some unbelievable accuracy - though his receivers dropped the ball several times on that cold day. The only concerns I had were with his unwillingness to make plays with his legs (there were a couple of plays where he should have taken off but instead threw the ball away) and his accuracy beyond 30 yards. He needs to fix those 2 things to become a complete quarterback.
And look, if he doesn't show progress, the schedule is set up so that the damage will be minimal. The Maxwell/Cook combination should generate enough offense to win the first 3 games, and may even be good enough to get the Spartans past everyone but Notre Dame and Nebraska. And if another quarterback clearly emerges (maybe Cook or O'Connor "blow up"), I'm sure they'll get their shot. Anyway, let's wait to see what happens.
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