First things first, we'll cover the Dudzik controversy, since that's what all the rest of the media wants to cover. Thorpe was named the starter, but Dudzik came in during the second quarter and did indeed provide a spark on offense. Then, after he had already driven for a touchdown and was possibly on his way to a second one, he went to throw the ball away. But, when he planted his foot, something went wrong. A stress fracture that had previously bothered him finally gave way to a break. He stayed in through the next couple plays, but then hobbled off to the locker room. This injury, for awhile, seemed to get into the heads of the JMU team as it took awhile to get back into the swing of things, but was also showed why there has been a "QB battle" going on for so long. Dudzik had been struggling with a stress fracture for quite some time. Drew knew it and the coaches knew it. Dudzik had also suffered a concussion during the Spring Game and got another minor concussion during the Hofstra game. That's two fairly serious injuries that were on the brink of getting much worse.
Knowing that your "game-changing" quarterback that the media and fans had proclaimed the #1 was one bad step or hit from going down for the season...what would you do as a coach? Choice one: play that partially-injured quarterback until he gets fully injured, then have a redshirt-freshman QB step in with absolutely no experience. Choice two: rotate QB's to keep the offense upbeat with Drew and also get Thorpe some experience in case the worst happens. Plus, resting Dudzik every other drive and not having him play for long stretches at a time would have helped extend the time that he could play with the stress fracture. The safer choice is obviously two. This wasn't planning for the future; this was covering your bases for this year so that if Dudzik goes down, Thorpe has had in-game experience to go off of.
#5 William & Mary Tribe (5-1, 2-1) vs. 
#6 Villanova Wildcats (2-1, 5-1) vs. 
First things first, we'll cover the Dudzik controversy, since that's what all the rest of the media wants to cover. Thorpe was named the starter, but Dudzik came in during the second quarter and did indeed provide a spark on offense. Then, after he had already driven for a touchdown and was possibly on his way to a second one, he went to throw the ball away. But, when he planted his foot, something went wrong. A stress fracture that had previously bothered him finally gave way to a break. He stayed in through the next couple plays, but then hobbled off to the locker room. This injury, for awhile, seemed to get into the heads of the JMU team as it took awhile to get back into the swing of things, but was also showed why there has been a "QB battle" going on for so long. Dudzik had been struggling with a stress fracture for quite some time. Drew knew it and the coaches knew it. Dudzik had also suffered a concussion during the Spring Game and got another minor concussion during the Hofstra game. That's two fairly serious injuries that were on the brink of getting much worse.
#1 Richmond Spiders (4-0, 2-0) vs. 
Hofstra Pride (2-2, 0-1) vs. 
