Interesting what makes people laugh.
It's not a newsflash that when QB's play poorly teams don't usually win games. And last season's 0-5 start was greatly influenced by poor QB play. When QB's play well they get praise. When they play poorly they get blame. Pretty simple.
We know that Clifford is not the best QB PSU ever had. But after playing well and leading PSU to 11 wins in 2019 he was playing like one of the worst QB's PSU ever had at the start of 2020, which seemed like a significant underachievement after he led PSU to 11 wins in 2019. So naturally PSU fans wanted better QB play - whether it was Roberson or some other unknown getting a chance, or a dramatic improvement in Clifford. That does not mean fans were rooting against Clifford.
And it's not like Clifford didn't make MANY, MANY mistakes in 2020. So I don't buy the "fans turn on a QB with the first mistake" observation.
The anticipation of stars emerging from the incoming players is one of the significant parts of college football that make it special. So it sure is a plus when PSU has incoming QB's such as Allar and Pribula, but all most fans want from their team is for their coaches to put a competent QB on the field and if Clifford returns all the better - Allar and Pribula would be that much more confident going into the competition to start in 2023..........
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