Personally, given what I have seen of both teams history with QBs and playing time, I see the OSU situation as a situation where a QB has quality competition, but in playing can benefit from a continuous stable of highly-related WRs and for the most part far superiority in most other areas of the offense, defense, and special teams (which both affect the challenges and opportunities for the offense) compared to the competition. This can create a significant uncertainty and transition to the pro game-look at the success of OSU QBs.To start with, I've picked the following info off of several boards in the last 24 to 48 hours. Take a stroll through several Buckeye and Texas (and A&M) if you don't believe me, take a look for yourselves.
Like I've mentioned on several occasion, IMO, Mullet (Ewers) will never see the field at OSU. He's a prima donna that expected to come in and set the world on fire - it isn't happening. He screwed OSU's QB plans up when he reclassified and Day wasn't happy about it. Day recently said he has a lot to learn and a long way to go . He's behind the 3 other QBs and won't see the field - at least - until Stroud leaves in another year or two. And both Miller and McCord are both in front of him - especially McCord. Ewers didn't make the trip - with the rest of the team - to Indiana last Saturday
The rumors are running wild - especially on the Texas and Buckeye boards - that it's a 100% given that Ewers will be transferring out (portal) and Texas A&M is his likely destination. FWIW, supposedly Jimbo is still in the kid's ear and wants him badly. I's all but a done deal at the end of the year. Plus, Ewers is homesick with complicates matters.
With Jack Miller probably transferring back to a West coast team - more likely Arizona or ASU - at the end of the year, that will only leave Stroud (1 more year) and McCord on the roster. OSU is really going hard now after both Allar and D. Brown (USC commit) and are using the coaching uncertainties of both schools to their advantage. Their really hammering Allar - who grew up a Buckeye fan - about the possibility of Franklin leaving. Supposedly he'll be at the OSU-PSU game Saturday night as guest of the Buckeyes.....not sure about this one - maybe someone can confirm this rumor. And Allar is starting to listen. The best thing that Franklin can do RIGHT NOW is deny all of the leaving rumors to keep your class intact.
In comparison, PSU general has less and less (and some think an extreme lack of) competition, which leads to some QBs getting 2 and even 3 years, when they went through some underperforming periods or there was a very qualified backup sat. I think where the real development opportunity comes at PSU is to do as much or more with less against the top of the B1G.
Not that (all or any of) these young high school prospects look at things this way. but I think the more certain path with a bigger upswing for Allar is at PSU.
I find the Ewers situation, if described as you do, very funny. Fortunately for OSU they have 3 other quality options that have been on campus LESS than 2 years-a luxury PSU should try to emulate. From what I can tell there are still the same number of seconds in a minute, minutes in an hour, hours in a day, and days in a year in State College as there are in Columbus.