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He was a true freshman, coming off an injury, with no spring practice, and no prior history playing in an actual game, yet you think he should have started over a 4 year junior in the first game of the year against Florida because he was cleared to play. :youre-nuts: He didn't start out...

Add to that the collective brain fart by the staff game planning.

Easily! He had an injury, missed all of spring camp, and was gradually worked into the lineup as a freshman. It's not like he sat on the bench for 5 or 6 games. His snap count gradually increased until it exceeded Patchen's. At that point, he was named the starter

That's a different issue (which I agree with). But the question here is whether people played because of seniority. In most cases, there was no better available option on the bench.

Every team got hit but it hurt those the most that didn't have capable depth. And if anything Bama and three other playoff teams, all had a ton of depth. That most likely why they were playoff teams in the first place.