If he doesn’t, that’ll mean we took a page out of the 2023 playbook and gave all the crucial practice reps to a QB who wasn’t gonna play. So yeah, he better be out there.
I have been told setting expectations beyond what someone else arbitrarily determines is the correct way to be a fan is wrong. So you should feel shame in thinking differently.
He could trot out there and play like the last time we played at Oregon, which was ugly. But Cam’s pre-snap understanding of defenses and command of the offense are miles ahead of IW’s. Being a 7th-year grown-ass man helps a lot when it comes to keeping defenses honest. Arizona showed you can stack the box and blitz the hell out of Isaac, and it creates a flustered offense.
The board would devolve into people saying “Cam didn’t play well” and other people taking that extremely personally on Cam’s behalf and denying it as a possibility. Not a joke. This is exactly what would happen.