Brian Kelly says that ND football has two goals:
1. Graduate its players
2. Win national championships
If he really means that, Phil Jurkovec (PJ) should be his choice at QB. He can learn from a number of recent examples.
First, there is the difference between a " playoff " QB and a " national championship " QB.
Alabama knew that Jalen Hurts was a playoff QB, but they switched to Tua, who was a national championship QB, and that's what they got.
Clemson knew that Kelly Bryant was a playoff QB, but they switched to Trevor Lawrence to be their national championship QB.
Georgia knew that Jake Fromm was a playoff QB, but they did NOT switch to Justin Fields, who might have been their national championship QB.
If anything can be learned from the Clemson loss, it's that Book is a playoff QB, not a national championship QB. He didn't have the poise or arm to get the job done. Lesson learned?
PJ has the ability to be a national championship QB. He has the composure, size and arm to be elite. When PJ committed to play for ND, he had to call the other coaches to tell them of his decision. He said that the hardest coach to tell was Urban Meyer at OSU. Meyer knew what a gem PJ was and he didn't want to lose him.
There is no more time to waste. The whole 2019 season hinges on the Georgia game in Athens. If we don't win that, we can forget about the playoffs, because no one loss ND team will be accepted. The deck is stacked against us. We won't win that game without PJ.
In addition to PJ, Kelly has to get speed at wide receiver. Lenzy could be our new Will Fuller, and there are others that have to get on the field. Also, Armstrong could be a Christian McCaffrey type dual threat weapon. PJ needs all the weapons that he can get.
Let's make a real, true run at a national championship!