Carolina but proudly wore my ND stuff and let a few people know we own the state of South Carolina.
For my two cents:
We should go with Buchner if it is an even tryout for the position with Sam Hartman. Buchner was tough as nails in the bowl game as measured by his willingness to stay in the pocket and absorb strong shots to the midsection and deliver the ball. His long pass to number 83 from a different window was absolutely superb. He was right on target to Lenzy also on the TD pass while getting planted. The interceptions for the first pick six was on a tipped ball, so I cannot fully blame him. The second interception he threw was him trying to make an athletic play and if he had Mayer it would have probably succeeded. The fact that he has the ability to even attempt that kind of play demonstrates physical ability way beyond Sam Hartman. The third interception was a bone head play call and for Tyler's part he should have looked for a bail out receiver from the backfield or tucked it and ran.
Sam Hartman has a problem with interceptions that no one speaks of without the ability to make big plays that Buchner has. IMO Buchner is truly just a short way from being a difference maker.
Also our line played pretty badly as far as pass protection and didn't even block the run well in the first half. Alt may be overrated, Lugg was pathetic and though both played horribly, especially on pass protection and Buchner was able to overcome this. And please put a lot of value on this, after the 100 yard pick six, Buchner absolutely sucked it up and led a superb drive to win the game. Not many QBs do that after what had happened.
All I want is that there is a fair competition for the starting job with the loser available to pick up the pieces if there is a problem during the game. I am a big fan of the potential of Buchner. As far as comparing him to Wimbush, Buchner has hit on many more tough passes than Wimbush ever did. I remember the 2017 TD pass to Chris Finke against Michigan and if Finke did not make an absolutely phenomenal grab between two defenders on the Wimbush throw, we probably would have lost that game.