You’re reading that wrong. Fans (including myself) were pleading to get Banks in earlier the year before as we suffered through an ineffective QB playing in front of him.
After a lot of frustration and an ineffective QB, Kirk finally relented and let Banks take the helm.
What I am getting at is “if” the previous QB would have had even a game manager pulse then there it a high probability that Banks would have just sat on the bench and may not have ever be given a chance to shine. We all know how Kirk is stubborn when anointing a QB and not wanting to deviate from his decisions at that position.
I consider Banks one of the best QB’s to wear the Iowa uniform, and one of the few dual threat QB’s we have had. There were others too as Fryowa has mentioned, They too were somewhat mobile except for Long who was like a cement statue back in the pocket…………. but damn could long throw twenty-five yard passes on a rope.
