I went in and made a slight alteration to today's UNT-Rice game story; seems Derek Thompson quietly got into the game for a few plays in the second quarter, and Thompson was the one who threw that pass to Jamaal Jackson that should have gone for a 76-yard TD. Jackson just flat dropped the ball, and Thompson's next pass went off Alex Lott's pads. Thompson wasn't back until UNT's last offensive play, right after paramedics hauled Nathan Tune off with a dislocated hip.
Tune is done for the forseeable future, and it's time for the sophomore from Glen Rose to lead this team to some desperately needed consistency on offense. Tune has looked great at times the last two weeks, but chalk this up as an unfortunate opportunity for change. Everyone wishes Tune well and a speedy recovery, but the pressure is on someone else now. Just the way it goes.
The question this begs now is where does this leave Riley Dodge? Will he begin working full-time at quarterback this week? In two games, he has more rushing attempts at quarterback (five) than catches (one), and this might be what actually pulls together some coherent method of using him other than random, predictable direct snaps on third-and-short.
Chase Baine, presumably, moves to third on the QB depth chart, and could he be far behind from getting meaningful game snaps?
All we know for sure is Riley Dodge, he of the wobbly ulnar nerve in his throwing arm, is one injury away from being UNT's starter again. I don't care what anyone says, this couldn't have been in any grand plan.
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