I see no need to dump on Boyle at all, and I wish people wouldn't. Let's not forget that this kid has worked through everything that he has been handed, and contributed as best he can. He's not going to play in the NFL, and he's not going to be at the top of any division 1 college football record books. He's by all accounts a great teammate.
A really good QB makes the sum total of an offense's parts much better than it would be without. It's an interesting thing, non-linear. A really good QB can make everything about an offense better, and a really bad QB can make everything about an offense worse. Boyle is neither. He's a player that when called upon to throw the ball in games, has a hard time with the speed of the game and hitting fast moving targets with the ball. Slow moving, close to static targets - he can hit with all kinds of different speeds and touch on the ball. Other than that problem throwing at game speed, he's developed quite well as a QB, in his backup role, given his circumstances - if you ask me.
There are 11 players on an offensive unit on the field, and offense revolves around blocking, not throwing the ball. The QB is not a position that is going to be involved in blocking 99% of the time, unless it's an accident.
He's earned enough trust of the coaching staff, that he's thrown some of the most important passes of the entire season from September through November. Let's also not forget that he was the QB that led this current iteration of UCONN football to it's biggest win in the last 5 years last weekend - bowl eligibility against a top 25 ranked team.
He was the benefit of being properly prepared, and ready in the right place in the right time - which was Rentschler field - last weekend - when the starting QB got knocked out and the opponent was Houston. Temple on the road, starting the game, not - the ideal situation.
Assuming the Sherrifs is going to clear concussion protocol for a bowl game - at some point before Boyle graduates, we're probably going to need him again - to be prepared and ready to do the same thing he did last week, and hopefully if and when that occurs, and he's doing his thing, and he gets an open receiver streaking down the sideline with a step on the DB in single coverage, at the 20-15 yard line, he throws the ball to the back pilon of the endzone to let the open receiver run to the ball and have a chance to catch it for a TD, rather than throwing to the front pilon, and making both the DB and WR stop for the ball.
Easy to type from my chair, and a lot harder to do when you're actually in the game.
