The Future is now. Bring on MarQueis.

So it took me a bit longer to give up on Weber than most. I can admit that. I've been fairly loyal to him over the last several weeks, still holding out hope that he'd eventually return to his 2008 form. Adam Weber had played admirably for the Gophers for 3 and a half years, but its time for him to hand the reigns over.

I realize I'm a couple weeks late on this sentiment, relative to the rest of the Gopher football blogosphere and message boards, but we need to start playing for our future and not this season. We're 4-4 now, with a moderate chance for a minor bowl. But if we want to play for more in 2010 and 2011, let's let MarQueis run the offense from here on out, and be thankful we have an experienced backup on the roster who can come in should the need arise. Gray may struggle, and it may be downright ugly at times, but let's consider it an investment.

Brewster wants the running game to be his stamp on the program now, but Gray's tenure as the starting QB will be the real stamp, as he is Brewster's top recruit to date, and the future of Golden Gopher football.

Obviously Gray's performance against OSU was mostly during mop up time, but during that time, he was still clearly the best player on the field, and looked sharp, especially on the short throws. While preparing for Michigan State next week, I'd love for us to mess with their gameplanning by having us split snaps in practice between Weber and Gray, and not declare a starter. Let them sweat a bit about how to defend both.

More discussion to come with the weekly 'What we learned' post.