Again I agree

It's hard to go against Spurrier's decisions and his decision has always been to make Shaw the starter when he is healthy. That may change this year. I'm not saying at all that Thompson will be the starter this season but if Spurrier thinks he gives us the best chance to win he's gonna play him. 

Going back to the ESPN QB rankings. The reason we were pushed ahead of the other teams is because of the Shaw and Thompson combo. If Thompson had not started against Clemson and Michigan (both big time games that were away from home) and won them I don't think it would have been enough to put us at number 1. None of the other teams in the SEC have had to throw their backup QB into the fire in hostile environments like Thompson was. Therefore no one knows the potential that the other backups have like we have an idea of with Thompson. He was given an opportunity that the others have not been given and he made the most of it imo. These two games that Thompson had the chance to play in their entirety coupled with Shaw's dual threat abilities were enough to put us on top for ESPN.