Derek Shaw Walks on at Tech

While flipping through my Sporting News magazine I noticed that Tech was mentioned as part of the Arizona State controversy. I caught some of this on Dan Patrick's radio show, of course while in between BAD Radio last week during my lunch hour. Apparently all of this deals with the highly talented QB for ASU, Rudy Carpenter, a red-shirt freshman, as he was named as the starter for the Sun Devils. The problem with all of this is that Sam Keller was a 5th year senior and slated to start, but was supplanted by the freshman. Keller went on to transfer to Nebraska, but in addition to this, Derek Shaw has walked on at Tech. The problem of course is that Shaw is behind redshirt sophomore Graham Harrell and redshirt freshman Chris Todd, who is supposed to be an amazing talent. Here's the story from the Lubbock Avalanche Journal, and below is the entire blurb from Sporting News:

"More on the soap opera that is the Arizona State quarterback situation: Derek Shaw was one of the top three quarterback recruits in the nation going into last season. He committed to Miami but eventually signed with Arizona State. After a year at Arizona State, Shaw left (even he saw the potential of then-freshman QB Rudy Carpenter) and walked on at Texas Tech -- where he's sitting out a season and watching sophomore Graham Harrell and redshirt freshman Chris Todd compete for the starting spot. Shaw might never play again. Meanwhile, besides Carpenter, the Sun Devils have only one scholarship quarterback on the roster, freshman Danny Sullivan, because Sam Keller transferred to Nebraska. Considering the recent history of injuries to ASU quarterbacks (see: Jeff Krohn, Andrew Walter, Keller), Shaw's decision looks more flawed. At least ASU recently received a commitment from Nick Foles, one of the top quarterback recruits in Texas. ..."

I realize that I'm more than a month late on this news, but thought it interesting enough that this made a national publication like the Sporting News.