How did Garrett Gilbert bounce back from the BCS title game?”
Gale Gilbert, who spent a decade as a backup quarterback in the NFL, searched for an experience he could compare to his son, Garrett Gilbert, having to enter the BCS national championship just five plays into the game for the Longhorns. UT Photo Garrett Gilbert has switched from No. 3 to No. 7 for Texas. “I came into Super Bowl XXVIV when the Chargers were down 30 to the 49ers,” said Gale, the backup to Stan Humphries that day for Bobby Ross’ Chargers. “But the game was pretty much over at that point. I don’t think there has ever been a national championship game or a Super Bowl in which the starting quarterback has ever gotten hurt that early in a game.” The turn of events was such a shock, Garrett even struggled to find his helmet to go into the game. He went to the defensive bench, at first, before realizing his headgear was one bench over. Awaiting the true freshman signal caller was one of the best defenses in the country, led by wrecking machine linebacker Rolando McClain, althou
See link and text on this subject below: http://texas.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1059086 Gale Gilbert, who spent a decade as a backup quarterback in the NFL, searched for an experience he could compare to his son, Garrett Gilbert, having to enter the BCS national championship just five plays into the game for the Longhorns. UT Photo Garrett Gilbert has switched from No. 3 to No. 7 for Texas. “I came into Super Bowl XXVIV when the Chargers were down 30 to the 49ers,” said Gale, the backup to Stan Humphries that day for Bobby Ross’ Chargers. “But the game was pretty much over at that point. I don’t think there has ever been a national championship game or a Super Bowl in which the starting quarterback has ever gotten hurt that early in a game.” The turn of events was such a shock, Garrett even struggled to find his helmet to go into the game. He went to the defensive bench, at first, before realizing his headgea
