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Aaron do you not think that Todd has a stronger arm and may be able to make more of the longer plays. From what I have seen TCu may have been an off-day but it just seems like GH doesn't have much arm stregnth.

While Chris Todd undoubtedly has the stronger arm of the two, Graham Harrell can easily make every throw asked of him in Mike Leach's offense. In fact, arm strength is not nearly as important to Leach as accuracy, reading the defense and going through one's progressions.

Todd lost out to Harrell this fall, more or less, because he did not do the cerebral things as well.

Kliff Kingsbury didn't have much of an arm of which to speak and he did fine, same for Cody Hodges. In fact, if it was all arm strength, Phillip Daugherty wouldn't have transferred to Sam Houston State last August.

If you notice, Harrell actually checked out of a large number of plays against UTEP with great success. He has a ginormous football IQ, a very firm grasp of the offense and (if he stays healthy) will be more successful than any quarterback Texas Tech has had under Leach. I feel comfortable in saying that TCU was an aberration.

Interestingly enough, the guy with the strongest arm and is probably the best NFL quarterback prospect is Arizona State transfer Derek Shaw who has to sit out this season due to NCAA transfer regulations. It will be interesting to see, next spring, whether Leach pays lip service to a quarterback battle or actually opens up the competition.