When J.T. went down, Cardale stepped up. As Meyer states:
“The way I looked at it, Cardale finished the season as the starter and that kind of started the thinking that he had to get beat out and he wasn’t beat out, it was very close,” Meyer said. “I almost went to J.T. earlier but it was such a pressure game that with Cardale’s size I thought he could get over the top and their defensive front was all over the place and that was the decision.”
