Rabalais: As LSU knows better than most, volatility is the new norm among college quarterbacks
(World News USA)

Matt Flynn is only 33 years old, which may or not be hard to believe, depending on your point of view. But Flynn, who quarterbacked the LSU Tigers to the 2007 BCS national championship, now looks like a relic of a long-ago and increasingly quaint-looking past. Flynn waited three years for his chance to be LSU´s starting quarterback, save for a magical MVP-winning relief role in the 2005 Peach Bowl for an injured JaMarcus Russell. Flynn took his time behind Russell and Marcus Randall in 2004, and Russell in 2005 and 2006. Had Les Miles made a more persuasive sales pitch, Russell might have returned for 2007 as well, and Flynn finally might have looked for another place to be the starter. But...