"I didn’t really understand it. I don’t understand why a guy would want to leave," Ganz said. "All you can ask is a chance to compete for the starting quarterback job at the University of Nebraska. I don’t understand why you would leave when he had such a good opportunity. ... It’s tough to see a kid kind of waste all that time he put in here.

"You know, stuff’s not going to be given to you here. This is the University of Nebraska. Things are not going to be handed to people. People are not going to be playing favorites and you’re going to have to compete for everything you get. You’re going to have to compete, compete your butt off and win that job."