Wake Forest's Backup QB Makes Wise Economic Decision

Most of us dream about going to college and maybe, just maybe, eking things out as a backup QB so you at least have access to whatever choice of coed you want without all the hassle of the pressure, the injuries, etc. Maybe you luck up and become the next Brad Johnson or Matt Cassell. More likely, you parlay that experience into something that will impress at least 95% of the people you meet for the rest of your life.

More like, you just use college as a way to lock down an internship during the summer so you can get that cushy job developing internet security software once you graduate. Looks like Wake Forest's backup QB Brett Hodges managed to live both dreams.

Hodges has voluntarily left the Demon Deacon football team to concentrate on his academics and more specifically, his internship with Symantec, which he played up as a wise move in this economy. Can't help but agree with him on that front.

While this is certainly indicative of a "student-athlete" template that a lot of people with jobs in the mainstream media wish existed more frequently, the fact is, this isn't good for Wake. Though Riley Skinner will be back to round out his decade in Winston-Salem, he's left without an experienced backup in what often appears to be a baffling complex offensive scheme. Fortunately, Wake's fortunes on the gridiron have allowed them to up the level of recruits and they've got options in speedy Skyler Jones and Ted Stachitas. He's from Florida. So you know he's good.