Hoping someone will provide an answer, so pasting my post 272 from the end of the EIU game thread:

NIU32 Wrote: (Yesterday 06:32 PM)
So Carey literally started the worst QB of the 3. Childers looked like our best option for our QB run game and Santa is the best passer.
7 Wrote: (Yesterday 06:11 PM)
You judged anything from Childers off 10 snaps against EIU's backups? WHAT? The 3 are probably all pretty interchangeable in the run game. You could tell NIU made an effort to protect Santa in the run game against an inferior opponent today.
NIU32 Wrote:
Absolutely! I think it took less than 10 snaps to tell that Childers is a better athlete/playmaker than Graham. Everybody has seen enough of Graham to know what he is, a 3rd string QB who can't throw, isn't athletic, and isn't tough. Interchangeable? Come on.

Ten snaps against EIU's back-ups is just enough for me to make one judgement. Does Carey have a clue coaching?
Family issue resulted in missing the game while at the emergency room, so by the time everything is taken care of and we finally get to leave, prescriptions picked up, everyone is back home, it's late in a long day and I toss the unused tickets, then go look at the box score. Can someone tell me WHY with a 31-3 halftime lead and a 38-3 lead entering the fourth quarter that Childers only got to play the last 7:55 per the play-by-play? Yes, I understand the significance of Santa getting more snaps for experience, but come on.... Regardless of what anyone thinks of Graham, Santa is the QB for the next game and you're beating Eastern Illinois, why risk him getting hurt? Why not give your current No. 2 QB an opportunity when you've got a four touchdown lead? To me this is another indictment of Carey not being a smart coach. [/align]