Yeah i read that Mariota was hurt this morning as well. He clearly didnt look right out there. Without the threat of the QB actually running, the zone read is more or less worthless once the defense understands the situation. UW runs the same zone read and they could be 1000X better if Keith could actually threaten to run the damn ball.
If Mariota is that hurt, then they need to look at their very capable backups. They have two very talented guys behind Mariota. Rodrigues is going to be a good one.