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01/24/13 09:06 PM
International Man of Mystery
wrote:So, leave it to Smith to provide the best, sanest perspective on the whole phenomenon. "Yeah, he got an opportunity, stepped up and made the most of it -- that's the deal," Smith said in front of his locker Wednesday. "I mean, that's how I got my start in college, it was no different. Guy in front of me got hurt, and that's how I got my first start. "So it'd be pretty hypocritical to be upset about it. It's just the nature of team sports." Let the record show that Utah incumbent starter Brett Elliott suffered a broken wrist in the first game of the Utes' 2003 season, and in stepped Smith -- who immediately beat Cal and Aaron Rodgers in Week 2, and never looked back. Smith went 21-1 in two years as a starter, turned into the No. 1 overall pick in 2005, and Elliott ended up transferring to Division II Linfield College. Sound a little familiar? Maybe that's why Smith has been so gracious about the switch to Kaepernick, which coach Jim Harbaugh insists was not preplanned and happened only because Smith suffered a concussion in the team's ninth game this season.
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