I don't see what possible good this does for the overall health of the program. At most - Rudocks experience is good for an extra win or two. And that comes at the expense of playing time for the other QBs who will then have to start their first games in Year 2 of the Harbaugh era. You know, the "Year 2" where everyone is expecting demonstrable improvement..... I'm not expecting a Big Ten championship this year, if anyone is they are seriously deluding themselves coming off a 5-7 season with a lot of the same players. This year is all about Harbaugh figuring out what we've got and where we need to go to win championships. The man is a great coach but he won't come in here and work miracles (or maybe he will, but expecting that as abase case scenario seems rather misguided). An 8-4 finish and a mid-tier bowl game would be just fine by me. Heck - 7-5. So who really wants to sacrifice a game or two in 2016 while we have a first time starter working through some kinks because we wanted to reach for 9-3 in Year 1? I don't think the trade off makes a lot of sense..... No thanks for the 1 year rental, we need to fix up the cars already in the shop.
