Jake Rudock vs C.J. Beathard

The 2014-2015 football season for the Hawkeyes was a struggle. Many fans were quite disappointed with the how well the Hawks played, and especially disappointed at the Hawks' 28-45 losing effort in the 2015 TaxSlayer bowl against Tennessee Volunteers. Throughout everything, however, one of the biggest dilemmas of the season for Iowa was which quarterback should start. The starting quarterback for most of the season, to the upset of the majority of the fans, was Jake Rudock. Kirk Ferrentz, the head coach of the Hawkeyes, very much believed in the potential of Rudock, and refused, even during times of major struggle, to give "Sunshine" C.J. Beathard a chance to step in. However, near the end of the season, Rudock was injured, and C.J. finally got his chance to shine. After the season finally came to its end, Kirk finally gave in to the fans and announced that C.J. Beathard would be the starting quarterback for the 2015-2016 season, ahead of Jake Rudock. Rudock, being a senior, was very upset with this decision, and he ended up transferring to another Big Ten school, Michigan, after being recruited by new head coach Jim Harbaugh. This has caused many fans to now question this decision three weeks into the new season. So who is the better quarterback?
Jake Rudock of Michigan, from Weston, FL is now a senior playing his last year of college football for the Wolverines. He is 6' 3'' and he weighs 208 lbs. Throughout three weeks of gameplay, Rudock has had a pretty productive season for the Wolverines completing 59 of his 91 attempts to his receivers for 582 yards and a completion rate of 64.8%. He has thrown three touchdown passes this season, and he has thrown 5 interceptions. In his first game as a Wolverine, he had a rough start, throwing three of his five interceptions against the Utah Utes in a losing effort. However, it was his most successful throwing game thus far, as he completed 27 passes for 279 yards and two touchdowns. Since then, he has played two games against the Oregon State Beavers and the UNLV Rebels, both wins for the Wolverines in Michigan. He still struggled in the turnover game, however, throwing one interception each in both games. Overall, Rudock is having a decent season, and Wolverine head coach Harbaugh has been pleased with his performance.
On the other hand, C.J. Beathard, of Franklin, TN, has also had quite a season for the Hawkeyes. He is a junior at Iowa and he stands 6' 2'' and weighs 209 lbs. Through his first three weeks at Iowa, he has thrown 684 yards, completing 64% of his passes after completing 57 of 89 attempts. Beathard has thrown four touchdown passes this season as well as only one interception, but while Beathard is playing well with his arm, he is playing even better with his legs. He has already rushed for 142 yards this year as a quarterback, and has already ran into the in-zone for 3 touchdowns this year. He had a pretty impressive 57-yard run last week as well against Iowa State. C.J. has gotten better and better for the Hawkeyes this year throwing over 200 yards in each of the games he has played. He has found a way to win all three games so far this year giving Iowa a 3-0 start for the first time since 2009. Overall, Beathard has had a great start to this year and appears to only be getting better. Ferrentz is very happy with his performance so far this year.
As a Hawkeye fan, I am probably pretty biased in deciding who is a better quarterback between C.J. Beathard and Jake Rudock, but based on the stats so far, I would say that C.J. was the right choice. However, many people can argue with valid evidence that Rudock is having a better season. After reading this, and/or actually watching these two, who do you readers believe is the better quarterback? At the end of the day, I guess it's just up to the readers/viewers to decide who they would prefer leading their team.