But the Cowboys signed two quarterbacks,Fj?llr?ven K?nken Sverige, including eventual freshman starter Brett Smith, who had enrolled earlier. Fales arrived in the summer and left after about a month. Coaches tried to get him to stay then by offering to forward him a scholarship, which he said felt like an insult at the time.
"I was basically insurance," Fales said. "I was a guy who's played a year and could maybe make it happen if Brett went down. I didn't really want to be there anyway because I was like, 'If you really wanted me to be there, you could have had me in the spring. Why now would you forward me a scholarship?'"
