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0 touchbacks yet their average starting field position was around the 20/21 yard line...I'll take that over a touchback any day
I agree and hope to see the best players on the field. Will had a bad game and I'm glad it was against SELA. If it happens again he will be opening the door for Wright. I think we will see a better performance by Will against AZ.
I won't. Allow enough returns and that will change. 100% of kickoffs that are touchbacks have never been taken to the house or past the 25.
He has retired from calling football and manages a block of Texas Roadhouses the Southeastern US in the fall.
He's also the lead singer for an up and coming 70's Rock & Roll music band, The Weak Dick Dawgs featuring Jim Ellis.
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Pretty sure he moonlights as a speech writer for Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell
As in pitch or throw to him and let him run w/the ball? Surely not, everybody knows he's not a threat to run. He needs to be on the sideline when Wright comes in
There is no reason we can't have a kicker put the ball through the endzone. I hope they did it on purpose.
I was thinking we might have been working on kick placement and coverage vs a live opponent that wasn't going to threaten us much.
Hope so anyway.
Great , the best WR on the team is a true freshmen’s. QB really is the least of this team’s concerns. Can’t believe we can’t do any better in the portal w/ a team that you know…..throws that ball a lot.
As many dudes as we've put in the NFL recently, it's depressing and surprising that we haven't produced a legit pro receiver in nearly 30 years.
Agree. I hate not kicking out of the end zone every single time. Remove any chance for a return. Who cares if they start on the 20 instead of the 25. It’s not worth it. Kicking it short is also a good way to miss and kick it out of bounds.
Maybe bc he doesn’t look worth the chance in practice?
This formation is used across college football. I don’t know why but lots of teams do it.
But pretending like y’all (the ones saying this) know more than every other coach in the country is hilarious.
Could be. could also be the feel somewhat of a need to put rogers out there because he is the four year starter at msu and it wouldn't look good if you benched him after he stayed? Especially with his "stats" all depends on what arnett snd Barbay want out of this offense. Gimmick big play. That eventually defenses will figure out. Or a true dynamic offense. This feels like Florida 06 you can tell they want to do Tebow but played leak because he was older and had experience. Parsons is probably who they want but he's not ready yet. Wright and will as a combo make that. I think the coaches will have to decide which level of that combo gives you the closest to that
It's the plays that missed that were better opportunities for big plays outside of the creed td. It's also more of the upside of creativity with run game that I like about wrighf. If he can throw 60 percent. I think that's good enough. He may not be able to.
My post is nonsense?
Do you just compartmentalize the great Will games as never happening? Can you look at this list and still not acknowledge that Will has played a huge part in a lot of good and dominating wins. He's had some seriously good games. And this list doesn't include incredible games vs UK and Auburn (and others) in 2022.
Yes, he struggles against great teams and even just good ones, but he is a major reason why we generally easily win the games we are supposed to.
I'd be more than happy to have honest discussions about Will's weaknesses, but we can rarely get there because most of the Will haters here (not you) are emotional basketcases who vomit ridiculous claims about his suckage all over the board after every game.
Your response is nonsense. See how easy it is to say that with nothing but your opinion supporting it?
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Your post was nonsense and your follow up did nothing to address my original point. If anything, it actually enforced my point further.
and at no time did I say he never had good games. He's had a few. My point still stands. You know it too or you wouldn't be trying to change the argument.
You're completely full of it and you haven't even tried to support a thing you've said. You just say it and expect that your massive brain makes it so.
What I said and supported stands. We disagree. Difference is I'm not using girl emotions to come to my conclusions. I'm using logic.
My Head feels so much better after I've avoided this place after visiting earlier today. I finally realized it was the first game of the season, with a brand new head coach, and a brand new offense. The players might be returning, but where we put them is pretty much brand new all the way across the board from the offense, defense, special teams, and even the kicking game. New everything.
Why in the world should I get all bent out of shape about it?
You guys go right ahead.
Why in the world should I get all bent out of shape about it?
You guys go right ahead.
So you’re basically saying they are coaching to win? Got it.
I agree but sometimes you have to take risks for the big reward. Playing it safe looses a lot of games too. Ask Mullen.
Where does our team rank in offense, total yards, yards per game, points during those years ? It's not near the top. That number can be inflated if all you do is pass all game. Doesn't mean **** if the TEAM doesn't have a lot of total yards and points.
Just wait til yall see mike wright pass the ball.
He‘ll eventually throw that backwards pass to Will stepping back off the line for a deep ball..
Wright looks good running the ball-his speed and cutting ability is above-average for a QB for sure. I’m pretty confident in saying that his running ability has never been in question, but his ability to throw the football has been the questionable part of his game. How many passes did he attempt on Saturday? Yeah, that’s what I thought. You know, it could just be that the people who watch him every day in practice may have a better idea of his overall ability vs Will and/or the other QB’s on this team than any one of us who posts here. Now, if we decide to go to the triple option or the single wing, Wright could very well be our guy-but nobody in college football these days is going to win games without the ability to throw the football. The fact that our staff didn’t give Wright a single opportunity to throw the football on Saturday is sorta telling, or it seems that way to me. It’s kind of the same reason why we haven’t ever called upon Will to take the football and try to run around the end consistently at any time since he’s been here.
I think there’s several different things we could be setting up from this personnel group. Backwards pass to Will. Will at QB & Wright splitting out. Or Wright throwing the ball. We intentionally showed only 1 play from this in this game.