Rogers officially in the portal
- Thread starter L4Dawg
- Start date
I wish him the best. Thankful he gave us everything he had these last years.
Fair winds…I enjoyed watching you play.
He's declared he's leaving, but the portal doesn't "officially" open until next Monday does it?
As Chris Jans would say "you're either a dawg or you're dawg food"
If your coach is canned mid-season, you have a window where you can enter officially.
Rogers stopping by the Pack to say goodbye.....
He's not listed in the on3 Transfer Portal at the top of this page. But he's gone so not sure that it matters
I believe State fans will appreciate him more over time.
Stat gurus, can we get a list of every State quarterback who won 10+ SEC games?
Stat gurus, can we get a list of every State quarterback who won 10+ SEC games?
I don't think so. I will, however, look back fondly on the Air Raid Era made up of Leach, Rogers and Co., and will always wonder what could have been, not only in 2023, but beyond that, just judging by Leach's past results. Oh well.
But we don't owe him anything. Number of overall games doesn't really matter, he started for 4 years and came in when there wasn't anybody in front of him and Leach was looking to form a solid core of underclassmen. If not for COVID, Costello gets more practice time and is the starter all year most likely.
Plus, he benefitted from the NIL.
When I look at the Mt. Rushmore of MSU QBs, it's Dak, Fitz, Bond, Smith. Rogers is in the group with Sleepy, Taite, Relf, Russell - MAYBE. Those guys spilled their guts for MSU. But a lot is still TBD with him - what if he goes to Auburn and talks a bunch of shlt? I'm still on the fence about whether he is truly tough or is a crybaby. He might be in the Wayne Madkin territory.
I never understood why Leach refused to give anyone else ANY playing time no matter what the situation and while I can see how that was good for Will's stats I question it's benefit to the program.
Correct, he'll be well remembered, especially the further we get away from 2023.
There'll be a couple of message board experts who won't but the fanbase as a whole will.
No he won’t. Other than the Auburn comeback, any memorable win was in spite of him, not because of him.
That was my biggest gripe with Leach. Once Costello got hurt then Abraham transferred in and got hurt, that was it for the big-arm guys and Will had to start because he grasped the offense better than the underclassmen QB's but instead of letting them play in 4 games that were blowouts one way or the other, Leach let Sawyer take about 5 snaps one game and that was it I think.
Leach didn't play anyone else because Leach paid attention at practice and knew who could perform and who could not. Remember back 2 months crying for Mike Wright and then try to remember getting Mike Wright. There is a reason we are on a fan board posting and not on the field coaching. Apply this same logic to deciding which coaches need to be retained. Just let the coach make the decisions
you left out Rocky Felker ..... he replaces Fitz. The fact he didn't make it as the HC doesn't take away from his performance as QB.
I think folks forget about that type stuff over the years, they'll alway see his stats. He'll never be Dak, but i think he can be a popular former player like Boobie. Over time folks forget about the minutia, like vacated wins/titles, bad plays, etc.
There'll always be the MB experts to point out his deficiencies, but those are the exception.
We've won 9+ games 9 times in the past 120 years and Will was a big part of one of those.
Rogers played hundreds of snaps in games that were totally under control. When did not having a second team QB with at least a little game experience become a good idea ? Totally different situation from the one with Wright.
Rogers wasn't a bad QB. If you haven't figured out by now that he was our best option, then I don't know what to tell you. Leach brought in 4 stars Sawyer Robertson, Braden Locke and Chris Parson. And honestly, if Leach was here this year and Rogers had gotten hurt, Locke would have taken his job.
Again, it's just a shame that we didn't get to see the Leach Era play out.
And that goes back to my gripe about not letting backup QB's get meaningful playing time when they could. While I've heard other people say Locke would have easily beaten out Sawyer, we never got to see either of them really do anything so whichever one would have taken over if Will had gotten injured would have looked like crap.
ETA: I agree with your last sentence 100%.
I don't think we will miss him.
He played his rear end off last Thursday. I respect him for that. Best of luck, Mr. Rogers!
Robertson wasn't any good, so yeah, he'd have looked like crap. Locke would have been going into his redshirt freshman season in 2023, and probably would have gotten more playing time.
Remember, I think Lovertich was the backup for the longest time.
But no doubt, I do think Leach wanted to set passing records.
This is the list of the most pass attempts per game. Which of these schools needs a QB that passes, dinks it, and never runs?
WSU, Baylor, North Carolina would be my guess based on the below.
College Football Stats - College FB Team Pass Attempts per Game | TeamRankings.com
College Football pass attempts per game, by team.
www.teamrankings.com
| Rank | Team | 2023 | Last 3 | Last 1 | Home | Away | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GA Southern | 45.0 | 43.3 | 39.0 | 42.4 | 47.2 | 47.0 |
| 2 | Temple | 44.2 | 47.0 | 48.0 | 44.3 | 44.0 | 41.5 |
| 3 | Wash State | 42.9 | 47.3 | 49.0 | 34.8 | 49.7 | 38.3 |
| 4 | TX Christian | 42.7 | 42.3 | 58.0 | 40.7 | 45.2 | 30.0 |
| 5 | Colorado St | 42.5 | 33.3 | 38.0 | 41.0 | 43.7 | 27.3 |
| 6 | Hawaii | 41.3 | 39.0 | 44.0 | 41.3 | 41.3 | 39.1 |
| 7 | W Kentucky | 40.4 | 39.3 | 41.0 | 44.6 | 36.8 | 45.2 |
| 8 | Fresno St | 39.6 | 35.7 | 37.0 | 35.6 | 43.0 | 33.1 |
| 9 | Colorado | 39.5 | 29.0 | 25.0 | 42.8 | 36.2 | 30.0 |
| 10 | Oklahoma St | 39.5 | 43.0 | 47.0 | 39.3 | 39.6 | 40.5 |
| 11 | North Texas | 38.9 | 38.3 | 53.0 | 41.2 | 37.0 | 31.3 |
| 12 | Baylor | 37.7 | 32.7 | 20.0 | 37.3 | 38.5 | 30.4 |
| 13 | Sam Hous St | 37.3 | 40.7 | 49.0 | 44.0 | 33.4 | 28.0 |
| 14 | Arizona St | 37.2 | 36.3 | 23.0 | 35.9 | 39.5 | 35.1 |
| 15 | Maryland | 37.1 | 34.0 | 31.0 | 35.5 | 39.0 | 34.3 |
| 15 | Memphis | 37.1 | 42.7 | 28.0 | 39.8 | 34.8 | 35.5 |
| 17 | Washington | 37.0 | 34.3 | 33.0 | 38.4 | 35.0 | 45.2 |
| 18 | N Carolina | 36.8 | 39.3 | 38.0 | 40.5 | 32.4 | 37.5 |
| 19 | Middle Tenn | 36.7 | 33.7 | 39.0 | 35.2 | 38.0 | 40.6 |
| 20 | Stanford | 36.6 | 36.3 | 42.0 | 38.2 | 34.8 | 38.0 |
| 21 | LA Tech | 36.5 | 40.7 | 46.0 | 36.0 | 36.8 | 36.9 |
| 22 | Oregon | 36.4 | 36.0 | 40.0 | 35.3 | 37.6 | 32.6 |
| 22 | Arizona | 36.4 | 36.3 | 41.0 | 33.8 | 38.5 | 39.2 |
| 24 | Texas Tech | 35.8 | 32.0 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 35.7 | 44.5 |
| 25 | Wisconsin | 35.8 | 31.7 | 22.0 | 36.4 | 34.8 | 25.8 |
| 25 | USC | 35.8 | 38.3 | 44.0 | 35.1 | 36.6 | 36.7 |
| 27 | Akron | 35.5 | 34.3 | 30.0 | 32.8 | 37.0 | 42.2 |
| 28 | Clemson | 35.3 | 32.7 | 27.0 | 32.7 | 38.4 | 34.4 |
| 29 | Rice | 35.2 | 29.3 | 39.0 | 37.5 | 32.4 | 31.0 |
| 30 | UAB | 35.1 | 30.0 | 26.0 | 31.8 | 37.8 | 24.5 |
| 31 | Fla Atlantic | 35.0 | 29.0 | 19.0 | 34.6 | 35.3 | 31.5 |
| 32 | UTSA | 34.6 | 37.7 | 39.0 | 34.2 | 35.0 | 35.9 |
| 33 | S Florida | 34.5 | 33.0 | 32.0 | 30.2 | 38.2 | 27.1 |
I can't believe someone like Leach would know more about who should start at QB in an Air Raid offense than a few dudes on sixpack.***
Dak was 0-2 in Egg Bowls he started.
Can we please stop using that very stupid metric? According to you Relf is the best QB we’ve ever had.
A lot entered today. It shows he entered on 11/24.
On 247 Will is shown in the portal and is listed as the #1 qb transfer so far. 90 overall I believe. After some of the play we’ve had in the past, I can remember how great it was to feel confident in an accurate pass when he threw to the RB in the flat. He actually made the routine look routine and I think a lot of people didn’t appreciate that.
I just found out today Wisconsin runs the air raid. Wouldnt it be funny if Rodgers went there and beat out Locke for starter next year?
Its really a shame that Will had to play 1 vs 22 Ole Miss starters. But 1-3 is pretty good 1 on 22.
Someday, not anytime soon though, we will be able to read a page of threads and we won't see any mention of Will Rogers.
Just an observation . . .
Just an observation . . .
Latest posts
Get unlimited access today.