So Christian Veilleux...
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Perhaps he should have gotten a chance against Iowa?
He looked good, and yes it was Rutgers, but the kid can play. He probably got away with a couple of passes that Iowa may have picked. If nothing else, he did not look out of his league out there
it is nearly impossible not to look good against Rutgers
I'm not saying he's ready for championships and a Heisman or anything, but he did exactly what a good backup and rising young quarterback should do. If SC isn't near 100 % next week I say roll with it and let the kid play.
Geez, Rutgers isn't Arizona, Duke, or New Mexico State. They're competitive.
It seemed to me that he was a catalyst today.
Not based on entire body of work, but at this moment in time, Veilleux gives us a better chance to win than Clifford does. Whether that's because of injuries, confidence, etc is irrelevant to me. I don't think CJF would ever start 9 next week because of his loyalty to Cliff, especially in a season that's already lost.
Well Clifford didn't look too good today, and Franklin and the staff thought they have a better chance of winning with Clifford than with Veilleux as indicated by them starting Clifford......
Clifford took himself out due to injury. He was 2-8 and looked terrible while in there. Not sure when or even if Franklin would have pulled the plug on him if he did not take himself out?
Give some credit to Mike Yurcich developing CV and Stahl along with some very young OL stepping up.
Goes to prove seniority can fail you some time, i could have seen a lot of disruption if CV played ahead of TR against Iowa.
I wish he would have developed him a month earlier.
He was sick with the flu along with 34 others on the team. Probably shouldn't have started.
Something tells me TR was getting lots of attention to go with his reps, to no avail.
He also throws a lot of "dangerous balls". He's a slinger in need of a bit of discipline.
He'll prolly learn the hard way.
He'll prolly learn the hard way.
This is true, but it also was the first real football he’s played in 2 years, and at the college level. No other way to describe his performance than impressive.
Big difference between playing at Iowa when the ball is against your end zone and playing at home against Rutgers with good field position most of the game
Franklin took Clifford out of the game not the other way around.
True. But maybe the ball is not against out own end zone for an entire half if we have even half-way competent QB play at Iowa. The kid I saw out there today would have been a big step up from TR.
Sometimes it takes a game like this for a QB to gain confidence and send a message to the head coach. I don’t envy coach Franklin next week with respect to who he starts at QB. A win against Michigan State really turns this season around for the Nittany Lions.
Christian had zero procedures, hit a corner route td, converted some crucial 3rd downs, found a wide open Maliga, ran with guts, and only up by seven took it to 28.
No it wasn't Iowa, but he performed surprisingly well, for a QB who hasn't taken a snap in 2 years.
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Too early to say whether he will ultimately be a good QB but the guy has moxie. He plays with the confidence and swagger of a veteran.
Not hard to separate the do do birds from the realistic observer's comments.
Yet Clifford managed to pull it off quite well.
the flu virus, that is. Doesn't sound like he was injured. Franklin in post-game PC said he was on IV during warm-ups and they didn't expect Clifford to play. He was cleared sometime after warm ups.
No scholarship QBs practiced on Friday and even Veilleux didn't get cleared until this morning before breakfast.
So one could say this game will be remembered as the”Sacre bleu, Flu, Veilleux” game aka The Dr Seuss game
Give him time.......The best possible thing for his canonization here is to never play another down.........
I thought he threw a nice ball and when he missed he missed long avoiding a turnover. His running style needs to improve; avoid contact more than he did against Rutgers.
While I shouldn't be.....I'm always stunned at how quickly fans can make definitive judgements......good and bad. LOL
Anyone remember the Jeff Brohm one game genius?
Looks like the kid can be a player, love the way he scans the field, steps up in the pocket etc.. already as one hell on an inexperienced kid.....
He did perform well. No doubt about that. Would he have had better success against Iowa than Roberson? No way to really tell. Iowa defense is light years ahead of Rutgers. But yes the kid played well. Good for him and PSU.
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