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Post by sagebrush on Nov 26, 2018 21:55:15 GMT -8
Chases off an athletic QB that had large board support. Can't wait for response when Blount drops down a competitive notch or two, lights up where he is at
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Post by osufan2k on Nov 26, 2018 21:58:49 GMT -8
Yeah, Blount should do pretty good at the fcs level...
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Post by jdogge on Nov 26, 2018 22:55:25 GMT -8
Chases off an athletic QB that had large board support. Can't wait for response when Blount drops down a competitive notch or two, lights up where he is at Yeah, I know. Blount was "serviceable." Since when do we shed tears for "serviceable?" |
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Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Nov 26, 2018 23:10:29 GMT -8
I thought Blount was a pretty darned good backup QB, but not good enough to take the team anywhere as a starter at this level, at least this team in it's current state. One thing I liked about him is I could see improvement, it seemed he was working on staying in the pocket.
I hope he has success at his next school.
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Post by zebraworks on Nov 26, 2018 23:14:48 GMT -8
did somebody say it was smith or is that your guess? because my first guess is he probably had other reasons (maybe not even football related) surmising he wasn't going to win the starting job
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Post by atownbeaver on Nov 26, 2018 23:20:55 GMT -8
Chases off an athletic QB that had large board support. Can't wait for response when Blount drops down a competitive notch or two, lights up where he is at Dude. No. just no. First, not sure you can even pretend to claim he had board support. Second, board support doesn't matter at all. EVERYBODY loves the back up. Third, it isn't like he didn't get a shot. he started like 5 games and played in 8... Fourth and lastly, our passing game didn't start clicking until Luton came in. His best passing performance came against Utah State... and he mustered all of 226. yards. Luton had to come in at Nevada and almost pulled off the W after falling behind by 30 to 7 and Blount throwing a pick, going 3 and out, then giving up a strip sack fumble for a TD. in 2.5 quarters, Luton had 284 yards and lead the offense to 28 points. Luton went over 300 yards passing twice this season. He got us the W at Colorado after coming in at halftime and then throwing 300 yards... in a half. Blount did not win the job. He had every fair chance. Unlike 3M, unlike Del Rio, unlike Kempt, where Anderpanties never gave them fair shakes. And worse, with 3M he actually proved himself on the field and then was immediately demoted to Luton practically before he landed on campus. Blount has zero pocket awareness, doesn't progress through his reads, doesn't push the ball downfield and looks to escape the pocket horizontally rather than sliding forward. An Athletic QB? HA. he has -27 yards on 55 attempts this season! he is a guy that looks to scramble first, and doesn't even do that well. Blount had a shot and couldn't play well enough to even fend off Colletto. Blount is leaving because he is on the outside looking in. If Luton comes back, it is a two horse race between Gebbia and Luton. If Luton doesn't get a year, it is a two horse race between Gebbia and Colletto. and in all cases, Gebbia is our starting QB next year. bank on it. |
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Post by hottubbeaver on Nov 26, 2018 23:35:12 GMT -8
Chases off an athletic QB that had large board support. Can't wait for response when Blount drops down a competitive notch or two, lights up where he is at
What makes you say JS chased him off?
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Post by baseba1111 on Nov 26, 2018 23:36:07 GMT -8
Chases off an athletic QB that had large board support. Can't wait for response when Blount drops down a competitive notch or two, lights up where he is at Dude. No. just no. First, not sure you can even pretend to claim he had board support. Second, board support doesn't matter at all. EVERYBODY loves the back up. Third, it isn't like he didn't get a shot. he started like 5 games and played in 8... Fourth and lastly, our passing game didn't start clicking until Luton came in. His best passing performance came against Utah State... and he mustered all of 226. yards. Luton had to come in at Nevada and almost pulled off the W after falling behind by 30 to 7 and Blount throwing a pick, going 3 and out, then giving up a strip sack fumble for a TD. in 2.5 quarters, Luton had 284 yards and lead the offense to 28 points. Luton went over 300 yards passing twice this season. He got us the W at Colorado after coming in at halftime and then throwing 300 yards... in a half. Blount did not win the job. He had every fair chance. Unlike 3M, unlike Del Rio, unlike Kempt, where Anderpanties never gave them fair shakes. And worse, with 3M he actually proved himself on the field and then was immediately demoted to Luton practically before he landed on campus. Blount has zero pocket awareness, doesn't progress through his reads, doesn't push the ball downfield and looks to escape the pocket horizontally rather than sliding forward. An Athletic QB? HA. he has -27 yards on 55 attempts this season! he is a guy that looks to scramble first, and doesn't even do that well. Blount had a shot and couldn't play well enough to even fend off Colletto. Blount is leaving because he is on the outside looking in. If Luton comes back, it is a two horse race between Gebbia and Luton. If Luton doesn't get a year, it is a two horse race between Gebbia and Colletto. and in all cases, Gebbia is our starting QB next year. bank on it. I was hoping that post was sarcasm... otherwise I'd have responded similar to you! |
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Post by drunkandstoopidbeav on Nov 27, 2018 0:12:53 GMT -8
Funny how people like their “athletic” QBs who are supposedly mobile. Luton had quite a bit more playing time than Blount but managed to get sacked only 16 times versus Blount’s 21 sacks. I still think Blount is a decent backup at this level on a team that isn’t loaded at the QB position, but sacks are quite often a result of lack of quick decision making than lack of athleticism.
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Post by beaverintheberg on Nov 27, 2018 5:54:57 GMT -8
This was, in my view, a win win. Blount looks like a lower level qb. If that scholly means one more lineman - that's what this team really needs more.
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Post by Snafu on Nov 27, 2018 6:24:22 GMT -8
Saggy talking out of his arse. Again.
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Post by sagebrush on Nov 27, 2018 6:43:27 GMT -8
Does anyone really think that he would be going anywhere had he been the starting QB all season. Devil incarnate picks a starting player and the designated #2 transfers, then he has been run off. A saint or the new guy does the same thing, and it is just one of those things that moving on is just something that had to be done. We're inheriting from Nebraska just for that reason.
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Post by sagebrush on Nov 27, 2018 7:24:23 GMT -8
Just to take it a little further, no one went nuts when Saint Mike dumped Ryan Katz for Sean Mannion. The next year at San Diego State, Katz did have a better statistical year: Rating 151.6 to 138.8. TD/Int 13/4 to 15/13. Yards per attempt 8.3 to 7.9. Both teams went to bowls and lost. Just didn't hear about Katz' success week after week.
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Post by rockybeav on Nov 27, 2018 7:40:59 GMT -8
I wish him luck. Reading between the lines from his interviews, I have a feeling he thinks he is more talented than he really is. I appreciate his confidence, but I don’t think he is a viable starter at the P5 level. Even a layman like me sees he cannot make his progressions. For his sake, I hope he goes to the FCS level where he will have a chance to start and play for two years.
On another note, does Smith and Lindgren now try to recruit a prep QB this year to redshirt?
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Post by kersting13 on Nov 27, 2018 8:35:45 GMT -8
Does anyone really think that he would be going anywhere had he been the starting QB all season. Devil incarnate picks a starting player and the designated #2 transfers, then he has been run off. A saint or the new guy does the same thing, and it is just one of those things that moving on is just something that had to be done. We're inheriting from Nebraska just for that reason. Sorry, Sage. "Run off" is when you're told by your HC after Spring practice that you'll never play at your current school. "Run off" is when you put up the only 6 competent QB games in a coach's tenure, and then said coach demotes you to 3rd string. When you get 5 starts and are clearly outplayed by the incumbent, and a consensus stud is waiting in the wings to challenge you - that's called having the foresight to see that you should probably float down to a smaller pond to see if you can be the big fish there. |
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