Who the hell should we blame for those horrible red-zone playcalls at UT's two-yard line last week? On third and two, Briles calls a no-back/five WR fade route to Savion - incomplete - and then calls another pass on fourth and two - incomplete! Those were awful calls but go ahead and defend him until your dying breath. How about a running play to Bailey or an RPO with Bailey and Hoover?
How about you just move along
I’m not defending him with my dying breath. I’m just not going out of my way to blame everything on him like some of you are.
Hoover is without a doubt the better QB, starter unless we can get a huge transfer. Morris should turn to coaching or transfer to a smaller school.
I will have to disagree. I don't think he had the surrounding cast. He was running for his damn life for the last three years, but with protection (and better running lanes) he was able to do his thing. Was he the best qb we've ever had? No. Was he the best leader we've had since Dalton, if not ever? Yes, he had "it".
Didn’t like the third down call at the time, but looking at it again, Williams had inside position and it should have been an easy six, just massively overthrown. It was not 5-wide. It was three wide with a TE on the line and Bailey in the backfield. Hoover even faked a handoff before throwing.
Do you think this year’s QB has had the supporting cast?
You first.
I knew that our explosive plays were way down, but I just did some stats vs. 2023 extrapolated out to 15 games (which is what we played last year). Source was cfbstats.com through 10 games.
Nope.
If you are talking about scrambling and running, he always had that. But Max was a TERRIBLE passer until last season. Before that his passes were thrown well away from defenders like he was scared to death of interceptions. That might be on Patterson. Last year they obviously gave him the green light to go for it.
Big jump from high school to D1
Was listening to a radio show today where they were talking about how terrible the QB play is in the NFL today, and I think one of the major reasons is because nobody has any patience anymore. As soon as a guy has a bad stretch of games, everyone wants to throw him on the scrap heap and bring in the new guy, who often doesn't have any more credentials than the guy he is replacing. So you end up with a bunch of first and second-year guys starting that are not even close to ready.....and not surprisingly they struggle like heck. So few QBs really get the chance to grow into the position, it's shine in your first few outings or go back to the back of the line. That can happen in the college game too.
You are allowed good sir. Hope to see you and Topper this baseball season.
I’m fine with sticking with Hoover but Morris is not the future and he didn’t play lights out. If we are going to grow a QB that’s fine but Morris doesn’t fit that plus the injury history.
