My biggest gripe against Whitmer for a long time now has been that he simply drops back too far at the first sign of pressure. This does not help his offensive linemen at all. Also, he is not fast enough to be considered a true dual threat.
After watching most of the first half today I was actually more encouraged then when I left the game. We weren't overwhelmed physically, if anything, they had superior QB play from a kid who time and time again made a play that his team needed to extend drives. At least one fourth down, and several on third downs.
That doesn't take away from the madness of replacing CC when led them into the redzone on the first drive of the third or constant substitutions, but we are seriously improved versus the team that got pushed around against Towson to open the year last season. I don't think we will see another QB that good all year, including the ECU QB. Hill was simply outstanding.