And that is a huge problem unless we switch over to a more option style, which with the runners we have might not be ineffective.
I'm pretty sure Tyler Phommachanh can make the throws both QB's were asked to make yesterday. It's clear the job is to keep defenses honest for the running game. QB is the biggest question mark. Every other area looked improved enough from last season to be able to expect wins, which is all we really wanted. Better QB play would have had us right there at the end vs. the comfortable arms length USU was able to use to finish out the game. The biggest knock is that both picks were really bad and both were on the QB putting the ball to the wrong side of the receiver. Can't have that.
Freshman, emergency call, first game, on the road, tough opponent (though other than the QB I think they looked overrated), yes all that. It was irritating reading people anointing him as the future based on nothing in the preseason. It's worse after a what was a lousy performance. The solution remains the same, he gets better quickly or we try someone else. I think even Randy could figure this one out.
Zion gets a cupcake to show off and maybe Millen gets a series or two. Make the call for the Syracuse game and go from there knowing Michigan and NC State could get ugly and probably not informative for whomever is playing.
To be fair, Tyler Phommachanh had one decent game (vs Vandy) in his third game. His first two appearances were just as abysmal as Zions (not quite but I'm not splitting hairs, an 'F' grade is an 'F').
