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Burn Boyles shirt,who knows what transfer QB can put up , who knows he may shake up the whole landscape
Sorry I'm really confused when people say Boyle showed nothing last year, or Boyle was terrible last year.
We played 12 games last year and i bet Boyle played maybe 5 whole quarters. The dumb merrygo round we had with the wild cat was ridiculous. I know this its going to be a very long season if its Whitmer. If CC is out give TB a go.
Now if TB can not remember plays then thats a game changer., but that's the only reason i can understand for him sitting. this RS thing is stupid, just stupid.
Boyle started out okay, but he didn't appear to progress in the games he was starting. This was while Weist was interim HC. He wasn't ready for the meat of the schedule last year. He might be better this year. I kind of doubt he's had the reps in practice so far, but if they decide to burn the redshirt he will get them. Hope he's got the playbook down better, last year he looked like the least experienced of the 3 QBs and at times he looked lost. Of course with the caveat that he had to play Cincy and UCF while Cochran had to play Rutgers and Memphis.Sorry I'm really confused when people say Boyle showed nothing last year, or Boyle was terrible last year.
We played 12 games last year and i bet Boyle played maybe 5 whole quarters. The dumb merrygo round we had with the wild cat was ridiculous. I know this its going to be a very long season if its Whitmer. If CC is out give TB a go.
Now if TB can not remember plays then thats a game changer., but that's the only reason i can understand for him sitting. this RS thing is stupid, just stupid.
If you didn't watch last year, just say you didn't watch last year. 5 quarters?
http://espn.go.com/college-football/player/_/id/546675/tim-boyle
1) 15-43, 149 yards, 35% completion, 0 TD/0 INT, 64 rating.
2) 22-39, 310 yards, 56% completion, 0 TD/3 INT, 106 rating. In his best game, by a wide margin, he threw for 0 touchdowns, and 3 interceptions.
3) 7-21, 47 yards, 33% completion, 0TD/2INT, 33.1 rating.
4) 14-29, 113 yards, 48% completion, 0TD/3INT, 60.3 rating.
5 Quarters? 133 pass attempts (+27 "rushing attempts") which means 160 snaps, not including the handoffs to McCombs in "maybe 5 whole quarters"?
"Wow. just wow."
Reading these QB discussions is like watching Fox News, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, etc, in that I'm fine with people having different opinions than me but have a problem with people having different facts. Each of the three CBs started four games. CC's numbers are much better than Chandler's, and Chandler's numbers were much better than Boyle.
Ok BL after praising your overall post, I must say you are pretty clueless about QB. I would not extrapolate someone's career based on being unexpectedly thrust into a starting position their Freshman year while a mid season coaching change was underway - that's just not very thoughtful. Again, many uninformed fans dumped on Drummond for not producing more his Freshman year when all kinds of coaching and other changes were happening. Now he has made Team USA. Quite frankly, that shows how silly that standard when applied to freshman is during a disruptive season.Reading these QB discussions is like watching Fox News, in that I'm fine with people having different opinions than me but have a problem with people having different facts. Each of the three CBs started four games. CC's numbers are much better than Chandler's, and Chandler's numbers were much better than Boyle.
Ok BL after praising your overall post, I must say you are pretty clueless about QB. I would not extrapolate someone's career based on being unexpectedly thrust into a starting position their Freshman year while a mid season coaching change was underway - that's just not very thoughtful. Again, many uninformed fans dumped on Drummond for not producing more his Freshman year when all kinds of coaching and other changes were happening. Now he has made Team USA. Quite frankly, that shows how silly that standard when applied to freshman is during a disruptive season.
Cochran didn't suck when he came in. Even against SMU he didn't look like he didn't belong.Now I've seen it all.
The only possible way you could think Boyle is the answer is if you stopped watching after the Buffalo game last year.
The only possible way you could think there is some obsession with him keeping his redshirt is if you've ignored every other piece of evidence.
I get that Whitmer is brutal to watch right now. That doesn't mean anyone available is any better.
This board has an unhealthy issue with backup quarterbacks. Over the last decade every single one that has been called for has pretty much sucked in the end except Endres - yet people still assume the next one is the savior. Even when we saw the absolute worst performance possible over a third of a season - and a performance that was deteriorating. Boyle was getting worse by the drive before our eyes.
Ok BL after praising your overall post, I must say you are pretty clueless about QB. I would not extrapolate someone's career based on being unexpectedly thrust into a starting position their Freshman year while a mid season coaching change was underway - that's just not very thoughtful. Again, many uninformed fans dumped on Drummond for not producing more his Freshman year when all kinds of coaching and other changes were happening. Now he has made Team USA. Quite frankly, that shows how silly that standard when applied to freshman is during a disruptive season.
I'm hoping to hell Casey can play next week. He makes the offensive line look competent because he doesn't start scrambling like a chicken with his head cut off at the slightest bit of pressure. Instead he shuffles slightly within the pocket and finds himself a throwing lane. Chandler has clearly regressed. Maybe it was the beating he took, but like you said that the coaches came to the conclusion that he and Casey were basically a pick em at that spot is the only coaching decision I will question this year.
I feel for Chandler Whitmer, I do. The kid, with all his strength's and faults, has never had the opportunity to be the fan's favorite player. He's never really been the #2 QB. He's gone straight from #1, to #3 and back to #1A, #1B. Boyle is #2 now, for all intensive purposes, so it's only natural that he's the best QB on the roster.
He started for an entire year. Coming on as a replacement for an ineffective Johnny Mc. To say he never had a chance to be a fan favorite I don't get.
He never was the clear #2 QB, BL, come on, you know that's the only position on the roster, where every UCONN fan, knows....KNOWS.....the #2 is better than the starter. Do I need to run down the list? Cochran, Boyle, Nebrich, Endres, Frazer, etc. etc. This has been the case for many years now. Whitmer has missed out. I feel bad for him. I'm bleeding a little bit in my cold black heart.
Reality is that we are an extremely slow, and extremely soft team right now, on both offense and defense. The only consistent strength through 2 games, the only place we are not some soft, limp ----, is the defensive tackles. There have been a few flashes here or there, but nothing worth writing home about.
The only saving grace, is that the head coach has clearly stated we're in a preparatory phase of the season, and to his credit, he was pretty brave to do that, because it deflects from how soft and slow the team has been.
It will be interesting to see what happens this weekend, and then beyond. Really, I've written his elsewhere too, BYU is potentially a much different game, if we don't turn over the ball twice, early and give up the points. Stony Brook, is an entirely different game if we don't turn it over, twice, early and give up the points. The process, isn't going to change, and you know what, if the coach believes it's working, and everybody, including the coach, is learning from their mistakes, and improving, the last thing you do is change the plan. So really, if the team stays together, stays positive, and plays hard together as a group, within the process - Boise should be a competitive and winnable game for us. Imagine that, actually being 2-1? I'm going to stay positive on it.
I'm waiting patiently, for the team to tighten up, get a little hard, instead of so soft, get a little urgency of game playing speed going, instead of so slow. That's not going to happen, at minimum, until the preparatory phase is over, and even then, who knows what the new era of football will bring, but I'm excited to find out.
For now - it's Boise State, and I believe the answer to all questions this week - is "Don't F-----king turn the ball over TWICE to start the game."
He started for an entire year. Coming on as a replacement for an ineffective Johnny Mc. To say he never had a chance to be a fan favorite I don't get.
Spackler is so far over the top now he broke your sarcasm meter.
Damn. I wish we had coaches who had thought of that.
I think you meant MSNBC NewsReading these QB discussions is like watching Fox News, in that I'm fine with people having different opinions than me but have a problem with people having different facts. Each of the three CBs started four games. CC's numbers are much better than Chandler's, and Chandler's numbers were much better than Boyle.
I think you meant MSNBC News