IF Joe has a year left it actually (you can argue it if you like) helps us. One thing he did have that was HUGE for us was a chemistry with returning WR Bell. How many times have we seen back to back years of consistency between QB and Wideout during our FBS years???? Honestly, we probably gotta go back to Orlovsky years. Or am I wrong?
If Cole was going to beat him next season, don't you think he would have taken more than 3 snaps (or whatever it was) last season? So unless Evers develops poise and the ability to quickly go thru progressions and make the right decisions, it will almost certainly be JF who starts. For JF the game has slowed down. Not so much for Evers yet, although it could do so next season.
yep...
RSTut, the operative word in my statement was dream. I was certainly hoping, as were many, that we would see Cole in the the max 4 games and maintain redshirt status. I really don't know what the 3 snaps means or doesn't mean. Just hopeful that he is the athlete that he was recruited to be.
He played during the 2020 Covid year which I guess wasn't supposed to count. People don't know if that's really the case or not. If 2020 didn't count, he has another year. If 2020 did count, he's out of eligibility.
That has been proven time and again in Storrs and many other places.
Agree. I do think early in the season when there were only a limited number of games it was fair to point out that one of Joe's games was the Merrimack game and that that skewed his stats, but that was only because the sample size was small.
People were knocking him because it was Merrimack. You could only play the team in front of you. It should have been clear as the day in the Buffalo game since both QBs played, that the offense functioned better with him and still people knocked him. I think its the bias that he came from Maine while other QB came from a P2 so he MUST be better. Trust your eyes.
Shrug. When your data is Evers versus Maryland and Joe versus Merrimack, I think it's fair to say that it's tough to make an apples to apples comparison. As it turns out, people who disregarded the caliber of opponent in favor of Joe were right.
Not trying to be right, but I do try to be objective. The first signs were in the Maryland game.
Same. I considered the choice to be a push, with each bringing different things to the table early on. Eventually, though, it was clear the team moved better with Fagnano. Could not be happier how his career ended with a bowl win. Joe ended up being a quality teammate who showed his character when he wasn't starting but stayed ready and was effective when he came in.
love when kids graduate.