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Week One Non-Uconn Games

HCCForever said:
I agree that he is overhyped and certainly not worthy of Heisman discussion.

But he has the athleticism and pedigree to be successful. I’m much more patient and certainly more positive than you. I’m willing to see if he improves. I have no skin in the game. Like I said the future will be revealed.
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It is the future.
 
Zion Turner (3rd string for Marshall) looked better than I ever saw him during a garbage time appearance against the 3rd/4th string Georgia defense.
 
Anyone who was actually paying attention realized Arch was overrated by his senior year in high school. He was a top-ish QB for the class on a par with the others. None who have set the world on fire either.

Julian Saylin (his opposite today) was similarly overrated during his junior year, but not being a Manning fell down the ranking a little (still, he is the starting QB for Ohio State). You will note that Saylin didn't exactly set the world on fire today either.

The Texas offense will gain some momentum against weaker teams and Arch will grow in confidence. Opening up the offense a bit will open up running lanes allowing him to be good college QB by midiseason (that and having NFL talent all around him, which never hurts).

Give the kid a bit of a break. This isn't a reprise of the Sanders hype where the kid ate it up and believed it. The Manning family has been trying to downplay things from day one (perhaps over doing it, if anything).
 
Also in the Georgia game (before Turner came in), Ryan Puglisi (Avon Old Farms) got his first action and led Georgia to a TD (throwing more impressive passes than Gunnar Stockton, the Georgia starter). It will be interesting to see if he is will to wait two years to see the field or transfers out (assuming the run-first Stockton remains healthy and doesn't give Puglisi an opening as a starter before that).

While touting Connecticut talent. Ellis Robinson IV of New Haven appears to be the starting CB for Georgia. He struggled to see the field last season so this is a pretty big step forward.
 
ec33 said:
Anyone who was actually paying attention realized Arch was overrated by his senior year in high school. He was a top-ish QB for the class on a par with the others. None who have set the world on fire either.

Julian Saylin (his opposite today) was similarly overrated during his junior year, but not being a Manning fell down the ranking a little (still, he is the starting QB for Ohio State). You will note that Saylin didn't exactly set the world on fire today either.

The Texas offense will gain some momentum against weaker teams and Arch will grow in confidence. Opening up the offense a bit will open up running lanes allowing him to be good college QB by midiseason (that and having NFL talent all around him, which never hurts).

Give the kid a bit of a break. This isn't a reprise of the Sanders hype where the kid ate it up and believed it. The Manning family has been trying to downplay things from day one (perhaps over doing it, if anything).
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I seem to remember some recruiting guru getting drilled for saying Arch was a 3-star recruit if he had a different last name.
 
WrenchFan69 said:
Auburn has given 3 RBs touches against Baylor but Robinson isn't one of them
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So predictable that this was going to happen. If his goal was to go to the NFL, he should've stayed at UConn. Same thing could have easily happened to Bell had he transferred. Instead of being "The Guy" in a system that he excelled in, he is now just another player in a large pool of extremely talented players.
 
Vowelguy said:
KSt with an impressive 80 yard, 60 second drive to retake the lead with 42 sec to go
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North Dakota went into prevent mode, which allowed KSU to drive down the field. I really hate the prevent D. I thought North Dakota should have blitzed and put pressure on the QB vs this insane prevent D. This ultimately is one of the reasons they lost.
 
Zerostatic said:
So predictable that this was going to happen. If his goal was to go to the NFL, he should've stayed at UConn. Same thing could have easily happened to Bell had he transferred. Instead of being "The Guy" in a system that he excelled in, he is now just another player in a large pool of extremely talented players.
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He is a well paid “just another player” in a large pool of talented players. Sometimes getting the money now and chasing the dream is the way to go in case the dream never happens. It stinks from a fans perspective and for the game, but I don’t blame these kids for leaving here for bigger schools after having big seasons.
 
Ugh. Washington looking pretty unimpressive. They controlled most of the first half, but score board wasn't reflecting that. Then they had a turn over when they were driving, Colorado St. marched down the other way and scored to tie it at half time.
 
Washington St. barely got past Idaho and Oregon St. got dominated by Cal. The new Pac 12 is probably not gonna be very good. I know we're a year away, but both these programs are in a tough position and probably aren't going to improve much any time soon.

Washington finally pulling away in the 2nd half but their D is scary bad. Jonah Coleman is a stud.
 
HCCForever said:
Watching the Bama fan in blue shirt give the finger to the camera cracked me up.
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We old timers remember a Monday night NFL game back in the '70's when a Houston Oiler (I think) fan did the same thing. "Dandy" Don Meredith quickly commented in his deadpan drawl, "Waal, he's just tellin' everyone his team is numbah 1." (Or words to that effect)
 
TheDrifter75 said:
This is fantastic, I love self deprecation
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Is this real or AI? He’s definitely got the Manning comedic chops. He’s got a future in the studio if playing doesn’t work out. Charming and witty.
 
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