Sticks should start.

Leach said Sticks will start next week. They reported it on the Shiner post-game show. It still kinda surprises me, inspite of all the reasons you speak of. Just cuz Leach can be set in his ways sometimes.

If you saw him on the sidelines tonite, he still didn’t look good in the eyes. I think he really got hurt against ut. I give him credit as he is a tuff dude but right now with his head still recovering, his mechanics off, and the team rallying behind Sticks, Leach really has no choice. I think Potts needs to be ready because if Sticks does stuggle think Potts may be put in to me that’s ok. I know all about this starter getting hurt and not losing his job stuff but if he can’t be effective then get someone in there who can. Nothing personal about anyone. But remember against nm it was 7-7 and we looked bad when Potts got hurt. And just for the record if you go back to the 2 sacks Potts took @ nm he held ball for 5 seconds on both of those plays. So the O line isn’t last years but…. Wreck’ Em Tech

As much as Sheffield has shown in the last two games, and the fact that Leach has named him as starter against Nebraska, Leach could still eventually name Potts the starter, again. It is his call, regardless of how we fans want it to go down. I feel either QB, and even Doege if need be, can get us a win against Nebraska. I really like Sheffield’s mobility, though, and hope Leach will consider that when finalizing his choice for starting QB. One reason Sheffield is going to start against NU may be that Potts is still too groggy to put out there as a starter. If he is ready to play, he will probably get in next weeks game only in mop up duty, just to see how he has healed. Bottom line is that the Raiders have a great QB to lead them, regardless of choice. With Carter back, the O-Line will protect whomever Leach sends out there. GO TECH!

I didn’t want to take an entire fanpost with it either.

Scenario – Sheffield, Potts, Doege, Karam?

Is that the so-called depth chart right now? You can swap Potts and Sheffield back and forth if you want. One thing that caught my attention is the fact that Karam has a sub 4.5 40 yard time. Freakin WOW!!

Leach, of course, wouldn’t say but Potts may not be medically cleared to practice and/or play just yet. Remember, Tebow required game time medical clearance to play 2 weeks after the concussion. If Sticks is ready for the preparation week of practice, seems like the logical choice.

Sticks for Heisman!!!

In a little more than 5 quarters of work, 10 TD’s / 2 Int’s, and 728 yards passing. wow.

 Including his mop up duty earlier in the year, here is his statline:
                                               Att. Com. % Yds. YPA Td’s Int Sack Rating
Steven Sheffield, QB TTU 70 53 75.7 780 11.1 11 2 2 215.5

Now I do remember the subpar competition, but these numbers are just gaudy. The current leader in QB rating is Notre Dame’s Clausen at 179.3. 215 blows that out of the water. Backups are not supposed to put up these kind of numbers.

I hear that Leach will be starting him against Nebraska and their top notch defense on the road. This is good. We have already seen Potts on the road against a quality conference defense in UT (after a couple of warmup games to inferior teams), so then both will have fairly had their rehearsal under similar circumstances.

If Stix comes back down to earth and makes some goofy mistakes, then it would make sense to open back up the competition. If he continues to pump energy into the team and run the offense at top efficiency for another 4 quarters with more td’s and less int’s and sacks as Potts, it would be foolish to put him on the bench and hopefully Leach knows that. It is nothing personal, but you have to put who is best for the team out there.

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The Leach O is all about consistancy & effeciency so I don’t care which one but someone must do both if we want to win so this week SS but if he struggles and Potts is ready go with him against atm. TTech should care only about winning not worry about who is or is not the starter at any given time. Wreck’Em Tech

but…

This is KState we’re talkin about. You have to believe that whatever Captain Leach saw in The ’Stache Potts to give him the starting job since spring practice he still has. You cant seriously believe that ’Stache couldnt have had a similar performance behind a successfully reassembled and reconfigured OLine and a nonexistant KState pass rush.

I agree with the probability that ‘Stache hasnt been quite right since that Kindle hit. Let him get better and take the job back when he’s able to.

What I see in Sticks is a Graham Harrell type guy who is firey and maybe offers a marginal improvement in mobility and arm strength. WE have too much riding on Stache (Potts). Before the season we were ALL talking about “wait and see what happens when Cap’n Leach installs a true prototype QB into his system”. We owe it to the Cap’n and the ’Stache to let the season play out.

Potts is Chris Simms. The NFL prototype in size and arm strength. But when he plays the game against live defenses he just doesn’t have it. He plays scared. Sheffield is Major Applewhite, nobody’s idea of the physical specimen of a major college quarterback. But put the ball in his hands in a real game and magic happens. Mack Brown’s dumbest move was benching Applewhite for Simms & throwing away a chance at a national title in 2001. I hope Leach doesn’t make the same mistake.

I look at SS’s deep passes and yep, notvthe se pop and you think, that COULD have been intercepted, but for the most part they’re not. They’re right on the money with TOUCH, something TP apparently lacks and it’s not Luke TP WASN’T throwing picks with that 1st round cannon. I guess what I’m sayin is, GH didn’t have an NFL arm(obviously!) but he put the rock where our studs could catch it, and this dude “Gloves,” I love that name, really puts the pig where our thouroughbreds can get YAC. Isn’t that what this scheme is all about? I want TP to be the next Matt Stafford folks, but I’d rather have that perfect Cody Hodges pass over the defender in the back of the endzone to beat Nebraska AT Nebraska! I still remember the crowd shot after that deflating TD. I’ll take Major Applewhite.

Sticks is the right choice if you consider the Neb d-line. Hopefully our O-line figured some things out last weekend and will play well against Neb. But it is going to be a big, big challenge.
With Sticks mobility vs Potts, it seems the logical choice. And I agree with NatK that it could be a medical decision. Either way, we’ve seen this year that teams are 1 play away from needing a solid back-up QB (God forbid). So having both ready to step in is probably a good idea.
Makes you wonder if Mizzou had a solid back-up whether they would have had a better outcome against Neb. It was pretty obvious their starter was injured after the 1st qtr…

But for what ever reason Potts seems to lose concentration( his own words) and is not consistant or effecient and unfortunately that is what this O is all about. And say what you want but Potts has played against the same competition and yes he did throw 7 td’s against Rice but again was that a complete game? I think not, and I guess if he can find consistancy then he can really go but when will he get there? I do believe we win @ uh with Sticks and I don’t think it is really close. Again in 5 quarters with Sticks we are averaging 75 pts. a game and that ‘s not bad who ever you are playing in DI !!!!!!!!! Wreck’Em Tech Beat Neb.

with SS. The kids a leader and has a better delivery than Potts from where I stand. SS has the ability to move and throw an accurate ball. Potts not so much. I like Potts as a person and all but he’s not at all what I expected as the starter QB. Now I feel like Tech is reborn again with some hope of salvaging what could have been a really bad season.

I think it needs to be stated that a vote for Sheffield is not a vote against Potts. If Potts really is the best we have, then he should play. But Sheffield brings something that is beyond mere anecdotal evidence. It’s there on film. His passes are pin point, his deep throws are about as on the money as possible (receiver does not break stride at all), and his movement is what will keep him alive with our not so stellar line play. And the entire team seems to play better. That’s more important than anything: Can the QB elevate the play of those around him.