Taylor Potts Named Starting QB

GIVE ’EM HELL SON!

I wonder how many QBs have won the Manning Camp Trophy for best QB, and then NOT gone on and start for their school. The answer is probably none. Two different talented coaching staffs have measured these QBs and come to the same conclusion. I think it’s telling that a some coaches would have come in and used this as an opportunity to put further distance between them and the previous regime by picking the people choice….by Tubs and Co instead chose the less popular path, while at the same time concuring with the previous staff. You heard Brown say all the film was reviewed for every practice, scrimmage, and previous game. Iagree it’s time to get behind this team, it’s players and coaches, and get read for what I feel will be a special, if not a championship season.

Wreck’em Tech

The game is played under duress and we have last year as a guide to how this will go. To say that I will support whomever is at qb goes without saying….but I also know this won’t end well. If brown can get Taylor comfortable in the pocket and he read his progressions….dude should get a hefty raise.
You can also throw two hc’s chose tp…and all I can say is that I hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

With Tubs’ quote about the competition continuing in practice. I just hope the coaches keep the hook ready if last year’s Taylor Potts shows up to play again this year.

I hope we have a great injury free season and Potts rises to the occasion. Everything that people complained about last year was fixable… here’s hoping they fixed most of them.

I’m trusting the coaches. I really hope there will be no more booing of Taylor Potts by Tech “fans”. It’s very possible he has matured over the last year and developed the confidence he needs. Let’s also not forget how well he performed in the Texas game last year. Tough game and he really hung tough.

Tuberville & Co. can’t afford losses. They aren’t going to make any decisions leading this team to defeats if they can help it. If Potts isn’t cutting it, Sticks will play. Let’s support Potts and hope he has a great year.

tp secede bit I also need hem to do 2 things better….not throw off his back foot ever and he must not string together several bad drives during a game(his worst weakness)….. IMO last year as consistant as he seems in practice his real achilles heel was that he could be really hot for 2 to 3 series then go extremely cold for 4 series in a row….that will not cut it….. in fact, atm admitted that if we had gone up 21 in the first quarter theywould have folded but TPFKAN folded on the 3rd drive and the rest is history….Now we just need to get behind #12 and pray he has learned some things! Wreck’Em Tech

I sure hope it’s a real one this time.

But I feel dtn is my place to state my very real apprehension about this decision without being asked if I have ever flunked a test. Yes, but I got better

In tribute I throw to you a big Guns Up!….off my back foot.

Apparently, Pott’s throwing motion has been completely reworked, so we’ll see what’s up with that.

I told you guys that Potts was gonna win the job again this year. Lets see if he really has righted the ship, which i think he has.

I have positive thoughts that the QB chose is the correct one for Tech for this New Season and New Era.

I don’t like Booing either. James better play like he cares about his position and his team or I might just break my rule too.

and Sticks continues to compete everyday in practice. We need both of them to push each other while providing genuine leadership to their teammates.

Best of luck to both.

Now we have a starter, like him or not. As Texas Tech fans, we must back everyone playing that wears a Red Raider uniform. Of course, that does not necessarily transfer to their parents, though most of them are real stand-up people, except for that one………

I feel Potts has probably addressed and corrected his flaws from last year With better physical attributes, that may have been the thing that tilted the rockin’ horse in his favor. SMU is the first exam. I hope he and the rest of the team blacks it out (even if we fans are asked to wear red).

SAME QB decision. It must mean SOMETHING

Taylor’s throwing mechanics were awful last year and the “love pat” from Sergio Kindle to the head ( not resulting in a penalty) didn’t help his decision making either. When I remember watching him in high school at Abilene High I don’t remember him having the same problem with throwing off his back foot but I am sure it helped having Lyle Leong on your team too. IF Neal Brown has fixed his mechanics then I believe there is “Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself”

Good Luck Taylor Potts.

But a little disappointed……I give Potts a chance.

On the SMU game, use Sticks for a half back pass, just put him on the field, then again the next week, maybe even line him up at WR, just enough to make UT spend an extra hour that week preparing. Then never do it again until the last game of season to give our bowl opponent something to waste film time on.

Katfish

5. Steven Sheffield, Texas Tech

Another small leap of faith here in betting Sheffield wins the starting job over Taylor Potts, who started the majority of the 2009 season. Sheffield’s mobility may better suit Neal Brown’s variation of the Air Raid, which gives quarterbacks the freedom to tuck-and-run at any moment, but durability has become a concern for the senior, who broke the same bone in his foot for the second time this spring after suffering the same injury last season.

Preface: I wanted SS to win the job.

But…
For entire offseason, folks have been chiming in on how much better this player will be or that player will be with the last season under their belt, a spring, summer, and fall camp. But for some that logic doesn’t apply to Potts? Who here was at either scrimmage? Or more than the first two fall practices?

I’m all for a great competition and Pott’s won. I will fully support this QB and I have a feeling that he may be a different Taylor Potts this season. Maybe some really good coaching one on one helped him find his game. I remain optimistic about this season and I still think we see 10 wins. Congratulations to Potts in leading this team his senior season!

In the end potts had way more raw talent than sheffield and if he got his throwing motion down then he will be solid. We also forget how strong this kid is to come back after taking such a hit by kindle. most qbs would of had to been peeled of the field. he was also pretty good against a very good texas team until that hit. So now that he is fully healthy i think that he can be the real deal.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I hope we don’t have a “sticks” chant during the season if/when Potts does bad.

Nancy on the other hand, is a different story. I have seats on the 45 yrd line 3 rows up… You better believe Nancy will hear my voice!

I’m a Sheffield favorer, if Potts was Tub’s favorite, I support it all the way, TUBS is the professional, I just like to think I am…

As much as I hate YOUR “Nancy”, I can’t force myself to be that uber-rude fanatic that embarrasses your own team by screaming taunts at him. He DID indirectly deliver us a PHENOMENAL new staff that that can and will take us to another level. Let him play/suck, he won’t get drafted and he’ll live off daddy happily ever db.

Is when Gerald Myers steps out onto the field for pre-gamem ceremonies….
Is when Nancy James steps out onto the field for any reason…..
Is when Potts throws off his back foot….and the ball is intercepted.

Have been drinking. Will post thoughts later.

It makes logical sense to start Potts. This is their senior year. Potts deserves a chance at the NFL. Sticks deserves a chance to become a great leader. So, let Potts prove his abilities and Sticks help lead the team to a couple more wins. Use Sticks as a surprise weapon bringing him in at certain times to confuse opposing defenses to hopefully pull out an extra win. Remember the Alamo…Bowl? Potts won the awards but Sticks helped win the game. I predict Sticks will have opportunities to prove his leadership skills on the field.

(I really have a hard time supporting Nancy James, though. Making mistakes is one thing. But, intentionally undermining a coach and program is entirely something else.)

I’m happy for Potts and hope Sticks will take this in stride. Sticks has proven himself to be a team guy so no reason to think that will change.
It seems to me we are in a great position having 2 solid QB’s. Actually, we’re better off than most teams in the league. And I do think at some point both will see game time.

I have a feeling Potts will do well. Coach Brown has said he wants to take some pressure off of the QB with all the reads and checking to different plays. He’s going to be telling Potts what he wants him to do each play and then it’s up to Potts to execute. That along with the increased use of our RB’s will be a big difference from last year.

Behind these guys 1000%. Let’s play some football!!!

am i to understand that a good half of you will NOT be supporting the man running our offense. I thought you were Tech fans, not sticks fans…i love sticks as much as anyone else here, but surely a group of professionals opinions should matter to us, we are all a bunch of armchair quarterbacks here. I understand fully the kind of energy sticks brought, and i totally agree that he is a talented player loved by the team, but as stated before, Harrell wasnt really great in 06, but see how he turned out? This may be a blessing in disguise for all we know. All i know is I will get to attend 1, count em 1 game before i am banished to the sandbox and i’ll be damned if i will not be screaming for potts. God bless Texas Tech…

I’ve been drinking again and playing NCAA Football. If somebody can build a mind control thingy for Potts I can beat everybody by at least 60.

The real deal is that this is a new OC and a new HC. They have made a decision as far as starting QB.apparently Potts is a huge NASCAR fan and has a handle on this. Stix must be a F1 guy. See what I’m getting at?

If you watch a few of Troy’s series you can kind of see what Brown is after. I’m a huge Stix fan, but at this juncture it looks like Potts is the guy to drive this car. Lot’s of Jail Breaks and a lot of throws to the flats. Possible some across the middle BS.

I’m trusting our NEW coaches to make this right decision and correct it quickly if wrong. Jump on this bandwagon and see where it takes us. We have no idea what went on during practice. We can only assume.

I’m goingti have another beer. Somebody get a hold of Antiswarm and see what he thinks.

Wreck Em Tech!