More 1st Game Stuff - Tech/SMU the last 10 years
by cweber7377 on Sep 7, 2010 10:08 AM CDT
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PrintA lot has been said about the play of Potts in this first game, some good and some still thought "Sticks" would have done better. My opinion, on the latter is when the can't (or aren't allowed to) play, it is almost an inarguable debate. No one can really prove it one or way or the other. I have put together a historyof QB play for the last 10 years against SMU for some comparison (below). I do believe some SMU teams in that period have been better than others and this onewas the best of the group, (bowl win last year, best coach since Ron Meyers and the death penalty, and more solid players).
| SMU/ Texas Tech History | ||||||||
| Year | QB | Stats | Yards | Yds per Completion | TD | Final Score | Completion % | Notes |
| 2002 | Kingsgbury | 32-49-2 | 369 | 11.53 | 2 | 24-14 | 65.31% | 1 |
| 2003 | Symons | 23-38-1 | 397 | 17.26 | 1 | 58-10 | 60.53% | |
| 2004 | Cumbie | 40-66-0 | 470 | 11.75 | 4 | 27-13 | 60.61% | |
| 2006 | Harrell | 34-49-1 | 342 | 10.06 | 5 | 35-3 | 69.39% | |
| 2007 | Harrell | 44-59-0 | 419 | 9.52 | 4 | 49-9 | 74.58% | 2 |
| 2008 | Harrell | 31-48-0 | 418 | 13.48 | 5 | 43-7 | 64.58% | 3 |
| 2009 | Potts | 34-53-0 | 359 | 10.56 | 4 | 35-27 | 64.15% | |
| Avg % Completion | 65.59% | |||||||
| Avg Yards per games | 396 | |||||||
| Avg Yards per Completion | 12.02 | |||||||
| Avg Int # | 0.57 | |||||||
| Avg TD's Passes | 3.57 | |||||||
| Avg Tech Score | 38.71 | |||||||
| 1 | 3rd year Senior Starter | |||||||
| 2 | Crabtree 1st Year with 3 TD Catches | |||||||
| 3 | 3rd year Senior Starter, 3rd game of year, "Special Year" | |||||||
Looking at the stats for this series, Potts is below average on most but is very close. Two important stats that go into the QB rating, TD's and Int's. he is above average. Wehn you consider that Tech was missing tow of its best recievers (starters Zoulak (sp) and Torres), ant that this SMU team was one of the better teams in the last ten years (I will agree maybe debatable and won't know until the end of the year) Potts performance is pretty good. One of our fellow members made the claim that "Sticks" would have had 100 more passing yards. To do that he would have had to complete 40 of 53, a 75% completion %, with two starting receivers not available, which I believe is highly doubtful. I don't think, based on the Press conference that we would have had more a pass attempts with a different QB. Do I think Potts is the second coming of Harrell or Kingsbury? NO. But his stats measure up well with a new Head Coach and a new Offensive Coordinator in charge. I think we need to not push the QB controversy any further. Potts will throw an interception, they all do, and will not deserve a booing for one unless he throws five with no TD's. Then really the coaches deserve the boo's, not a student athlete who plays hard and goes to class as well. The High Plains Drifter and his OC have chosen a starter and lets go with it. I like both QB's because they are Red Raiders, but cheering on one over the other other during the "Walk" or at the game does not help the team win Championships. Wreck Em!!!!
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English is his 2nd language...
And with what he sacrificed to the football gods, he has much leeway
Viva brazil.
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by oldschoolraider on Sep 7, 2010 12:44 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Potts did great Saturday. I’m just not seeing how a QB that throws for 300+ yards, 4 tds and no interceptions gets a bad wrap. This guy finally showed some improved foot work and accuracy.
"You've got to find your inner pirate" - Mike Leach
He was better than what I expected......
Kudos to brown….but there is MUCH room for improvement. He had series where he looked out of sync, and then he would look good for a series.
Two Brothers is a good spot….
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by oldschoolraider on Sep 7, 2010 12:41 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
sorry I missed you guys. I will be Lubbock for the UT game but hopefully can catch a watching party at Two Bros. in the future.
"You've got to find your inner pirate" - Mike Leach
I am heading down for the UT game also....
need to work on a little thing called lodging though…already have the tix
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by oldschoolraider on Sep 7, 2010 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions
might be able to help you
my brother may have an extra room reservation at the Days Inn(4th steet). We had one couple bail on us so I will check with him.
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That would be HUGE.
Let me know…..it is locked tight.
I might erect a statue of you in my backyard between my SARR and Blackbeard ones.
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by oldschoolraider on Sep 8, 2010 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Not sure...but me thinks...
It is against board rules to use the words “erect”, “SARR”, and “Blackbeard” in the same sentence. The word “tight” in the previous sentence will not help your case on appeal.
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No problem. I will talk to him tonight and let you know by the weekend. My email is plmaia@aol.com so just check back with me on Sunday.
"You've got to find your inner pirate" - Mike Leach
It's called Sticks Fans Angst....
If Potts doesn’t win a NC for us then he’s a failure in their eyes.
Meanwhile, if Sticks starts all games, he throws for a NCAA record 2,039,478,023 yards this year and runs for another 23,094…..in their world….
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Sep 7, 2010 2:03 PM CDT up reply actions
blah
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by oldschoolraider on Sep 7, 2010 2:49 PM CDT up reply actions
I said this in another post
300+ yards, no INT’s, and 4 TDs wins you the Heisman in some schools. But I’m a homer…..
Sorry guys, you won’t see many 500 yd games this year.
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates. – Life on the Mississippi
But if Sticks was playing...
we’d pass for 750 every game…..
/sarcfont off
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Sep 8, 2010 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions
The guy likes Sticks better....
why poke him with a sharp ‘stick’ because you don’t agree?
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by oldschoolraider on Sep 8, 2010 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
The point is...
Potts had a pretty good game against a team that in all likely hood will post 8 or so wins again this year, but Sticks fans are still whining and bitching and moaning that he would have been the better choice at QB. There’s no possible way to prove that Sticks would have accumulated more yards/points/etc. than Potts did on Sunday, and it’s just silly that Sticks people won’t face the facts that Potts is the starter for now and for the foreseeable future.
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Sep 9, 2010 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions
He's not a sticks person
He’s a red raider fan that thinks sticks is better….you are obsessed with trying to shout anyone down who thinks otherwise. Why don’t you go to the game a pick a fight with anyonen at the Jones who likes Sticks better.
FYI, he was very subtle and not in your face with his above statement
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by oldschoolraider on Sep 9, 2010 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nothing I said was directed at him....
It was directed at the people who refuse to give Potts any sort of credit what so ever for his performance on Sunday. Instead of saying he had a good game all they want to say is “well, Sticks would have had a better game”, and that’s just a silly attitude to have in my opinion.
Ryan Hyatt said it best this morning:
Unless Texas Tech QB Taylor Potts throws for 5oo yards, 7 TD’s, negative 3 picks and also brings peace to the Middle East this weekend there will still be some Tech fans clamoring for the back-up to start against Texas. Those folks have already made up their minds and they’ll never be able to give Potts credit for being a good performance. Too bad. They’re really going to miss out on a nice kid have a great year.
Sticks people are starting to remind me of the Team Leachers who still refuse to get over him being gone….
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Sep 10, 2010 11:26 AM CDT up reply actions
No dissent is fascism
Dissent is the sand that makes the pearl. When everybody is on the same page about anything, progress stops. What’s the incentive to improve if you’ve already crushed all dissent? As the chinese said (before Tianneman Square) “Let a thousand flowers bloom”. If people have an opinion that differs from yours, don’t take it personally. It’s not meant to be personal. OK Taylor? We good? Go get ’em this week.
" If people have an opinion that differs from yours, don’t take it personally. It’s not meant to be personal."
I suppose someone needs to tell the Sticks group that too. I would have left it at my sarcladen
But if Sticks was playing… we’d pass for 750 every game…..
/sarcfont off
had oldschool not busted in and started his spiel.
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Sep 10, 2010 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes I busted you.....
because someone will give their personal opinion that Sticks is better and you and some others will make it more personal…..you don’t get it or something more derogatory like calling the Sticks people. Outside a Baptist comment (ahem)…look at mbrown and blackbeard. If they differ with you, they can have good discourse. Having to label someone as a ‘Sticks person’ hacks me off. Near as I can tell, I met my wife and all my friends at TTU. All my XL and XXL shirts say TTU and not Sticks.
Thats all, and I will bite my lip to not reply when someone is categorized as something derogatory because they have QB issue. I wish I felt that way about Potts….truly. It is Friday and time to turn to leisure.
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by oldschoolraider on Sep 10, 2010 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Then I must not be aiming what I say at you.
And I’m not. You’ve shown that you have an opinion and can look at things objectively, and I can appreciate that.
However, there’s a difference in stating that Sticks is better and being able to prove it, and saying he’s better based off an opinion alone. It’s stuff like the latter that gets to me. No one can say that Sticks would have thrown for more yards, scored more points, or done anything in Sunday’s game better than Potts did, because that’s something you can not prove. Potts went out there and threw 4 TD’s against 0 picks, and had numerous other throws that hit receivers only to be dropped. Did I mention we also beat an 8 win team from a year ago that won their bowl game? Potts actually played one of the better opening games for a QB at Tech over that last 10 years, and it was against probably the 2nd or 3rd best team we’ve faced for a first game in that time span. Yet, people here are still convinced that Sticks is the guy to go with.
WHY?
Yes, he played great last year with Leach at head and probably would have started if the Captain was still here, but Leach isn’t here. Probably no one here has seen Sticks run the new system, and the people that have seen him say that Potts runs it better.
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Sep 10, 2010 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions
We heard that Neal Brown loves having a mobile QB
And we know that last week, Potts was doing something that looked like a zone read…but nobody thought he was goinig to keep the ball and run. I think that would be wicked to throw into this scheme with Sticks or any mobile QB. BJ Symons would have been great.
I hope most can agree that looking at the below stats for 2009, I can see how someone can make a case for either QB.
PASSING GP Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yards TD Long Avg/G
Potts, Taylor 12 137.1 309-470-13 65.7 3440 22 79 286.7
Sheffield, Steven 6 177.6 101-136-4 74.3 1219 14 72 203.2
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by oldschoolraider on Sep 10, 2010 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions
No matter if he likes a mobile QB or not...
it’s obvious that he thinks Potts is the better QB for this system.
I would also like to go back to the LSU-Troy game that we’ve seen highlights of 50,000 times, and say once again that there’s not a single time that the QB tucks the ball and takes off. I’ll give you that it is just one drive, and one drive != an entire gameplan. However, A quick look at Levi Brown’s rushing stats (Troy QB for the last two years) shows that he accumulated a grand total of 24 yards and 1 TD on the ground for his career at Troy. Those stats aren’t even remotely close to what a mobile QB would put up. I think the whole Neal Brown wants a mobile QB spiel might just be wishful thinking for Sticks fans…just saying.
Either way, I feel comfortable with either of these guys in there.
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Sep 10, 2010 7:15 PM CDT up reply actions
To add to that...
If your line doesn’t allow pressure, there’s no need for a mobile QB. I still say our success this year lies not with either QB, but on the OL.
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Sep 10, 2010 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions
and...
Don’t call me Potts. I’m sure he has a thousand other things more important than to read an internet message board. If I was Potts then why would I admit that Sticks was obviously the best QB we had last year?
All I want is to see Sticks fans admit that Potts isn’t near as bad as they make him out to be.
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Sep 10, 2010 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions
He could have lost both feet...
and it would have been an improvement from last year!
by Damien Franco on Sep 8, 2010 1:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Great stuff
Potts did have a good game and brought it home with the win, but I don’t think that’s why some aren’t impressed. I believe the key reason people were hating after the game was that all the coaches praised on him for his incredible improvement at QB, I didn’t see it. I still saw one-man reads and fade away throws, just less of them, really. But I’m not a coach and not a pro, but I figured it would be that much more obvious to the defense to take advantage (Granted, right O-line, play-calling, and decent D-line played a part in that). I think a lot of people were just looking for his improvement to tangible and quantifiable. As listed above, it was average. I guess we’ll just see what happens this weekend
I agree and I also think
That a lot of people expect another Harrell or Kingsbury and we are not going to get that every time. In that instance the key stats are Int’s or lack there of and how good is the defense.
ut is "The Evil Empire"
drinking too much of the sticks kool-aid?
Let me start be saying this: I like sticks and hes a good QB, BUT, if he was better than Potts than he would have established himself as a starter sometime in the off-season. Anyways, this game wasnt going to be a blowout guys. SMU is a good football team. 15th best offense in the nation last year. Dont get that by not throwing it and scoring. Padron, while we made him look bad, is a really good qb and will have the ponies in the hunt for a CUSA ‘ship. it ridiculous to think that sticks would have performed better. If he would have played a little bit yesterday, then maybe i could compare apples to oranges, but he didnt so there. Potts had a good game. I guess you guys dont want a qb that throws for 300+ yards and 4 td’s with no picks. there are qb’s around the country that would LOVE to have those numbers. Potts looked confident on sunday, he stepped up into the pocket when he felt pressure and got the ball down field. MUCH better qb play than what he had last year. We got the W, and thats really all that should matter.
P.S. another tidbit
SMU led the NCAA in blocked kicks last year, so ill give them their credit, but ill also blame the special teams play as well.
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I agree with your first few sentences…I like the spark Sheff seems to bring to the offense. But that was also last year’s team. How do we know that he has that same effect with the current group? We don’t. If he was better in practice and workouts, he’d get the nod. Tuberville has zero history with either so he’s clearly going with the guy he thinks is the best option. I do hope we get to see Sheff at some point this year, but my gut tells me he’s on the bench for solid reasons.
After some of his interesting comments this fall and spring, I do have tiny doubts about Sheff’s makeup and maturity. Not big doubts, but a nagging feeling that he’s sulking a bit right now. No evidence, just my feeling.
Potts does have some stuff to clean up with his mechanics, but if he’s getting the ball off on time and it’s hitting the WRs, I won’t complain about the back foot. If he suddenly starts missing guys and hitting the wrong colored jersey, then we’ll revisit.
Defense
The big differenc in all those games was the GREAT defense installed by coach Willis. Can’t you see that?
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1 ¶ O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people.
2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
Crazy
Potts is not good. We are in trouble with him. He has no rhythm. I don’t get how people don’t see this. Also, he cannot move at all in the pocket, and definitely can’t run. Sticks would have ran for 50 yards at least against SMU. Sure its a first game, but I see no difference between Potts last year and this year. He throws behind people and to the wrong guy a lot. I don’t see how we win more than 8 games with Potts. And I think we can win at least 10 with Sticks (based on his performaces last year pre-injury).
Arguably our best or 2nd best team of the past decade in terms of players and we have the worst score of all the games you list above. We sure would have had another 100 yards passing with Sticks. 359 yards is pedestrian.
by logan5555 on Sep 7, 2010 12:36 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
what game
were YOU watchin?
Potts moved fluidly in the pocket and threw on the run well enough most of the time. The receiving corps had a LOT of dropped passes (one each AT LEAST by Swindall, Lewis, and Douglas)
We sure would have had another 100 yards passing with Sticks
is an unprovable statement and has no business being mentioned
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by Tortilla Pirate on Sep 7, 2010 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
One of the points of in my synopsis.
ut is "The Evil Empire"
Potts supporters vs Sticks supporters - Old school MTV Style
Potts People:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmxSL6H2QEg
Sticks People:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZyVZFJGX5g
It’s hard to believe we share the same universe.
Not Bad...
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by oldschoolraider on Sep 7, 2010 2:59 PM CDT up reply actions
uh huh. yep
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by imisswesttexas on Sep 7, 2010 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
On one of Potts sacks, he appeared to look over and see the blitzer, then just stood there. He doesn’t have touch on the ball. I’ll give you the dropped passes. Obviously the additional 100 yards is not provable and might not have happened, but I feel it could happen with Sticks. Potts did not show me anything different than last year. My point is if we can’t run (and apparently we can’t) then we are in trouble. Forget Sticks for a minute and just realize that Potts does not have what it takes. He missed open guys all day, while his eyes were glued to his HS teammate. I’m not saying other QB’s we have had didn’t make the same mistakes. I just know Potts has bad habits.
Maybe its his streakyness (word???) or maybe something else, but I just don’t feel like we can have 28 point quarters with him. I don’t get it. He throws behind people a lot and it kills our YAC. Sometimes drops have a lot to do with the QB gunning it when he is 10 feet from you or throwing behind you.
He does not move well as evidenced by the huge open spaces to run in front of him that he did not take.
I know SMU is better but it just looked bad to me.
The following statements
but I feel it could happen with Sticks
but I just don’t feel like we can have 28 point quarters with him
He missed open guys all day, while his eyes were glued to his HS teammate
He does not move well as evidenced by the huge open spaces to run in front of him that he did not take.
are proof of everything that is wrong with the Stache vs Sticks debate
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by Tortilla Pirate on Sep 7, 2010 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
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Yeah, Sticks has done those types of things and Potts has not. So I feel like Sticks can do it and I don’t feel like Potts can. Its so crazy.
I realize
I need to add some stats to this but its already been done. Sticks had better stats last year. Including the game against NU was was great on defense. I realize it is the first game and I’m probably over-reacting some. Sticks isn’t as good as I want him to be, and Potts isn’t as bad as I feel he is. So I’ll apologize for going crazy on Potts but its just the way I feel. And I think stats from last year back it up. I can’t help but feel we are putting in Sims for Applewhite and it makes me mad.
However, I’d feel a lot better if we ran the ball better… We actually ran it worse than during Leach against a not so good D. That worries me even more.
And the Defense I thought was great.
So hopefully we can just improve.
We actually ran it the same as during the Leach era against a not so good D.
I don’t believe there was a single first game in the Leach era where we ran the ball well. I could be wrong…
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Sep 8, 2010 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
Fair enough
My point is that I don’t think much should be read into how the offense (or even the defense) will operate based off just this first game of the Tubbs era.
I think Batch gets his head straight (or whatever it is that’s going on with him, he just didn’t seem like the Batch we’re used to seeing), and he’ll be good to go by UT.
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Sep 8, 2010 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions
The RB's were slamming into solid walls at the line of scrimmage
Maybe shrinking the splits closed all the running lanes. Or maybe lining up two RB’s makes it too obvious that it will be a running play. I think the delayed handoff out of a shotgun when the defense is all running backwards to defend against the pass is our best running play.
Agreed
We need to give the D more looks for the run game, or pass more out of the two back set.
And, I too would like to see some delayed handoffs. I really don’t understand why a pass first offense wouldn’t use them. The delayed handoff is to the run game what play action is to the passing game.
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Sep 8, 2010 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
Maybe so
I don’t have the time to look it up right now. I just know under Leach we always had a decent YPC. Sure much of that was b/c when we did run it was surprise, but 2 yards a carry is pretty bad…
I will say this, if the OL is way better then a lot of these issues go away. Lets hope the OL gets better.
We had decent YPC...
because we passed the ball so much, and the D was always sitting back on their heels. Defenses know that under Tubbs/Brown we’re going to be running the ball a little more so of course YPC is going to go down.
Also, I’ll say it again, this was the first game. I wouldn’t read much into anything.
But I do agree 110% about the OL.
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Sep 9, 2010 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions
what game
were YOU watchin?
Potts moved fluidly in the pocket and threw on the run well enough most of the time. The receiving corps had a LOT of dropped passes (one each AT LEAST by Swindall, Lewis, and Douglas)
We sure would have had another 100 yards passing with Sticks
is an unprovable statement and has no business being mentioned
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by Tortilla Pirate on Sep 7, 2010 12:48 PM CDT up reply actions
this
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by wrench_raider on Sep 7, 2010 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions
You have to admit
Potts did a much better job than we saw last season. As stated by many SMU was no cup cake team coming into this game. I’m not saying Potts has arrived but rather he had a good game and showed great improvement from the ‘09 season. The jury is still out but I do believe we are seeing a different Taylor Potts than we are used to seeing. Dropped passes and a bad call on a 4th down made this game a whole lot closer than it should have been. Time will tell but for now I think we can all agree he’s improved.
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yup
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by imisswesttexas on Sep 7, 2010 2:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Lets also not forget...
SMU was a bowl team just a year ago, and they won 8 games. UT and OU looked far worse than Tech in my opinion against much MUCH worse competition.
It amazes me how Potts can go out and throw 4 TD’s in a game against 0 INT’s and you Sticks fans still won’t thorw him a bone…
by TheScarletandTheBlack on Sep 7, 2010 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't get it, seriously
I’m not sure I understand how you get that conclusion. It is an unprovable statement regarding the addtl 100 yrds as Tortilla Pirate mentioned.
I’d suggest you go back and watch the game again. I can think of at least 2 times where I was impressed with Potts extending the play by moving in the pocket. It probably happened more, but I recall actually thinking that a few times during the game.
Even if Sticks is in the game, he can’t throw AND catch the dang ball. These guys are all gonna make errors and poor decisions. But to say you can’t see improvement from last year to this year really makes it difficult for me to even consider the rest of your arguement. He has clearly shown improvement, and I would agrue a good amount of progress.
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by imisswesttexas on Sep 7, 2010 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Streaky
I watched the again (mostly in slow motion) and I did see Potts throwing off his back foot often. Additionally he didn’t seem to work through his progressions quickly enough and was looking for Leong way too much. That cost us a TD in the second Quarter on 4th and 10. Lewis was open but Potts delivered that ball in tight coverage to Leong for an incompletion. But for the most part he looked a little streaky. I think at one time he completed 11 straigth then he he 7 or 8 straight imcompletions.
That being said, I don’t understand all the love for Sheffield. His sample size was all of three games last year. He looks great against the lobos, KState and Nebraska. But that just seems like a small sample size to me. This appears to be a grass is greener scenario.
We are lucky to have two solid QB’s. I’ll leave it to the coached to decide who the best choice is. As I was watching the game I did notice that the cameras found sticks one time. He was standing by Coach Brown. He wasn’t into the game. He was standing behind all of the players and appeared to be sulking. Anyone else notice that?
edit......
He was not standing anywhere near Coach Brown or Tuberville
Our seats were front row to the left of the Tech players’ box. Sticks was completely in the game. He was carrying his helmet, putting it on and taking it off again. He went to sideline time-out huddles and seemed eager to participate. He was talking to players. I have to imagine that it’s pretty hard to stand there and watch someone else do the job you really wanted and worked for. Potts knows how that feels.
As a fan, I would have liked to see each QB on the field to see if the same energy exists with Sticks. In the end, we all want to see the best QB on the field. The control freak in me wants to see the proof that Potts is better at game time.
As much as I have supported Potts here
Let’s not start attacking “Sticks” by trying to read body language on TV. I don’t want to us to attack either one unless they become detrimental to the team. Neither has done that to date as far as I can tell. One thing, IF (big If) “Sticks” does sulk he could never bring a lift to the team coming into a game, the guys just would not put up with it.
ut is "The Evil Empire"
Very TRUE
I have never and will never bash Sticks…
but all the rose colored glasses love for the guys outs itself and manifests in NO love for The Stache when no one has yet said, “didja see Potts run out and congratulate BDuncan on that sack” and “cheering his teammates” and the like, the same way sticks’ supporters do for him.
to quote TheScarletandBlack, throw the Stache a bone!
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by Tortilla Pirate on Sep 7, 2010 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Not Attacking Potts
Just making an observation.
At best I’m impartial as to whose QB right now. I just want to see my number two inthe game even if he’s not on the field. Your point, “the guys would not put up with it” is right on target. I do think sticks is a good QB and will be needed this year so he needs to be a vocal leader off the field right now.
unless he throws five with no TD's.
he gets to five, I am making a booo.
“I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could but it’s to late.”…somebody buy that poor soul a beersky !!
women should put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans
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