A few tidbits
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I'm glad to hear about Snell, but I really thought that Rose was suppose to be the better of the two...
How does he look so far?
Play Snell and redshirt Rose??
How does he look so far?
Play Snell and redshirt Rose??
That would be my plan if I was coach. Both look good but Snell is the better pure back.
A lot of the questions that are asked on this board are answered on the premium board. It's really worth it during football season. That being said I appreciate any first hand observations like this and love to read them. Thanks OP. Keep it coming as much as you can
From the early reports and practice combined with their body styles (Snell doesn't need to bulk up much at all to contribute, Rose could stand to put on 10-15 lbs), I'd say redshirting Rose sounds a bit more likely.
I agree on Towles but I think Dawson did a poor job with him. The one thing Towles was good at was running and using his feet yet we never would call rollouts or run plays for him. I'm not saying that would have fixed all of his issues obviously, but the one strength he had Dawson would not use.
Towles has a cannon for an arm but is not accurate on the short and mid level passing game. He is a big guy and can run with power. Brown realized that Towles was not going to be able to run the short passing game and he took what Pat could do, run and throw the long ball, and worked around it. Dawson didn't like QB's to run which is fine but he also didn't run a short passing game so we were left with Pat airing it out and standing back there like a statue (his pocket presence and escapability was particularly limited). I wish Pat the best.
It's just good to hear from someone that was at last year's practice and this year and says Barker looks so much better and PT wouldn't beat out Barker this coming year. We all knew Barker had the potential, now it's time for the kid to put it together and move the football for us every game. We all liked PT, but now he's gone and it's time to support the new guy and hope for the best from him. I do believe he will do a better job at moving the ball up the field this year.
And, more importantly, you would be married to a former Playmate......and well that is more than enough!!!
Gran/Hinshaw played 2 QBs last year. The backup at Cincy last year played in 8 games and got significant reps in each. Sometimes due to injury and sometimes depending on effectiveness in a given game. I don't think they are going to be bound to a 1 QB or bust system.
I was at the BYU/Cincy game and when Gunner Kiel was ineffective Hayden Moore came in and almost got the comeback.