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I am a newbie and this is my first topic. I am a member of a cool private message board that is made up of former MSNBC board members that were sick of trolls and the bickering over there. I asked the West Virginia dude what was up with Brunetti's visit and he offered up this article. Interesting read, at least for me. Bit long but...

http://wvillustrated.com/football/topstory/id/434
 
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I am a newbie and this is my first topic. I am a member of a cool private message board that is made up of former MSNBC board members that were sick of trolls and the bickering over there. I asked the West Virginia dude what was up with Brunetti's visit and he offered up this article. Interesting read, at least for me. Bit long but...

http://wvillustrated.com/football/topstory/id/434
 
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I am a newbie and this is my first topic. I am a member of a cool private message board that is made up of former MSNBC board members that were sick of trolls and the bickering over there. I asked the West Virginia dude what was up with Brunetti's visit and he offered up this article. Interesting read, at least for me. Bit long but...

http://wvillustrated.com/football/topstory/id/434
 
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Brunetti has been pretty adamant that he wanted to go WVU... This won't change regardless of what Mullen does.
 
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One of the biggest tells in this article is how he wanted to be WV in the freakin' video game. Dam that goes to heart.

The only hope is the fact that it is clear that his moma wants him close to home. Slim hope but hope none the less.
 
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Pat White is not Pat White without Rich Rod (or Steve Slaton to some extent). What about WV makes Brunetti think he's going to just pop over there and make that happen?
 
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Except that the player who wanted to be WVU was Quinton Spain, not Brunetti.
 
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We've definitely got our work cut out for us, but just for some info, before he went to WV, he said he was just taking the visit for the heck of it and would probably commit soon to State. So he's shown that he can be swept off his feet during one haphazard visit before; it can be done again.
 
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the hostesses on this trip. Seriously though, at this point, I don't think anyone should be getting their hopes up.
 
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maroonmania said:
to pacify his Mom. Oh well, Dylan Favre, you are the man I guess.
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You act like Brunetti or Favre are the only options we have. If Russell is close to what everyone thinks he is going to be then favre will never be the man. In fact I would imagine over the next 4 years Mullen will be able to bring in a decent QB to follow Russell
 
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the only QB signee we will get in this class. Heck, I have no clue if Favre will ever see the field at MSU.
 
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If a guy is visiting, you've got a chance. What possible reason could Mullen have to tell him, "No thanks."
 
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Funny how these guys get sold on being the next Pat White. They currently have two guys on the roster that probably plan on being the next Pat White - 2010 sophomore Eugene Smith (4-star recruit) and sophomore Coley White (Pat White's little brother, 3-star recruit). They also have another 4-star QB commited, Jeremy Johnson, who will probably end up at WR or CB..... kind of like their WR Starks (he was a 3-star QB recruit).

All of these guys were probably recruited on the idea of being the "next Pat White".
 
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What about not wanting to burn a red shirt for a QB to only play a third of a season do you not understand? It has been pretty widely reported that Russell struggled at the beginning of the season and made huge strides from about the Houston game on. Do you really think that since Tyler wasn't ready for SEC competition the minute the season started there is no way he will ever be ready?
 
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but because Mullen had no idean had bad Lee would suck in game situations. But I think (hope) Mullen kept expecting his senior qb to stop making mental mistakes, which is probably only an unreasonable expectation in hindsight.
 
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I have heard that if Tyler had looked as good at the beginning of fall camp as he did about halfway through the season he would have gotten substantial time against JSU and started soon after. Take that for what it's worth.
 
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Wonder if recruiting would be better if we were 7-5 and bowling versus trying to explain to and convince (for yet another year) recruits that even though we are sitting at home that they can win at MSU?
 
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I see your point, and don't necessarily disagree with it. For all we know Tyler might have beaten Arkansas to keep us in bowl contention. However, your original post said, in essence, if Russell was ever going to be worth a **** he would have played this year. I fail to see the correlation between Russell's effectiveness over the next 4 years and whether the coaches made the correct decision in not burning his redshirt at midseason.
 
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I think he will develop into a decent to good QB for us. But some of you talk about preserving his redshirt year like he will be Eli Manning his senior year. If he had that type of talent he would have played this year is my point. Some of you seem to be expecting magic and that is just not in the cards. He will never be a QB that will be able to carry the team on his back. Not in his first year and not in his 5th year.
 
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I know we supposedly have a great QB ready to play next year, but I honestly think Brunetti may be better off, competition-wise at MSU. Our QBs <span style="font-style: italic;">might</span> end up being serviceable dual-threat type QBs. But, that's fairly debatable. At WVU, there are a few guys who also think they are the next Pat White and share the same skill set that Brunetti possesses. Both systems allow the QB to be as good as they want to be with their feet or legs.

Brunetti's future, should he commit to MSU, simply depends on what is going on in Mullen's mind and how good Russell actually is. Seeing I'm not Mullen and I've never seen TR in practice, that's up in the air for right now. I don't know what Mullen wants or know how good TR is and what his strengths are (although, I have a decent idea based on hearsay).

However, if history is any indicator, Mullen is going to run his QB...alot. That being the case, the theoretical easy sales pitch to Brunetti is for Mullen to tell him something along the lines of "look, we don't have a QB on our roster is proven as a true dual-threat, you are that guy. You've seen my offenses in the past. They thrive when our QB is dangerous with his arm and legs. You come here, and the offense is yours when you are ready". Whether that's the truth or not is a different matter. If Mullen can sell him on that and somehow get it through his head that he would bring a "unique" skill-set to Starkville vs being a guy like all the other QB prospects at WVU, I think he would have to give us a hard look. The only problem with that is most talented 18 year old athletes think their skill set is unique no matter where they are. He simply just may want to go to WVU and live out his Pat White fetish. Not that there is anything wrong with that - to each their own.
 
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Maybe, just maybe, we should let the guy take a snap before you decide that he is incapable of carrying the team on his back. Do I think he will be the Heisman trophy winner his senior year? Not likely, but I do expect him to be good enough that defenses have to really respect our ability to throw the ball. I expect him to be able to lead the offense effectively and not have the majority of his passes tipped or intercepted.
 
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TR play as a true freshman or as a 5th year senior, I will take the 5th senior every time. For one thing we aren't guaranteed that we have won any more games with Tyler learning the ropes as a true freshman than we did with Lee as a SR. Its not like you expect TR to come in as a true freshman and play mistake free. And even if we had won one more game if we could have squeezed into a bowl somewhere. What we do know is that now, for the first time in quite a while, we actually have a chance to get 4 full productive years out of a highly regarded QB prospect.
 
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All he had to do was not suck to the tune of 11 TO's in 3 games plus several mental lapses that cost us filed goal opportunities. Not exactly a very high threshold.

Seriously, if he could not do better than that after half a season then I don't look for a player to produce fireworks by his 5th year either.
 
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you almost NEVER want to do unless you absolutely have to. I can almost guarantee Russell will produce a heck of a lot more fireworks as a 5th year Sr than he ever would have this year. What I now wish is that Mullen had been willing to give Relf a much bigger share of the playing time this past year. He produced better than Lee anyway and Russell's redshirt could still have been preserved.
 
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4 turnovers in a little less than 1 full game. And he was the top QB recruit in the country last year. Russell will be fine, but asking a guy to play QB in the SEC as a true freshman is just not very realistic. Even Peyton Manning had a very mediocre true freshman season, and would have been redshirted if Tennessee hadn't lost their top 2 QBs for the season in their first game. Not to mention that Eli Manning redshirted behind a guy most UM fans will tell you completely sucked. That sure turned out bad for them didn't it.
 
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But I dont think Brunetti is the running QB all of you have fantasized about him being. His game vs South Panola was on TV this year and he was the 2nd fastest qb in that game. Furthermore, he had very few designed run plays and passed more than he threw. They were running the spread and his receivers were all running deep routes, so he did pick up good rushing yards on wide open scrambles at times. He isn't too shifty with his running style. I was impressed more with his arm. He reminded me alot of Russell. The next Pat White will he not be.
 
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He didn't look as good as he's been hyped up to be by the recruiting services in that game. But, I do know he's our best available option as far as another QB prospect goes. I'm hopeful for our QB future, but every solid prospect we can get helps should busts or injuries happen. I was just suggesting playing the "dual threat" card is our best shot at getting him to switch commitments.
 
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I don't think they ran him like crazy the last couple of years anyway but he definitely didn't run nearly as much as he could have this year because of that. It was a pretty significant strain per those close to MUS.</p>
 
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