RebelBruiser said:
I hadn't looked at his stats. All I knew is he wasn't moving their offense at all. He's completing less than 50% of his passes, and he led them to a whopping 13 points and 9 first downs against NIU and only 10 first downs against UGA. UT's biggest offensive output with Stephens at QB was 20 points against MSU. They've only scored 47 points offensively in 3 games, or about 15 per game, with him as the starter.
I'd take the no INTs stat right now, but I still think he's a good example of a QB that hasn't really been what a lot of people thought he'd be. You could say the same for Snead to this point as well. He's been very pedestrian, though he's shown potential at times.
Let's be honest. Snead has has been in a college system since January of 2006 getting reps. He went throught the spring of 2006 at Texas (even playing a couple of college games), transferred, went through a year practicing at OM in 2007 knowing he would start the next year, and then went through the spring of 08 at OM taking all of the reps. He has started every game this season.
Now let's contrast Nick Stephens...
Until this spring Stephens has been behind Ainge & Crompton. He hasn't hardly gotten even 2nd team reps until this spring. Nobody, including him, expected him to play until 3 weeks ago.
How can you say he hasn't met expectations, when he was never even expected to play this season. So sure he hasn't lit it up, but he has managed the offense. I wish Snead would do that instead of tossing the ball to the other team. It doesn't matter how many yards you throw for if you are also throwing to the other team. If Stephens continues to progress, he will be a good QB at UT. UT has more problems than just the QB position.
