But it gets you bowl eligible and that’s the positive side. Imagine McCord playing for Rutgers this season. I think he would have won fewer than six games honestly. He has NFL all-pro receivers and running backs and will likely be home for the playoffs.
EDIT: Losing because of Wimsatt
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Sorry to have misread you! Maybe (although this is rare) being a starting QB doesn't matter that much to Simon. There may be other reasons he's here.
Owl….Yes, it was good enough to get to a bowl this year thanks to the defense and Monangai.
I would argue that the MSU game was handed to RU via the two glaring Q4 gaffes and the scandal, and the week 1 win against another new coach & scandal. So it’s a misleading 6 win season.
But sure they all count so we’re bowling.
Problem is, if 6 wins is the ceiling we won’t get 6 all the time. Having a real shot a 8 or 9 will get us bowling every year at a minimum and GW isn’t capable of that in our conference.
I would argue that the MSU game was handed to RU via the two glaring Q4 gaffes and the scandal, and the week 1 win against another new coach & scandal. So it’s a misleading 6 win season.
But sure they all count so we’re bowling.
Problem is, if 6 wins is the ceiling we won’t get 6 all the time. Having a real shot a 8 or 9 will get us bowling every year at a minimum and GW isn’t capable of that in our conference.
Simon needs to find an OC that suits his skill set. You can tell KC is looking for dual threat QBs.
If you build an Iowa level defense (I think Greg is certainly capable of doing this at Rutgers) you can go 10-2 with no offense to speak of. Iowa only lost to Penn St and Minnesota this year despite playing many very close games. And the schedule gets much much easier going forward with the defense-optional PAC-12 teams coming over.
Except it didn’t lead to “tons of licks vs the top”. Some yes. Not tons. Kid improved and will continue to next year. Surface can compete maybe. Portal kid can compete as well if we choose to get one
McCord is 65.8% 3170 yards 24 TD 6 Int. We would have won the six we did plus Wiscy too. Yes he has good receivers but someone still needs to throw catchable balls.
Those defenses only seemed weak because of the high-powered offenses. We ain’t beating them either by scoring 17 at best.
The Iowa-level defense you aspire to gave up 31 to PennSt in a shut out and didn’t play OSU or Michigan. And that’s exactly why the OC is already fired after THIS season. The West division free ride is over. They know they will need offense next year.
You obviously didn’t realize until now that Penn State had the ball for over 45 minutes and held Iowa to under 100 total yards.
Keeping them to 31 was a miracle. Iowa will give Michigan fits…for a quarter and a half. There’s no way Iowa will score points on offense.
I told you, good D doesn’t cut it for winning football. Iowa fired the OC now bc the soft division goes away next year.You obviously didn’t realize until now that Penn State had the ball for over 45 minutes and held Iowa to under 100 total yards.
Iowa will give Michigan fits…for a quarter and a half. There’s no way Iowa will score points on offense.
McCord winning fewer games than Gavin if he were at RU...lmao.
Stop sniffing glue, if McCord were at RU then KC would be able to use the whole playbook and not have to run 70% of the time.
A complementary pass game would have resulted in a lot more points being scored.
Simon will surely leave this yr. He’ll enter the portal and send his 300 yard passing game v. Iowa videos from 2022 to anyone interested. He’ll go to a G-5 team and get a mid-5 figures check.
Yet Simon runs better than GW throws. I guess nobody on the roster fit the mold entirely. You're right of course. I just don't think they were but that cookie crumbled and is over.
None. His rushing was for his life; not touchdowns. The situation has significantly changed on the offensive line.
The HC believed a big, running QB who can’t throw well fit his run clock and play D philosophy and named him the starter from the jump. Simon’s skill set just wasn't a fit. It’s not complicated. Get used to it.
I’m sure the HC hoped for better passing from GW than he got but it didn’t matter to the QB1 decision and it won’t for the next two years either.
I’m sure the HC hoped for better passing from GW than he got but it didn’t matter to the QB1 decision and it won’t for the next two years either.
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How dense can you continue to be ? Will you stop it already with the OC ? He’s got as much voice in philosophy as you do. The 1940s philosophy was in place before he was hired.
Besides, the truth is, GW isn’t a dual-threat QB. He is used as a second rb who occasionally throws lowest-risk passes just like Langan was.
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Yes, OL improved because the O has changed to fit rushing attack that includes a running QB.
How many times was Simon give the opportunity to run it in inside the 5 yard line?
The real answer was "Zero, because they couldn't afford to lose any more QBs last year once Gavin was injured and Vedral was already out"
GW also had 488 yards rushing and 9 rushing TD’s. He is a good fit for the personnel on the team currently. If you had OSU’s skill people you wouldn’t need to rely on GW running, although not having a dual threat QB certainly cost OSU this year vs. Michigan. Evan Simon would have put up nice numbers at OSU this season as I think he has solid touch and accuracy. Rough game vs Iowa turnover-wise and the lack of him being a running threat exposed Simon’s limitations (he did wind up with 300 yards passing though) last year unfortunately.
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Same list, but only QBs with 200 attempts:
65.1% - Hart (Jr)
61.4% - Vedral (Jr)
61.4% - Teel (Sr)
60.9% - Laviano (Jr)
60.8% - Hart (Sr)
59.4% - Vedral (Sr)
58.8% - Hart (So)
58.2% - Teel (Jr)
57.2% - Nova (Sr)
57.0% - Nova (So)
56.7% - Dodd (So)
55.4% - Teel (So)
55.2% - Dodd (Fr)
54.5% - Nova (Jr)
52.3% - Savage (Fr)
51.8% - McMahon (So)
51.1% - Nova (Fr)
49.7% - McMahon (Sr)
49.1% - Sitkowski (Fr)
49.1% - McMahon (Fr)
47.8% - Wimsatt (So)
44.8% - Cubit (Fr)
If we had an average P5 QB, we would have beat OSU
that's evidence he wasn't asked to rush. It's not evidence he can't.
GW also had zero tds in 2022 in the old system
GW also had zero tds in 2022 in the old system
Simon is a decent runner and could have scored most of the TD's Wimsatt did. Three were from one yard, another 3 yards, 5 and 7 yards against Wagner. Schiano was giving him balls normally the rb's get to try to develop his confidence.