Honest question. Would it help us in the long run to bench Shapen and start developing KT and Luke for next year?
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Nope. KT and Luke will be playing for someone else next year. Our best shot to win this season is Shapen trying to prove fans wrong.
Honest answer. The coaches know way better than we do.
No. I think KT is here to stay. He is happy, he has not played enough for other schools to be looking at him. He's not going anywhere. Stay with Shapen.
He’s gonna do what he’s gonna do. But you don’t give out playing time “so a player won’t transfer.” If/when he deserves to play more he will. If he transfers out we’ll replace him. We have to start looking at these players as commodities. Cause that’s sure how they’re looking at the schools.
Luke will probably be somewhere else next year & KT will the QB at MSU
Yes. We won’t win another game with Shapen.
Too bad we don’t have a Dan Mullen type offense, KT and Kromenhoek would be the perfect fit.
My guess is Luke will be our starter & Taylor will get the full blown Tebow FR role so many wanted him to have this year. I don’t see him being ready to start before year 3.
Taylor almost threw an interception on his deflected TD pass. Got lucky should have be intercepted.
We may not. But our only chance to win another game is with Shapen. So he’ll play.
I “learned” this the last two years watching Texas and wondering why they didn’t play Arch more. Now we know why; he ain’t real good.
We are still playing for bowl eligibility which would be big for us and that could be up in the air until our very last game. Even if we are 4-7 and fall out of bowl contention after Mizzou, are we really going to bench Shapen and start the freshman just for the Egg Bowl? I really doubt it.
This is Shapen’s team as long as he’s standing upright this fall.
This is Shapen’s team as long as he’s standing upright this fall.
I just want to see Kamario make a correct read and hand the ball off appropriately. He'd probably be great in the Relf Coast O.
I think similar to Leach, Lebby needs a mobile QB to run his offense for it to maximize its effectiveness. I’d like to see him give KT a couple of series every game. Wish he’d been doing it. He’s an injury away from starting now, just like MVB last year, and he’s got better tools. If he’s the/a plan for QB1 next year, it would be nice to give him more experience than the occasional QB draw on short yardage. Since we saw MVB come in and do it, no way KT can’t.
No, "development" is no longer a concern in college football. Play to win the game today.
KT looks like he is not ready, unsure of the situation. He is going to be great i m future seasons. Stay with QB1.
If Shapen were to get hurt, I think we’d see Luke lose the redshirt and start. KT’s role wouldn’t change much.
Of course! Why would you
Yes, and think what would happen if we went exclusively with him as QB1 ... His turn will come later.
Best case scenario. We win 2 of next 4 with Shapen and get a bowl bid. Then, we play KT exclusively bowl prep week and during bowl game.
If we see another QB signed that is experienced, older and to be put ahead of those 2, they will undoubtedly both transfer out
And if we do, that's probably a good thing because we're not doing that unless we think we can sign someone better, or we know that one or both of them are transferring out anyway.
that would be a real pos move to bench the qb who got us to a bowl game.
It's not going to happen. IF we make a bowl game (unlikely), Taylor and Kromenhauk will get a lot of work during bowl practice. But Shapen will play the bowl game.
If you're going to do this, go ahead and bench everyone who is likely leaving after 2025. Don't know why you'd restrict it to QB.
Once you think about it that way, you start to realize how moronic of an idea it really is.
I don’t agree with this. If he can’t even make a simple read now, what makes you think he will develop into the next Lamar? I think he was woefully overrated. it’s not like Noxubee County plays and beats the best in the State. Don Smith is the last QB at State that came from a small school and was misused early in his career.
Dak came from a big school.
Fitzgerald came from a big school.
van Buren came from a big school.
Schader came from a big school.
Dak came from a big school.
Fitzgerald came from a big school.
van Buren came from a big school.
Schader came from a big school.
Jackson Arnold is definitely going to transfer out. Not sure he would do any better under Lebby than Freeze, but I could see him moving to Starkville.
i could also see Arch Manning moving to Oxford because Texas is definitely going for a QB in the portal!
We literally put the ball in his hand late in that game. It didn’t go well.
346 yds and 3 TDs say he ain't real bad either for a first year starting QB in the SEC.
He’s 14th in SEC total QB rating. Just behind Shapen & ahead of Arnold & Lagway.
That's cool. It's his first year. This is Shapen's 5th year. It takes a WHOLE season to develop a solid SEC QB who's starting for his first time. Arch is a freshman in every sense of the word in Texas's offense. He's got 2 more seasons to play there. He is 6'4", good arm strength, and runs as well as any QB on our roster. Lagway and Arnold are experienced QBs also. I dread to say what Arch will do to us in Austin next year. If he's not tearing it up by then, I will agree with you.