Russell's stats on Saturday

Seinfeld

All-American
Nov 30, 2006
11,027
6,769
113
24-36, 275 yds, 2 TDs 2 INTs

I think we're going to throw the ball a little more than you're projecting, but you're probably spot on in terms of completion % and Yds/Comp. Everyone keeps talking about how big of a game this is for Mullen, but it's a monster one for TR. If he leads this team to a win, it will do wonders for the his own and the team's confidence. Fall flat and it won't be pretty
 

bulldogbaja

Redshirt
Dec 18, 2007
2,683
0
0
Disagree... Clemson slashed Auburn on the ground, we would be foolish to come out slinging. Couple that with what happened last year (we passed too much), and how little we showed on the ground last week, and I think you'll see a steady dose of The Stable.
I think Russell will have to wait for his breakout game, although his stats will be inflated by short passes in the flats.
 

kired

All-Conference
Aug 22, 2008
6,981
2,276
113
Oh lord, I hope not.

We are 1-9 under Mullen when throwing 30 times or more. Clemson ran for over 300 yards last week. If we end up throwing the ball 35 times, something went wrong. Our defense needs to shut Auburn down and we need our RBs to have a monster game (particularly Perkins because he's probabaly going to get the most touches). And most importantly, protect the ball - no turnovers.
 

Mstate

Redshirt
Jan 27, 2010
78
0
0
26-25, 450 yds, 8 touchdowns. EPIC GRINDFEST ENSUES AND YES TYLER RUSSELL IS THAT GOOD HE COMPLETES 1 MORE PASS THAN HE ATTEMPTS/ drops mic
 

RougeDawg

Redshirt
Jul 12, 2010
1,474
0
0
Unless someone has chipped the concrete off his feet and sped up his internal...

Clock, I pray to God that we aren't relying on TR to win this game. He had difficulty making decisions and getting rid of the ball quickly against JState. We all know he won't have that kind of time this week. (Saw little to no improvement in his play last Saturday as compared to last year.) Nice arm, but slow decisions and slow pulling the trigger when receivers come open. Maybe he will come around, but we cant wait on that.

We better hammer them on the ground all day. If we'd done that last year we would have beaten them running away.
 

OleYeller

Redshirt
Aug 23, 2012
700
0
0
The problem with state fans is that we haven't had a real qb in so long we don't recognize one when we see one. All we're used to is athletes playing qb. Tyler did force the ball into some tight situations last week, but that was because NO recievers seperated themselves from any db's. And he put the ball exactly where he needed to for the reciever and ONLY the reciever could catch it. You don't need to be a track star to play qb.