Go on record now

[glm47]

Higgins for now, but why is Harris there if he is not going to play? He looked the best of the three to me in the fall scrimmages. Young would be number 3 in my book.

[HogDawg]

Not true at all. Watch again at the 3:19 mark of the 1st quarter. The ball is thrown high and behind Jackson right at the defender. Jackson adjusted to try to make the catch, but couldn't. Had the ball been thrown well it would have been caught, if Jackson doesn't reach back it is an easy INT by the DB instead of the tipped INT to the LB.

I'm looking at the Higggins INT play RIGHT NOW!!

Four to 5 yards from the line of scrimmage, LA TECH'S #8 (covered by Kansas's Dexter McDonald) ran a short "button hook" route and turned to his LEFT (inside) to face Higgins. The ball hit #8 perfectly on his right shoulder. The pass bounced high off of #8's shoulder and popped into the air. This allowed a completely different cover guy (#31, Ben Heeney) to grab the INT!!

Bottom line, it was a deflected pass that bounced HARD off of #8's shoulder. Your mistake is, you thought the ball was thrown behind the receiver because you thought he turned to the OUTSIDE. WRONG! Our receiver turned to the INSIDE, and the ball hit him in the shoulder.

Besides, this INT did not hurt LA Tech anyway. It was a non-event. Two plays later, LA Tech's Tommy McDonald grabbed an INT from the Kansas QB, giving the ball back to Tech in practically the same position.

[DogsWin]

Haha. You're funny HD. The ball was behind and high which is why it bounced high off Jackson's shoulder, he was reaching back for it. But whatever, we clearly won't agree on this.

[Lotsudo]

I'm looking at the Higggins INT play RIGHT NOW!!

Four to 5 yards from the line of scrimmage, LA TECH'S #8 (covered by Kansas's Dexter McDonald) ran a short "button hook" route and turned to his LEFT (inside) to face Higgins. The ball hit #8 perfectly on his right shoulder. The pass bounced high off of #8's shoulder and popped into the air. This allowed a completely different cover guy (#31, Ben Heeney) to grab the INT!!

Bottom line, it was a deflected pass that bounced HARD off of #8's shoulder. Your mistake is, you thought the ball was thrown behind the receiver because you thought he turned to the OUTSIDE. WRONG! Our receiver turned to the INSIDE, and the ball hit him in the shoulder.

Besides, this INT did not hurt LA Tech anyway. It was a non-event. Two plays later, LA Tech's Tommy McDonald grabbed an INT from the Kansas QB, giving the ball back to Tech in practically the same position.

HD I agree. I thought that INT was a wash as well. But from my observation, I just felt that our receivers could not get any separation from their defenders. Their DBs pretty much stayed step for step with our receivers.

[HogDawg]

Haha. You're funny HD. The ball was behind and high which is why it bounced high off Jackson's shoulder, he was reaching back for it. But whatever, we clearly won't agree on this.

Oh.....so now you ADMIT that the ball bounced off Jackson's shoulder!!! Finally. The truth.

Bottom line: That was a very catchable ball.

The defense rests.

[Lone Star Dawg]

I'm just thinking outside the box here, but if Harris has the wheels to run, why don't the coaches have him lining up as a RB and giving him a pitch with the option of running or throwing to an open receiver?

Maybe I just live in football fantasy land but that would force a defense to stay honest.

To answer the original question though, I thought Higgins played well except for the fumble. If the line gave him a little better protection and time to let a play to develop, I think we would probably see some better throws from him. I see the potential for him to be pretty good next year and the fact that he has three years left is awesome, if he does improve.

[markay714]

Higgins.

[Dixonfor6]

Oh.....so now you ADMIT that the ball bounced off Jackson's shoulder!!! Finally. The truth.

Bottom line: That was a very catchable ball.

The defense rests.

Jesus Christ. You have a BBBoner or something?

[MiloBumP]

i say higgins. We left 20 points on the field today.

exactly

[MiloBumP]

Can't blame one guy...if two fg's had not been missed...if Higgins had not fumbled...more than one play makes the game but Dixon's fumble obviously hurt.

This is a no-brainer. Higgins finished the day 35 of 55 for 289 yards, with 1 TD , and 1 INT (that was NOT his fault). That's a 64% completion percentage, and a 110 QB rating. If Kenneth Dixon doesn't fumble the game away at the end on the 5-yd line, everybody would be talking about how GREAT Higgins played.


http://espn.go.com/college-football/...6/ryan-higgins

[MiloBumP]

Tremendous improvement in 10 days... looking forward to this coming Saturday and hopefully having the breaks go our way.

Higgins. He will only get better.

[MiloBumP]

Adjustment or not it HIT HIM IN THE HANDS...well through his hands and hit his shoulder pad...wr's fault.

Not true at all. Watch again at the 3:19 mark of the 1st quarter. The ball is thrown high and behind Jackson right at the defender. Jackson adjusted to try to make the catch, but couldn't. Had the ball been thrown well it would have been caught, if Jackson doesn't reach back it is an easy INT by the DB instead of the tipped INT to the LB.

[Dwayne From Minden]

I think Higgins has a much quicker release -

I'm still wondering why we haven't run a jet sweep or 2 with King?

Mu biggest concern is that who ever is playing qb and right now the stats say its a wash - they can't put points on the board

And don't give me the fumbles, missed FGs etal - we literally can't score

[70TECHGRAD]

Higgins!!

[Bigdog13]

The bottom line is there isn't a huge amount of separation between the two so I look at three things. #1 The season is done. #2 Higgins is much younger and will grow, mature and improve. #3 Higgins has much more mobility.