He should be- no one should have a lock on the job for sure. It has been very ugly the last 2 weeks. J Mar may have tons of potential, and you can see flashes, but he is not ready this year.Originally Posted by hambone29
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He should be- no one should have a lock on the job for sure. It has been very ugly the last 2 weeks. J Mar may have tons of potential, and you can see flashes, but he is not ready this year.
Abraham must not have been a team player. He was not willing to fight for the job. Not having a backup to press a brand new starter is not good for the team.
I'm glad he left.
I agree!!
Agree with this. After what I've seen in 2017, Jack Abraham is the biggest loser (other than us, of course.) If he had hung around a couple of more months, he'd be our QB now, and we'd be rolling. I cannot believe Holtz let him walk out.
As I've been saying here on BB&B since 1999, college football is all about the QB. Fix that, and you fix the problem.
^^^THIS!! J'Mar is acting like he's scared to death out there, and the game is way too fast for him. Holtz better be looking at other options.
It's NOT an overreaction. J'Mar is doing almost everything wrong. No exaggeration. I'm not going to list all his flaws because frankly, we'd be here til Thursday. Suffice it to say, J'Mar is a turnover machine, that is playing like a deer in the headlights. He does everything in slow motion, including throwing his passes, making handoffs, etc...
Last week you were singing Smith's praises.
He sucked last week too. It just happened to be against a horrible team.
I've noticed over the years that after a bad game some fans tend to say, "our receivers could not get open". JMO, but at the college level receivers get open unless the corner they face is SUPER talented and those are very rare. It's the amount of separation they get and the extra time the QB is allowed to find them. Both take time to develop and the job of our coaches to work them into form. It is a process not an automatic.
IMO, we should have stuck with the simple game plan we used at Arkansas last year, but I assume COYHCSH wanted to gear up for Western next week.
I did not sing Smith's praises last week. And for God's sake, don't make this about me. I didn't play last night. But I was in attendance, and I stayed until the very bitter end. No fun was had by all.
Let's play Walker he has a better arm
Idk. I thought we were blanketed all night. State looked much more athletic to me than in years past.
I think you are going to see a focus on the run going forward. Scott and Craft in the game at the same time. I also think we are going to have more separation going forward due to opponent.
J'Mar is an obvious talent to me. I hope we can get it together quick to salvage the season. What worries me the most about the future is I don't see a young Trent Taylor, Carlos Henderson, or Kenneth Dixon on the roster.
For the record, Westin Elliott came in and drove his team 90 yards to pay dirt, in 15 plays that covered 6:09. Not bad. I realize he probably wasn't playing against MSU's' "one's" for most of that drive, but he still succeeded at doing what he was SUPPOSED to do. And he didn't turn the ball over, and he didn't look scared doing it.
By the way, MSU head coach Dan Mullen did NOT want LA Tech to score that last TD. In addition to arguing the TD pass catch at the end of the game (and foolishly asking for a video review) Mullen re-inserted his first team defense when Elliot and Tech drove the ball deep into MSU territory. I think Elliott and Zach Cousar scored that last TD against mostly MSU starters.
Of the three you named, only Dixon was a stud as a 2nd year player. He was also a stud as a true freshman.
Carlos was very raw as a freshman. He had less than 600 yds in 12 games played. Not bad, but not what we expected from him and he was suspended right off the bat.
Trent was an over achiever who had less than 300 yds as a true freshman. He got better and better each year, but even though he led the team as a 2nd year player, I don't think he was expected to do what he did. No way to gauge heart.
He may not be "the answer", but it's WAY too early to pull him. He played against a great D that had his WR's blanketed all night. Our huge OL did their matador impersonation last night too.
It was TERRIBLE last night, no doubt, but we won't face anybody else that stout on D (USC may have a better scheme, but they won't have the same level of athletes).
We're still right where we thought we'd be. If J'Mar struggles against WKU like he did last night, I'll rethink my position.
I think most of you have forgotten what it's like to have a Sophomore QB. He'll screw up and make our blood pressure go up, but, with good coaching, we'll reap the benefits the next two years.
I agree that J is worth investing in. However, if he turns the ball over against WKU, he needs to be benched immediately.
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