Time for Arnaud to prove something...

[ketelmeister]

does no one have any patients...?? but owell doesn't really matter what anyone on the board really thinks because it's up to the coaches who plays...

but i am sure that Austen will play just fine

it's time for him to show he's ready to lead us next season

[Sloup]

Might want to give Tiller some credit for the Nebraska win.

Tiller had one good deep pass and was able to hold on to the ball when he ran with it. Besides that, the offense was a 20 yard run on the fake, and a mixture of runs and short passes. Sure, that's good, but under any other circumstances, that's not enough to win a game. Our defense's ability to capitalize when they saw the ball on the ground or in the air was what won us the game.

Tiller is fine on the ground, but he needs to develop his eye and arm for the passing game before he can take the field as a true starter.

[TuckerBlayze]

Tiller had one good deep pass and was able to hold on to the ball when he ran with it. Besides that, the offense was a 20 yard run on the fake, and a mixture of runs and short passes. Sure, that's good, but under any other circumstances, that's not enough to win a game. Our defense's ability to capitalize when they saw the ball on the ground or in the air was what won us the game.

Tiller is fine on the ground, but he needs to develop his eye and arm for the passing game before he can take the field as a true starter.

You do realize that Tiller is a RS Freshman this year right? Remember how AA looked as a RS Freshman? I personally think Tiller will be a very good QB for us and I believe he will play more next year then he did this year.

[ajk4st8]

You do realize that Tiller is a RS Freshman this year right? Remember how AA looked as a RS Freshman? I personally think Tiller will be a very good QB for us and I believe he will play more next year then he did this year.

no kidding. Its hard to believe that it is expected by many in a fanbase that a freshman or sophomore to have reached full potential.

[ISUcy08]

I think everyone should lay off Arnaud. I think he has been pretty good. Has he really been that bad? It takes a while to learn this type of offense. Plus he is a great runner.

[Al_4_State]

I'm looking for a good game out of Arnaud too. If he isn't picking up Herman's system any better at this point, I'll be concerned. It seemed that he was really starting to roll the last few games prior to his injury, and he's showed flashes since, but not to the same extent. I would feel great about next year if he steps it up for the bowl.

Plus he is a great runner.

He's really underrated by this board in that capacity.

[ISUFan22]

Are a sprained AC joint (08) that he played through and a broken hand (09) excuses? Seems like they would account for quite a few issues.

Lame excuses. If he had a broken leg or just had one arm - then maybe he'd be able to use that.

You have to consider the source here. Some find it completely ok to be quite critical of our starting quarterback, who has much to improve on but can only do so much with a very limited receiver group - but on the flip side do not see any reason for anything remotely critical to be said of a back-up running back, especially when the critiques sent his way have been accurate. So they keep on harping on AA and making false cases why the back-up running back should play.

Amusing.


Our entire team has something to prove later this month - period.

[Skyh13]

does no one have any patients...?? but owell doesn't really matter what anyone on the board really thinks because it's up to the coaches who plays...

Nope. But that's because I'm not a doctor.

Sorry, had to..

Even when Arnaud came back and was shaky after the hand injury, he wasn't nearly as shaky as he was during the non-con. The non-conference was downright terrible at times, and exacerbated by the Iowa game.

I'm still fairly confident that he can do the job. No worries about the bowl game -- I'm excited to see how he does. Hoping for the best.