Beathard vs. Richardson
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I like CJ but the media the last 8 months have been glorifying his bowl appearance, which was actually mop-up duty against Tennessee's 2nd teamers.
The Volunteers 1st team was a collection of athletic fresh/sophs who punked Iowa's veterans
Richardson has more experience. We've seen better passing out of Sam and also a better running ability. The defense was so horrid though that the offense never stood a chance. If our defense is as good as advertised, Sam will have a chance. I think Sam has a better game than CJB, but I'll take Iowa in a really close game. Just a deeper team.
If Beathard was Iowa State's QB he would be the best option. But at Iowa he has one decent guy to throw to with the best TE out, so it is hard to fully see his potential. And like most people have said his sample size isn't very good at this point to really know what he can do late in close games.
Iowa fans love him because he provides something they haven't had since Stanzi.
Iowa fans love him because he provides something they haven't had since Stanzi.
Wont disagree with you there. We just got absolutely embarrassed. And, just saying, I havnt seen one person glorify his bowl game appearance. Not one. Other appearances? Maybe, but not that one. Hell, even when Josey Jewell won the D MVP (or something like that) for the most tackles, the looked like he wanted to throw the thing away.
The reasons we as hawk fans have been so excited about him is he's just such a refreshing change of pace from the Rudock saga. If you watched the Mich v Utah game, that was a perfect example of why fans are excited for CJ. Rudock not finding down the field guys, dumping it down low, missing deep passes, STARING DOWN RECEIVERS, ect. Also, and I want to preface this by saying I DO NOT think that Jake was a bad locker room guy, but the guys have rallied around CJ much, much more than they ever did Jake. I think its a personality thing.
Overall, the offense just looks much more different, and efficient, when CJ is in there. With Jake, the offense looked slow, and it looked to play "not to lose". CJ, on the other hand, brings an "attack" mentality that the O desperately needs, and that Jake hardly seemed to ever possess. And those around the program have said that "attack" mentality has really worked its way into other postion groups, and the coaches, too.
Now, the million dollar question- Will it translate into wins? Who knows. Any fan with half a brain knows that there are going to be growing pains, games where he looks lost, ect., but overall, CJ gives us a better chance to win. Honestly, all we have is hope right now, but things are looking up with him.
In general... I will take all 3 years starters over a guy with a handful of starts vs. bad big 10 teams.
Those are easy to find. It is much harder to find the ones with a whole brain this particular week.
What? The Big 10 is tough...OSU, MSU. Those are good teams! OSU won the national title, that makes the whole conference tough.
#whyhokfanisdubm
maybe.. i was on the road for the first half last January and didn't realize
CJ started that game.
nonetheless....the two late TD's were against reserves
I'd call it a push. Beathard probably has a higher ceiling but too small a sample size of in game performance to know for sure how good he is. Richardson has shown flashes but he's also been erratic throughout his career and made some really confounding decisions under pressure. If I absolutely had to pick, I guess I'd take Sam just based on Beathard's lack of experience. And also because **** Iowa.
I agree with this.
Sam is Busch Light- you know what you are getting, and it's okay, but you wouldn't post about it on facebook.
Beathard is the mystery foreign beer at the grocery. Might be really awesome, might be terrible. And you won't know for sure until you open it.
I don't know if I buy that. I think both teams are paper thin at some key positions. I think that's what this Saturday probably comes down to - an injury at a position where one team can't afford it. Think Iowa's secondary or ISU's o line. It's a steep drop from the 1s to the 2s at those spots.
