The wind was a ***** in that game. And Kyle was getting no protection. He was getting drilled on almost every pass.
Kempt sixth-year ... any day now
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The wind was a ***** in that game. And Kyle was getting no protection. He was getting drilled on almost every pass.
Looks like a lot of fans here are missing Sam Richardson or Steele Jantz.
And if Surly comes late to the party? Might as well make it eight.
I agree 100%. Both QBs' passes fluttered going one direction and didn't flutter going the other direction. I'm no scientist, but I think that's pretty good evidence to prove the theory.
Hopefully. I was sitting up pretty high, and while it was definitely windy, it wasn't like being in Jack in November.
.You also have to realize he did what he did without ever starting a game at the collegiate level before this year. He will only improve. There is no substitute for actual live game play.
Our problem against Iowa was not Park. For God's sake, he threw for 350 yards, 4 touchdowns and 1 pick. We couldn't stop them when we needed to. I may give you Texas, but also feel like in the losses down the stretch, we may have benefited from Park. While not all losses, we were terrible offensively against TCU, West Virginia, Baylor, K State and were pretty bad against Memphis, given how bad they were defensively. Without the play of our defense this year, the story of Kempt is much different.
I don't think he's the second best QB in the conference or a legitimate NFL prospect, but he doesn't need to be. What he needs to do is execute the offense, not turn the ball over, and put his receivers in position to make plays. And he's very good at that. A just-ok QB can look good to great if you surround him with talent at the skill positions (check) and a solid o-line (fingers crossed).
As to the bolded part, I don't necessarily buy that. We're talking about a guy who never even played until this year, and has never gone into an offseason as anything other than an afterthought everywhere he's been. To think that he can't get significantly better with an offseason's worth of reps as the starter is shortchanging him. He played really well this season but like any QB seeing game action for the first time he probably left a lot of plays on the field due to inexperience. That stuff is going to happen with any first time starter whether they're 18 or 22.
That pick was incredibly boneheaded and without that, we very likely win that game.
That pick was a complete miracle play by the defense.
My solution ... (not realistic)
Start Kyle when the weather is good. He makes great, quick decisions and is accurate.
Start Zeb when the weather is cold and/or windy. Teams can really compress our offense if they think we don't have threat deeper than 20 yards. Zeb throws a tighter spiral in the wind.
Start Kyle when the weather is good. He makes great, quick decisions and is accurate.
Start Zeb when the weather is cold and/or windy. Teams can really compress our offense if they think we don't have threat deeper than 20 yards. Zeb throws a tighter spiral in the wind.
Yep. The kid made a hell of a play but when he got his arms up I don't think he had any hope of anything beyond getting a hand on it. With as much velocity as Park puts on the ball I'd bet nine times out of ten on that play the ball is harmlessly deflected or knocked down.
I disagree. If he didn't catch the ball, it literally would have him in the face mask. The LB was watching Park the entire time and he (Park) threw a bad ball.
He might have read Park, but it was a fastball directly at his face from about four yards away. I doubt he ever even saw the damn thing coming. Just threw up his hands and the ball stuck. Good read, lucky pick. **** happens.
That was a DE, not an LB. DE's don't often come across the middle of the field and throw their hands up to catch a rocketed timing throw from a QB.
That was a miracle.
I wonder how many of those on here hoping Kempt doesn't win his appeal were also angered by Park's loyalty turn quote. The kid gave us his all last year, led the team to its most successful season in years, and wants to come back again because he loves it so much. How the hell do you root against that? Good grief.
