It's JB's job to lose. No question. I don't see it being an open QB competition like last spring.
I have a niece close to the program. (Used to work in FB office). At Xmas she told us that after Steele got benched he worked even harder. Almost lives in the film room. Sounds like he still wants ot be the guy. I'm not ready to have him move to another positon.
I love having competetion as well as an experienced back up. No matter who starrts next year we will have a back up QB with at least 4 games under his belt.
The defense was great for a quarter and a half. Then, the defense gave up a big play and a late/quick score.No kidding. We never had a chance with the way the offense started that game. I was amazed that the defense was able to keep Texas out of the enzone as long as they did and it seemed like they started everytime already backed in the Texas redzone.
There was no injury when he threw 3 ints on 4 attempts on a very average to poor UCONN team. That had nothing to do with an injury. The first pass int against A&M was nothing to do with an injury...it was happy feet in the pocket...
He may be an athlete, just not a very good QB at the D1 level.
Step 1) Steele gets injured.That must be SOME injury. I assume he'll get lots of snaps in the bowl game then (sarcasm).
The defense was great for a quarter and a half. Then, the defense gave up a big play and a late/quick score.
Just because they started well does NOT mean they played the whole game well. The 2nd quarter the defense made the game practically impossible to win. I think they might have given up an early td in the 2nd half, also.
The defense deserved praise for about a quarter-and-a-half, but then it wasn't good.
There was no injury when he threw 3 ints on 4 attempts on a very average to poor UCONN team. That had nothing to do with an injury. The first pass int against A&M was nothing to do with an injury...it was happy feet in the pocket...
He may be an athlete, just not a very good QB at the D1 level.
This is an over-used excuse. Like the other team's offense isn't out there just as long and gets just as tired.This goes back to the defense having to go out there time after time, after the offense goes 3, 4, 5 and out. No matter how good your defense is, they are going to get tired if the offense keeps putting them in that position. Once JB took over the offense they were able to sustain more drives and give the defense a chance to catch their breath. The defense really came on in the last half of the season.
If its true that Jantz is living in the filmroom and working a lot harder, there is no possible way he doesn't in the Job.
In Barnett's defense, I think many of those fumbles that weren't lost were from the snap or handoff exchange (lower probability of the defense recovering) in contrast with fumbling because you're in traffic and not protecting the ball well enough.But there were a few balls tipped by OUR WR's to the CB's. Maybe you should watch games instead of just stats? People would be ripping Barnett apart if he wasn't so lucky and all his fumbles got recovered by us instead of the defense like what happened to Jantz. Its easier for Barnett not to throw INT's when we don't trust him as much to throw the ball. Yet, somehow he still ends up with a worse TD/INT ratio and completion % than Jantz.
This is just stupid. You might think he'll win the job, but there are all sorts of possible ways he doesn't.
This is an over-used excuse. Like the other team's offense isn't out there just as long and gets just as tired.
You're right, he could have an illness where he can't retain anything.
If its true that Jantz is living in the filmroom and working a lot harder, there is no possible way he doesn't in the Job.