The "it" factor lol. When was the last time ISU had a QB with the "it" factor?
THE SUNDAY AFTER: TCU
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The "it" factor lol. When was the last time ISU had a QB with the "it" factor?
In his third year, so he’s had two years here, one of which he was out with an ACL injury.
He’s a sophomore with four starts. He didn’t look good against the best defense on our schedule, but he’s not the first sophomore to get overwhelmed by TCU.
I’m more concerned with what we’re doing with our game plan and how it makes all the players jobs harder.
The zone-read works when you are Auburn with Cam Newton and you are playing Vanderbilt or Ole Miss.......if this coaching staff cannot figure out this is not a good fit for ISU, then just bring back Walden and the triple option.
Sam Richardson had it for about 3 games before getting bludgeoned completely shook him down into a shell of himself.
People need to lighten up on Zeb. He's asked to make almost exclusively hard throws. Yes, he misses some easy ones but like I'm stated over and over, he doesn't get anything wide open over the middle. I'm just not going to blame him just yet.
Nice post Tre.....actually running it on the zone read will do that to you. It's not a good offense, unless you are Ohio State and have three Heisman quarterbacks in the quiver and play INdiana and Rutgers type teams on half your schedule.
Watching Mahomes right now....wow....really cool First time seeing him this year. He has It.
Come on, every single backup has had the "it" factor. Well until they didn't.
I guess we all think the OL is fine now since we're after Zeb. Or do we think the play-calling is fine but for Zeb? Or Zeb is fine but for someone having a new title?
Offense is out of synch - duh. But do we have to cast all blame on just 1 kid? Or just 1 job title? Or just 1 position?
Functional OL cures a lot of ills and an o-line that has numerous starts together can be a functional o-line.
I wonder if the new transfer rules will have any effect on the use of the zone read. There are some early indications that perhaps Heisman #2 might not be content to sit around at BlueBlood U waiting until Heisman #1 gets injured/graduates.
I think Zeb and the OL are both functional. I guess that tells you where I think problems lay.
After this tenure, you would expect to see some real ball fakes, pocket awareness and poise, some mobility, team leadership, some fire in the belly. I don't see it. Maybe you do.
You forgot sweating. He’s not sweaty enough.
You likely don’t see them because you’re looking for a finished product 4 games in. Yeah, if that’s your standard, he’s not there.
Imo he’s at a good enough starting point for many of the things that he may develop into a good B12 QB. Facing TCU with a transparent script is as hard of challenge as he’ll face. He’s clearly no Baker Mayfield or Grier or even Park, but with good coaching he’ll improve enough that games like last Saturday will be wins,
All that said, if Purdy or Mitchell can create yards out of nothing, they’ll be tough to keep off the field if we continue to get nothing out of our game plan
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I understand running a ball control offensive scheme to protect your defense. But, this year the defense is not the problem. Our D is substituting heavily with little to no drop off in productivity. They can handle the extra stress of our offense making mistakes while it works through their issues and get into a flow.
Can anyone explain why Zeb can't run? Kids looks athletic enough, fast enough for a pass-first QB. His lone scramble on Saturday (his career?) was a thing of beauty. SBR could run. Rohach too, a little bit. And Noland is surely at least as talented as either of them.
Is he:
1) Too slow
2) Doesn't protect the ball
3) Can't slide properly
4) Prefers not too
5) Is forbidden to
6) Trying to keep him healthy
7) Other
Is he:
1) Too slow
2) Doesn't protect the ball
3) Can't slide properly
4) Prefers not too
5) Is forbidden to
6) Trying to keep him healthy
7) Other
I'd say 1 and 6.
Maybe not slow with a mile of field in front of him, but I don't think he has very quick feet, which is important in running into traffic, which begs to question even running a read option any way.
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