There is a clear reason why Richardson backed up Barnett and jantz
Oh yeah? What was it? I just ask because I still haven't figured it out.
There is a clear reason why Richardson backed up Barnett and jantz
Oh yeah? What was it? I just ask because I still haven't figured it out.
Penalties, yes, but I wouldn't call their performance "awful". They set us up for 207 rushing yards as a team. We nearly put up 500 yards last night, I mean, look at the team stat lines from last night: http://espn.go.com/college-football/matchup?gameId=400763421
We quite literally beat Toledo everywhere but the scoreboard. I'm fairly certain that those results mean we got outcoached. Sam threw for 269 and a TD, no turnovers. Acceptable. Brown ran for 129, and 5 a carry. That's pretty damn good for our standards. Our D only gave up around 300 yards, including the 2 OT's. That's pretty good. We controlled the ball for over 38 game minutes. That's pretty good. 27 first downs, that's good.
The players performed. The coaches did not. Mangino got creative with playcalling and that's great, but it still only devolved into 20 points in regulation. A little bit can maybe fall on Netten for underperforming in the clutch, but we really shouldn't have been that close in the first place.
As for Sam, you can't tell me our receivers can't get open. He clutches a lot and second-guesses. Did it a lot last night, too. He needs to step up and take a chance once in a while. Although, I'll leave the note that his scrambling last night was honestly pretty productive for the most part.
Barnett and Jantz actually won conference games at some point in their careers? Maybe even some decent ones.
We only got 20 points because someone was ******* something up all the time and a lot of the time it was the oline. There were a lot of plays made in spite of them and while the yardage numbers are fine, Sam picked up a lot of those on his own. I'm sorry I just don't have much confidence that this offense will be all that good this year and it has zero to do with Sam.
Yeah, with the fourth best defense in the conference. Sam has hd about the fourth worst in the country.
Yeah, with the fourth best defense in the conference. Sam has hd about the fourth worst in the country.
Let's try this. If your confidence in Sam's abilities are so high, list every team in the Big XII that would start him over their current starter, and why.
I'll be surprised to see more than one, maybe two teams with legitimate reasons. If he is really as infallible as you make him sound, why does he play for us and not anywhere else? Why not transfer to bigger and better things for that fifth year?
As the announcers said in the 3rd OT SR could have ran on one play for several yards. Take what the defense gives you. It was Guaranteed 1st down. Instead he chose to pass and it was incomplete. Sam just doesn't have it all between the ears it seems. He has a slow processor.
If Rhoads wants to keep his job after this season it is time to take a risk and name Lanning the starter at QB. Sam Richardson while putting up some nice stats has not got the job done when it comes to WINS I am sick and tired of seeing the same old put out there without winning results.
We actually looked good against a D1 team for the first time in awhile. Hate to see that missed FG but would we be having this discussion if we had won?
I've been a huge Richardson critic since his sophomore year. But with the the massive exception of taking that sack at the end and not at least throwing the ball up for grabs, I thought he played a very good game last night. He only had a handful of bad overthrows and he isn't responsible for all of the penalties, dropped balls, the fumble, and missed FG. I might be right back with you next week, but I wouldn't bench him after last night's performance.