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1. Hyde spun ol boy into another dimension.

2. Kapernick wisely did not throw a block there. Good choice son. This isn't college.
 
1) The offense was going to struggle with a new coordinator.

2) I think this team is still a bit hungover from being the champions. I think they figure they can show up against lesser teams and win.

3) It is time to pick a QB and move forward with him. JT didn't have to deal with this competition last year. He struggled quite a bit early in the year but Urban didn't rush to bench him or anything. We need to pick a guy and roll with him. Having two QBs is sorta like having zero.

4) I think the skill guys are struggling a bit with the different QBs given that they play pretty different styles. This isn't like Florida using a young Tebow in goal line situations or Oklahoma throwing in Blake Bell. Meyer is having both guys play a decent amount and that hurts, imo.

5) Our new OC has enough on his plate trying to call the right plays for one QB. Why make his job harder with calling plays for two?

6) Get back to the basics. The defense is great.
 
lol.

We look dreadful. Like, beyond dreadful.

I think I'm done holding this team to last year's standards. It's a new team. I hope they can win the conference.
 
Soar said:
1) The offense was going to struggle with a new coordinator.

2) I think this team is still a bit hungover from being the champions. I think they figure they can show up against lesser teams and win.

3) It is time to pick a QB and move forward with him. JT didn't have to deal with this competition last year. He struggled quite a bit early in the year but Urban didn't rush to bench him or anything. We need to pick a guy and roll with him. Having two QBs is sorta like having zero.

4) I think the skill guys are struggling a bit with the different QBs given that they play pretty different styles. This isn't like Florida using a young Tebow in goal line situations or Oklahoma throwing in Blake Bell. Meyer is having both guys play a decent amount and that hurts, imo.

5) Our new OC has enough on his plate trying to call the right plays for one QB. Why make his job harder with calling plays for two?

6) Get back to the basics. The defense is great.
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Dude. The offense is so bad it's just....it's really, really bad. Playcalling is a huge part.
 
Roll with JT as the full-time #1
Cleanup the playcalling
Profit
 
Fail for Cardale.

lulz.
 
I agree with everyone saying we need to pick a QB and stick with him. If Meyer and co. are set on running this dink-and-dunk, short pass, frequent QB scramble offense then JT has to be the guy. If they are willing to change the offense like they did in the final three games last season, then Cardale is the guy. Neither is the right or wrong answer, but they need to pick something and roll with it.

Second, the offensive coordinator needs to figure out a gameplan. I've felt during all three games the plays we are running are completely random. There is no strategy.

If these two things happen in the next two weeks I think we'll be good to go the rest of the season. This is a new team, in a new season, and we need to be focused on winning the big ten. One step at a time.

EDIT: Did people see this? Super immature by Cardale. Especially when JT has been so gracious after Cardale was announced as the #1. Hopefully it is an inside joke and nobody cares. Even if JT is announced as the new #1, Cardale is still a super important guy to have on this team.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...um=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national
 
#2 looks bad and is losing at home, #3 is being pushed by SMU at home, #4 saw Air Force keep things fairly tight at home, and #6 is currently losing at home to Stanford...think we're gonna stay #1, though probably lose some votes.
 
Yeah, just no way we're dropping. None.

But yeah, won't be as lopsided in the voting.
 
jking948 said:
EDIT: Did people see this? Super immature by Cardale. Especially when JT has been so gracious after Cardale was announced as the #1. Hopefully it is an inside joke and nobody cares. Even if JT is announced as the new #1, Cardale is still a super important guy to have on this team.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...um=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national
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Probably a little immature, but Meyer is handling this whole thing incredibly poorly. He named Cardale the starter, but he has essentially had to look over his shoulder after any bad play to see if he's getting pulled.
 
elcheato said:
Probably a little immature, but Meyer is handling this whole thing incredibly poorly. He named Cardale the starter, but he has essentially had to look over his shoulder after any bad play to see if he's getting pulled.
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Oh I totally agree. I've said in pretty much every post regarding the QB competition that I think Cardale is clearly the more talented QB. I think Meyer has frankly been unfair to both QBs. And additionally, JT is better for the system we are running. I have no idea why the play action and long passes we were using to end the season last year have disappeared from the playbook. Meyer wants to have his hand in both pots, but, that is more of a problem than people are giving it credit for. Neither QB can get in rhythm and our offense is not running to its fullest potential.

Nonetheless, I don't think we can completely excuse Cardale's immaturity. I think, even if Barrett is named the starter next week, it's not the last we see of Cardale starting. A move like this effects the locker room's view of him as a leader and that is never good.
 
Cardale thrives with a deep ball threat. with Devin Smith, that was his bail-out play, usually resulting in TD's. That deep threat has yet to be established with this team.

We have also completely gone away from the zone-read, which JT excelled at. It was probably scrapped assuming Jones would come out and light up the scoreboard, which just isn't the case.

Couple those changes with losing Tom Herman, the identity of our offense, and you are going to have a tinkering process. Luckily, all these things can be addressed through coaching. It's not an issue of talent. It's an issue of reacting to changes that perhaps we're overlooked in the off-season. There is a reason we looked great against VT. It's because we game planned the whole off-season for that matchup. Now, we are stuck playing catch up but i have complete faith in the coaching staff that this will get fixed. I am also thrilled the silver bullets are back. Continuity is key to successful college programs and that is evident in how well are defense is playing. We just have to get our offense in synch. It's not time to hit the panic button.
 
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