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but thanks guys.
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September 9th, 2017 at 4:19 PM ^
He was 17 for 29 with 2 TD's and no INT. He was fine. I am far more worried about the line.
September 9th, 2017 at 4:23 PM ^
continues to throw the ball high, didn't extend plays when he could, etc. box score doesn't demonstrate how bad wilton was
September 9th, 2017 at 4:32 PM ^
Could it have been better? Sure. But it's not like it was atrocious. It was an above average performance by an above average QB. It just is what it is with him. He's likely never going to be elite, and it's going to be a bit until Michigan has someone that can dethrone him.
And then we can complain about that guy.
September 9th, 2017 at 4:40 PM ^
I think above average is a little strong when you consider the opponent. He wasn't the disaster some are making him out to be, but his accuracy left a lot to be desired.
Bottom line is O'Korn isn't the answer, if Peters can't beat out O'Korn then he's definitely not ready, so we can bitch all we want, there's nobody else.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:04 PM ^
Suppose it depends on what you're comparing him to. For the Big Ten, he's easily one of the top 5 QBs -- that's above average. And that's what I was thinking of when I said that. But if you're looking at the teams in the Top 25? Ehh...he's probably in the bottom 10 for QBs.
But yeah...O'Korn certainly isn't any better, and there's clearly a reason they aren't playing Peters so we just have to ride or die with Speight and his 20/32, 2TD/1INT type of games.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:31 PM ^
There's a guy named Malzone that I suspect is a Griese clone..maybe, wish we would get a blowout so we can see what he can do
September 9th, 2017 at 5:57 PM ^
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September 9th, 2017 at 7:35 PM ^
Yes, I'd rate it above a rumor. I'd rate it as insider information. UMBig11 stated it definitively.
September 9th, 2017 at 10:39 PM ^
I'd rate it as a motivational ploy by the coaches.
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September 9th, 2017 at 4:36 PM ^
I have no idea what happened with the first fumble. Just one of those things.
The handoff was on Crawford. He took off too early and got their hair earlier than he should have been.
The boxscore is pretty accurate on the day that Speight had which was mediocre (a couple of beautiful throws, several high misses, good pocket presence).
People around here make it sound like other QB's never miss any throws. Most QB's have a hard time getting above 60% in completions.
September 9th, 2017 at 4:44 PM ^
Speight makes his receivers work for routine throws.
September 9th, 2017 at 4:51 PM ^
And that is different from most college QB's, how?
Look at Brian's pass charts, Speight is better than average UM QB's he has charted.
September 9th, 2017 at 4:46 PM ^
That's fair, but a lot of other college QBs offer you mobility or something on the ground. Speight has good movement in the pocket, but if he's not passing efficiently he really doesn't offer much else.
He needs to be in the 60% range for the offense to be consistnetly effective.
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September 9th, 2017 at 7:18 PM ^
He did make a couple nice throws, but they seemed more exception than rule.
And I know that in today's "Fantasy Football" world, we judge disproportionally by stats, but I cannot fathom how someone could have watched today's game and written of Speight, "He was fine" but someone who didn't watch the game and just looked at a box score.
September 9th, 2017 at 4:10 PM ^
While I agree on the surface it would have been nice to see much more Isaac and power run game.
I believe (will have to see in UFR) Cinci was playing a ton of loaded boxes with single high. Basically daring us to throw the football.
So we did, mostly unsuccessfully unfortunatley. An experienced QB with our weapons should be able to take advantage of that kind of D and hit some big plays. Just didn't happen outside of one early.
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September 9th, 2017 at 3:50 PM ^
A game like that against a bad team to me means we must adjust our expectations this year, and that reactions to Florida were overblown. Speight worries: higher. It's somewhat depressing that he is the clear leader among our QB's.
September 9th, 2017 at 4:01 PM ^
To me Speight has NFL size and NFL pocket awarness while having D3 everything else. I think the staff knows just about everyone else on the roster is a better thrower, but they also know that the line isn't the greatest at this point of the season, and the rest of the offense is uber young. Therefore, it is probably a good bet to assume a qb with good pocket awarness and with experience gives you a bette chance to win now rather than throwing out a young and inexperienced QB to the wolves.
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September 9th, 2017 at 5:35 PM ^
that's lacking charity but does he not graduate this year? I was hoping the next gen of M QB would be up next year.
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September 9th, 2017 at 4:06 PM ^
I thought he was really good. Bounced when it was there. Showed some vision. He was good. Everyone else, woof. Oh, and Perry was awesome as is becoming expected.
Yes, the playcalling was vanilla by design but when it's Cincinnati, it shouldn't matter that they know you're going to run it up the gut, your guys should be able to block them and we were pretty bad at it. The o line was very bad, and that's not easily corrected.
And Speight just seems like he is what he is: mediocre.
I'm not that worried about the fumbles and miscues, though. That's easily fixed. Young guys jittery for their first home game.
September 9th, 2017 at 6:17 PM ^
Except that the fumbles didn't involve the new guys. Which is why they were particularly odd.
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September 9th, 2017 at 5:14 PM ^
Yeah, that's why I think 9-3 was the right projection for this team preseason. Maybe even 8-4. Ohio State and Penn State feel like definite losses (like seriously...try and imagine Speight at a night game in Happy Valley) And considering their other road games are @ Purdue (who's looked great), @ Indiana (gave OSU a run and can pass), @ Maryland (has looked improved) and @ Wisconsin....its hard to see things clicking well enough in all of those to win them all.
September 9th, 2017 at 3:42 PM ^
The offense scored 6 more points than the worst team in the FCS. Terrible.
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But I don't think they are anywhere close to being the worst team in the FCS.
September 9th, 2017 at 5:26 PM ^
scored by Austin Peay (who has been the worst FCS team the past few seasons) last week against Cinci. We only scored 20, Austin Peay scored 14.