Due to my location I was just able to watch the Bo Pelini show. The early season highlights at the beginning of the year were awesome. Martinez had serious skills. He was faster, crisper, and did not hesitate with his decisions. Granted those were highlights, but those injuries must have really damaged him. For me because of how good they started made the end of the season that much more disappointing. Lou Holtz said that in order to when a title you have to get lucky. This 2010 team was extremely unlucky. So the only concern I have going into next year is the fumbles. I think this coaching staff can get it done with some luck.
Amazing what a Watson led offense morphs into when playing teams that have athletes and actually PLAY defense. This is a broken record.
As far Taylor is concerned I think it is a MUST that this offseason he
1. Learns to read defenses-had no clue what he was audibling into the majority of the season and couldn't audible pass pro for crap.
2. Learn pass progression and reads-seriously quit locking onto Brandon Kinnie already, the next game is in September Taylor.
3. Get any kind of pocket presence-five seconds is what ya get against a good team if you are lucky, learn it and live it
4, and most IMPORTANTLY do something, anything to show this team you have a pulse, a hint of leadership, and actually care.
Do these things and there is a chance you hold off a frosh(true or redshirted) to start. Yes that is a prediction.
Your points one through three are due to the combination of Tmart being a freshmen and poor qb coaching for this convoluted offense. Point number four is internet garbage and not worth considering.
Where you and others magically think incoming freshmen qbs won't have the same problems is....well.....wishful thinking at best.
A healthy Tmart (under a new OC) will start next year and rip the Big10 to shreds. Yes, that is a prediction.
Valid arguements. But one, Taylor has been here for TWO years and points one through three should have started to become second nature to any kid wanting to play QB at the college level. He has sat through the meetings, the film studies, and practiced so is there really an excuse for that?
Two, yes a part falls onto coaching, but this is the same OC and QB coach that made Joe Ganz damn near a stud his senior year. And at the rate the coaching carosel is moving a new OC might be a pipe dream.
Point 4 is pretty accurate. I have had a friend on the team tell me that the SDSU game was no accident. There were many(OLiinemen) that could care less about the well being of Taylor. Something that I have mentioned before. Also another instance that I have ranted on before was Taylor's demeanor the WHOLE CU game. Sat by the heater didn't move, didn't talk to others, could care less what was goin on in the game. Others on this board saw it as well and were just as upset.
Also sitting on the bench by yourself after getting tossed like a rag doll, possibly because you failed to recognize the defense, without talking to our OLine, backs or anyone is one hell of a sign of leadership as well wouldn't you agree. This happened a lot this year.
And as for the frosh comment. Brion is a redshirt and would be coming into the fall under the same circumstances that Taylor did, and it has been said he is a more pure passer. And Jamal will get winter conditioning, spring ball, and summer workouts in before fall camp, and who knows he may bust his a$$ and blow the staff away. It has happened before, true freshman can start at the college level contrary to popular belief.
