But SF on several occasions has refused to name AM the starter and basicly said the race was still open. So there’s that. .
Don't forget - his first year here his backup walked when the starter was named, could be some of that lesson in play.
While I'm in the thread, just random comments
- Agree with point that LM's success was in very limited plays and the only reason the pass against Iowa was so open was because he ran the ball every other time. So small sample size and primed for success.
- I don't personally think it's as close as SF is saying publicly, he's been laying on more coach speak as time goes on, which is fine with me. Happy to be wrong.
- Voted 9 cuz that's what I want to see and I think AM is capable of that. A lot of things contributed to last season including his own performance. The snaps were a HUGE deal early. Seriously, our QB had to jump on every snap just in case he had to field a wild one. Add injury, overall OL capability, whatever the hell was going on with Walters, game plan, play calling/WRs ... we didn't have a recipe for success. His part was one of all these.
- Again IMO but part of what we have is watching a young head coach grow and mature.
- I will die on the hill that says "we won't be elite until we expect more of our defense."
- There was post above expressing disappointment that AM became a bit lax when someone was pushing him. The point is that the coaching staff wasn't open to him being pushed. Also IMO Vedral left because of this.
- Different thread but count me in on expecting a decline in DL play this year. If not, TT is one helluva coach.
- I've never been so excited in my life for a game where we're going to be absolutely shellacked. I'll be happier than anyone who throws this back in my cyber-face if I'm proven wrong.
- I would love a sit down interview with Frost and Day, and they come clean on whether/how much OSU and NU actually coordinated to save BigTen football. If we play ONE game, they succeeded.