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Post by BSUMike on Aug 16, 2019 16:16:09 GMT -6
Something happened with Gilbert maybe it was just the Injury maybe not I dont know. I think the answer is while everyone publicly said they were cool with rotating three backs really that was not the case.. We were going to lose Gilbert or Huntley, we lost Gilbert. I guess the plus to that is we lost Gilbert for one and Kept Huntley for two Given the choice, I’m glad we have Huntley. I understand not wanting to be part of 3 RB committee, but with the beating that RB’s take I think it is best for the team and the Players to have 2 RB’s taking meaningful snaps. I hope and expect Huntley to get 3/4 of the carries this year if healthy, and hopefully that keeps him happy and productive.
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Post by redfeather on Aug 17, 2019 9:55:58 GMT -6
Okay I’m reading several comments about Riley needing to “leave town” but why? What were the issues about him being a local guy??
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Post by bsutony on Aug 17, 2019 12:25:40 GMT -6
Okay I’m reading several comments about Riley needing to “leave town” but why? What were the issues about him being a local guy?? His dad had legal issues.
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Post by 00hmh on Aug 17, 2019 12:40:31 GMT -6
Lots of local press attention, prospects of ongoing scandal.
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Post by BSUMike on Aug 28, 2019 16:36:30 GMT -6
I heard Vandy’s head coach talking on a local sports radio show, and he’s made a decision, but he’s not announcing it until kickoff. He indicated that the QB 1 is going to be the guy, and there is not plans to go with 2 QB’s. Either Neal is the guy or he’s going to be riding the bench.
I find it a little silly/gimmicky that he refuses to officially name the starting QB. It is not like he’s gaining an advantage on UGA - both QB’s have a similar skill set. IU wasn’t scared to name their QB.
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Post by lmills72 on Aug 29, 2019 20:18:32 GMT -6
I've been following the Neal situation as much as possible through the Tennessean.
The writers seem to think that Neal's advantages are his arm strength, which will allow him to "make all the throws" including deep balls to Vandy's speedsters.
His drawbacks are seen as poor decision-making in the red zone and apparently some INTs he's thrown, although they seem to be writing these off since INTs weren't a big problem at BSU.
His competition, Wallace, is seen as having an inferior arm but better grasp of the offense.
They seem to be looking at Neal from the "looks good/must be good" point of view. I know we all did that for quite a while.
Hopefully Riley will play as good as he looks.
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Post by BSUMike on Aug 29, 2019 20:48:06 GMT -6
I've been following the Neal situation as much as possible through the Tennessean. The writers seem to think that Neal's advantages are his arm strength, which will allow him to "make all the throws" including deep balls to Vandy's speedsters. His drawbacks are seen as poor decision-making in the red zone and apparently some INTs he's thrown, although they seem to be writing these off since INTs weren't a big problem at BSU. His competition, Wallace, is seen as having an inferior arm but better grasp of the offense. They seem to be looking at Neal from the "looks good/must be good" point of view. I know we all did that for quite a while. Hopefully Riley will play as good as he looks. I heard similar opinions. Both QB’s have ability to run, but it sounds like they like Neal’s arm better, which is funny because that seemed to be a common complaint here. Wallace is seen as having more familiarity with the offense. If I had to guess, I’m going to say Neal starts. I hope he does, but we’ll see on Saturday.
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Post by lmills72 on Aug 29, 2019 20:56:40 GMT -6
I don't know that Neal's arm strength was often in question. His willingness to throw the deep ball? His accuracy? Yes.
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Post by cardfan on Aug 29, 2019 21:18:30 GMT -6
No his arm wasn’t the complaint, it was his inability to hit on the deeper throws in terms of accuracy and confidence. He’s always had the ability to make all the throws, he just.... didn’t make all the throws. I don’t know if the offense as designed was too horizontal or if they just never felt confident enough in Riley to ask him to push the ball down the field more, but then Plitt has no qualms doing it. Too bad his arm isn’t as strong as Neal’s. As has been said on here and confirmed by players, the team just responds to Plitt. He’s a natural leader and he’s “one of the boys.” Ballsy. Erratic but ballsy. Riley never seemed truly comfortable with that role and seemed too reserved and maybe not that much “one of the boys.” But a great kid and very talented got sure. Another issue was Riley wasn’t great at reading defenses. He’d too often hold the ball too long because he didn’t see things develop and the play would break down, or he’d throw to a guy who was totally blanketed because the play call was for him to throw there and he didn’t go through any progressions.
At any rate between injuries and never really becoming what he was projected to be it just didn’t work out. I hope he does really well at Vandy and gets a shot at the NFL
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Post by cardfan on Aug 29, 2019 21:18:56 GMT -6
I don't know that Neal's arm strength was often in question. His willingness to throw the deep ball? His accuracy? Yes. Beat me to it.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2019 22:11:55 GMT -6
Georgia v. Vandy game has been moved from SEC Network to ESPN on Saturday night. If Neal gets the start, there's nothing better than being the prime time game on ESPN.
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Post by BSUMike on Aug 30, 2019 6:42:14 GMT -6
I don't know that Neal's arm strength was often in question. His willingness to throw the deep ball? His accuracy? Yes. Beat me to it. Why would coaches complement his arm strength if he couldn’t throw good deep balls? Arm strength with no accuracy is not a strength. I agree with you guys about him struggling at times with decision making, and accuracy and willingness to throw deep, but is it possible he has improved his accuracy and willingness to throw deep? Seems like those are things that can be fixed.
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Post by cardfan on Aug 30, 2019 7:10:57 GMT -6
You can have a strong arm while not being able to take full advantage of that. A guy can physically “make all the throws” but when the lights come on he can’t execute all throws in a game for whatever reason. Mental? Confidence? Conviction about the play? Just chokes?
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Post by BSUMike on Aug 30, 2019 7:19:42 GMT -6
I guess that is what the Vandy coaches have to decide. It seems like the mental side is easier to fix than if you don’t have the physical tools, but I could be wrong about that. Sometimes the intangible strengths are more important. Just look at the other sideline at Fromm for example. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
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Post by rmcalhoun on Aug 30, 2019 8:20:28 GMT -6
Riley was never accurate with his deep throws.. The other side of it is maybe Vandies Wr's are good enough to make him better.. Now if he is struggling with reading D's and decision making the good sec defenses are going to light him up
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