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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Jan 24, 2014 0:09:21 GMT -5
Major upgrade over 2013. Three experienced QBs available to backup a redshirt freshman that was a top 20 QB as a senior. Didn't ever say an area of strength, but if that's how you are iinterpreting it, foxsports.com has it published on the internets as well.
Not wanting an FSU reject to set foot on the UT campus. I'm not missing the absence of the thug culture that festered for years under Fulmer, Kiffin, and Dootey.
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Post by TNCOWBOY on Jan 24, 2014 0:21:48 GMT -5
I agree there. He wont play a down at Alabama I suspect.
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Jan 24, 2014 6:35:58 GMT -5
I'm certain that Randy Sanders has Coker well prepped and Lane Kiffin will take him to the next level, Tuscaloosa worms are safe.
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Post by gramps on Jan 24, 2014 9:09:54 GMT -5
Major upgrade over 2013. Three experienced QBs available to backup a redshirt freshman that was a top 20 QB as a senior. Didn't ever say an area of strength, but if that's how you are iinterpreting it, foxsports.com has it published on the internets as well. Not wanting an FSU reject to set foot on the UT campus. I'm not missing the absence of the thug culture that festered for years under Fulmer, Kiffin, and Dootey. I don't want and never wanted Coker, either. Much rather have a freshman come in and learn Butch's system from the get go. I simply don't believe we have a solid SEC QB on the roster yet, unless it turns out to be Ferguson.
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Jan 24, 2014 10:05:10 GMT -5
I believe that Ferguson will take the job.
I doubt that you could have a better #2 QB than Justin Worley. He's a team first guy, won't be a cancer, has a lot of experience now, and seems to not get rattled. He managed the winning drive over USCe beautifully as well as what should have been the winning drive over GA.
I also like having Dobbs as backup option 2-b. He's completely different from Worley and will make opponents prepare for a third look. It's up to him to work hard and to be a contributor. If he isn't capable of that then there are three other options.
I also have faith that a disaster half in possibly the hardest spot for a freshman QB to be successful in their first ever playing time won't result in Peterman folding it up. I would not be surprised if he's been working harder than any of them to improve.
You guys were probably dogging on Peyton for the first half of his college career.
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Jan 24, 2014 10:08:02 GMT -5
And if Butch doesn't make adjustments to his system every QB will be missing games with injuries. No excellent, SEC capable star QB in their right mind will want to come here and be pounded by SEC defenses.
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Post by gramps on Jan 24, 2014 10:15:44 GMT -5
I believe that Ferguson will take the job. I doubt that you could have a better #2 QB than Justin Worley. He's a team first guy, won't be a cancer, has a lot of experience now, and seems to not get rattled. He managed the winning drive over USCe beautifully as well as what should have been the winning drive over GA. I also like having Dobbs as backup option 2-b. He's completely different from Worley and will make opponents prepare for a third look. It's up to him to work hard and to be a contributor. If he isn't capable of that then there are three other options. I also have faith that a disaster half in possibly the hardest spot for a freshman QB to be successful in their first ever playing time won't result in Peterman folding it up. I would not be surprised if he's been working harder than any of them to improve. You guys were probably dogging on Peyton for the first half of his college career. Nope. I was a Peyton guy from the get go. Stewart couldn't seem to execute a simple center/QB exchange and his Dad's mouth made me want to go postal. Like I said, guess we'll have to agree to disagree. I don't see Worley as even a mediocre level SEC QB. Dobbs is a tremendous athletic talent, but his talents might be better utilized somewhere else on the field. Peterman? Just don't know. All we have seen is his implosion at Florida, and while they were a better team at the first of the year when we played them than they were later in the year, that didn't turn out well for him.
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Jan 24, 2014 11:05:23 GMT -5
There won't be many teams anywhere with a better situation at backup QB.
I think that Worley would do a great job with his experience, multiple weapons at receiver and a stud running back. He's the best game manager, but the Gay Street quarterbacks will have a hissy fit if he gets the start over Ferguson. Those of you calling to bench Worley last year caused TN an opportunity to win in the Swamp. I hope that Butch learned his lesson and won't bow down to the idjits again.
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Post by TNCOWBOY on Jan 24, 2014 13:42:04 GMT -5
Thunder, you are more adept at mucking up the topic at hand than anyone I have seen since...
Saying that Worley and Dobbs makes for a solid back up tandem "if Peterman takes the job" is not in any way an enviable position to be in.
Kyle Orton is about as well as you can do as a back up in the NFL and we saw how that went. Worley, I would agree likely gives you decent play for a game or two in a pinch. If he played at Bama I would think he could provide a reasonable facsimile of McCarron. But the current iteration of UT is going to require more than a caretaker. Dobbs is absolutely awful--does nothing well and I doubt he could play at Furman. If he has to play again go ahead and pencil in another 5-7.
Somebody on Tony's blog or on Twitter said Ferguson reminded them of Shuler. Setting aside how funny that is the season hinges on him seizing the job. If not, Jalen Hurd needs to be Herschel Walker, Bo Jackson, and Darren McFadden rolled into one.
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Jan 24, 2014 14:41:54 GMT -5
I compared Ferguson to Heath. Good arm and he's not a pussy.
Did I say "if Peterman takes the job"? I can't find that but if I did I'm mixing up the white guys. If Peterman doesn't transfer I can see him keeping the pressure on the others to work hard to earn PT. I don't see him starting again. I was the lone voice on here arguing for Worley keeping the job instead of sticking in a freshman last year.
To make it simple for you clowns... IMO Ferguson might end up being a very good QB for TN. Worley is an outstanding guy to have as the backup and if you have to force the defense to respect the possibility of a QB to run (if your starter can't go) then you've got Dodds to give a completely different look from Worley.
I don't care to bring in a fifth from Florida State that is a Randy Sanders disciple. They are in fine shape with these four right now. I'm far more concerned about the OL and DL then I am concerned about the QB position. Don't waste the scholarship... Let Saban and Lane have him. Recruit another to be the guy in a year or two.
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Post by TNCOWBOY on Jan 24, 2014 14:50:12 GMT -5
Thats great other than the fact Dobbs wouldnt run ever to my recollection.
I wouldnt know Ferguson if he was sitting next to me right now. Maybe he will be good. Who knows. For Butch's sake he better be.
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Jan 24, 2014 15:17:58 GMT -5
If there's a guy sitting next to you with tats from his wrist to his neck, ask him if his name is Ferguson.
Maybe Bray wouldn't have been such an underachiever if he had at least one other guy pushing him.
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Post by Thunder Good-Oil on Jan 24, 2014 15:28:25 GMT -5
Thats great other than the fact Dobbs wouldnt run ever to my recollection. 1:40 and 4:00. Plus the defense had to respect the fakes another half dozen times. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTw0ZeXR_fM
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Post by Rudedog on Jan 24, 2014 19:20:40 GMT -5
Thats great other than the fact Dobbs wouldnt run ever to my recollection. Dobbs a few times and picked up nice yardage. It was Worley that rarely ran.
Dobbs ain't that bad. He didn't have a whole lot to work with and he was thrown into the fire.
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Post by TNCOWBOY on Jan 24, 2014 19:54:24 GMT -5
That Vandy game he could have ran 3/4 of the time and never did.
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