Shame, why did it take so long for Gio to play?
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We can all agree with this.
And if you can't. It's YOU. LOL
Have to agree.
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Actually I'd say teams run a 2 qb system in order to get the talents of each on the field. Not to accommodate the play book.
God bless you, you always see the glass as half full. i was that way 40 years ago, maybe i just see the same reaccuring show . i can only hope you are right
I hear you and somewhat agree.
But the mission in 2012 was BCS game or bust. Kent State win or lose didn't matter in this equation. That's all I'm saying.
Pitt is the one that just makes you go UGH!
And the Louisville game IMO as I have said over and over on here was a good enough game by the guys in the headsets. But the helmet wearers? Not so much.
Dude, you need to watch the games more closely. Most of Dre's TDs this season are 50/50 balls.
Something had to have been wrong with his throwing motion and someone fixed it. Because the Gio I saw in the spring game throwing, to the one with pin point accuracy before the injury were two different QB's throwing the ball. That's the only way I can figure out what change in him so rapidly. Your right the transformation is quite amazing when comparing that short a time frame. Someone on this staff knows what they're doing with QB's.
The question I haven't seen asked is gio really this good ? Maybe he just had the game of his life. Hey , I am hoping he is the real deal .
people overlook that Pitt game no show but if RU won that game it would have wrapped up the BC bid without having to beat Louisville. It didnt have to come down to that. The Pitt game was a no show of epic proportions by Flood and the way they called plays in the first half showed no balls on the coaching staffs part
It is an interesting question.
But we do know 2 things, he has a strong arm, and he can make plays with his feet.
We also know ball security has been an issue. Not uncommon for an inexperienced QB.
Well we're not talking the next Peyton Manning here. But in his 1st half of football he completed 10 of 18 120yds. 1TD 1Int. and added another 37 yds. rushing. This performance was without any 1st team reps during game preparation. Then we go to the 2nd game 22 of 38 220 yds. 3TD 2Int. 26 yds. rushing despite an injury which severely hampered his throwing motion.This shows clear progression as he receives 1st team prep. reps for the week.
This tells me he is getting more and more comfortable with the offense and the personnel. Could he have a bad game sure, but you don't lose the poise he showed in the pocket from one week to the next. That type of coolness under pressure can't be taught, when he did leave the pocket he had a plan and didn't scramble around in a chicken dance. In conclusion I highly doubt this is a one game wonder. I believe he's just beginning to scratch the surface of his talent.
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I am not comparing him to or saying he is Lamar Jackson or JT Barrett. But in Lamar Jackson's first two games, he threw 1 TD and 3 INTs. In JT Barrett's first 2 games, he threw 3 TDs and 4 INTs.
Gio's first 1 1/2 games, 4 TDs and 3 INTs. What this means is that Gio will be in contention for the Heisman Trophy next year. Mark it down.
Look he's a young QB he's going to make mistakes that's a given. But the more he plays and with his poise(which I haven't seen from an RU QB in over 5yrs.) the more the game is going to slow down for him. Some QB's never exhibit the poise this kid has in his 1st game and a half.That's simply one of the biggest attributes a QB can have which can't be taught or seen in practice.
I understand the skepticism, but this kid is showing the stuff that can't be taught. Like knowing when to step up in the pocket or take off with the ball or simply throw it away.(bullshit call on intentional grounding) Just remember he hasn't worked much with these WR's yet. You get to work with them when your 1st team. And now the majority of coaching will be focused on him.
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I understand a lot of your points and see where you are coming from that maybe we complain too much. However, you act as if laviano was playing average or slightly below average. He was awful. After last year, it seemed like we would never see him start again. However, I will give the staff the benefit of the doubt that they thought he was best. -After the first two games, it was painfully obvious that he was not getting better, and was never going to be better than bad.
So yes, maybe gio was not the obvious answer early on, but to me the obvious answer was someone other than laviano. I don't think it's unreasonable at all to say that the decision to make the switch came too late.
It has been said many times before that CL was seen as a safe and competent game manager who was not prone to turning the ball over. What this ultimately resulted in is a low risk, low reward offense. Maybe Gio was seen as less careful with the ball and more turnover-prone, and that sent a red flag to the coaches. Higher risk on turnovers, but he has shown to be high reward as well in the 6 quarters we have seen him. I'll take an offense with a pulse and puts up points if it means we have to deal with some turnovers over an offense that was flatlining without any turnovers.
This is so true - Flood and his staff's stubbornness dealing with the offense held that team from reaching the BCS game in 2012. I still have pains thinking about that season
Not the smart ones...;)
Good stuff here @koleszar
The players helped in that endeavor too. More so than the staff in the Louisville game.
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Player development seems to be an alien concept to many RU fans. Gio wasn't playing because he wasn't good enough. He seems to have developed and improved. It happens. Particularly, it happens at programs that win. If we could get this kind of player development on the OL, we might have something.
Very true.
Still hearing, "Well he had a good game but we got Oden now and Lewis next year so we're already set."
Hardly anybody comes thru the doors of the Hale Center as a finished product already.
And +1 on the OL line thing. If we do that on BOTH sides of the LOS we'd certainly have something.
What is the Italian word for this?
Sounds like a cool nickname depending on the translation.
If you're saying that about Patton, what do you say about the quarterbacks he's had throwing to him? Patton's a serviceable receiver when he's working with a serviceable quarterback. The last two games in which Gio played, Patton had 9 receptions for 163 yards, which puts him at an 18.1 yards per reception average. That's pretty decent.
I get that and I think he's a nice #3 wr on a good team..but we have one decent option and wr with any experience and that's pretty much it..plus, he might be decent but with his speed and lack of td's during college he's just not gonna get much of a chance with playing after Rutgers.
The real answer is that he didn't separate himself during practice. He kept working out until he had a break out practice which made him the 2nd QB and when he got put in he made the most of it and he is now the the starting QB.
The staff was begging for any QB to set-up and take the starting job but no one ever did until now.
The staff was begging for any QB to set-up and take the starting job but no one ever did until now.
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