Targum: Giovanni Rescigno delivers best Rutgers' quarterback play of season in debut as starter
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Why is the writer for the Targum a better writer than those on NJ.com?
"His strengths in the running game were a known commodity entering Saturday, but the success he had through the air, especially from inside the pocket, was somewhat unexpected.
On all three of Rescigno's touchdown passes, he stood strong in the pocket and demonstrated his accuracy to all three passing levels."
"In addition to his accurate passing from inside the pocket, the Warren, Michigan, native also used his mobility to navigate out of enclosing pockets, expanding passing plays to give his receivers more time to get open downfield. "
That TD to Patton was just perfectly thrown:
He made one nice over the shoulder throw to Patton in the New Mexico game. And this one to Harris was good.
http://www.btn2go.com/video/laviano-hits-harris-for-75-yd-td-vs-new-mexico
But even so, there is no turning back. The offense looks completely alive with Gio behind center.
Gio has two more seasons to play after this year. He will be a redshirt junior next year.
If Gio can grab the bull by the horns and be our man for at least the next two to three years, we'll be in great shape, as that will give enough time for Tylin and Johnathan to develop.
Thank you. I just realized this. Very compelling and kind of exciting. I didn't realize he was a year younger in football than I thought.
Totally and completely agree.
The competition will be good for Oden and the incoming freshman QB. Will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Yeah I agree. Also excited at the prospect of having some continuity as far as QB and offensive system/coordinator for a few years, as I feel that is the only way to really have good seasons. You gotts develop players and offenses over a few years.
Things have brightened considerably on offense, but we will have to make up for lost seniors on the OL--that will be the biggest challenge on offense next year.
All many of us have wanted was the opportunity to see someone other than Laviano when the scored was still 0-0. I still maintain lots of other games would have turned out differently if a different QB got that opportunity. I like what we saw from Gio. Hopefully, he can take the hits because he took quite a few. But he got his opportunity and ran with it. More power to him.
He has some of the same intangibles as Chas Dodd--moxie comes to mind, a much hated word on this board--but the announcers used it here, and JP Pelzmann used it for Gio:
