Wimsatt will be our Starting Quarterback next year
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Baffling and inexcusable imo.
Iowa, a team I still think we can beat was one of the worst offensively imaginative games I’ve ever witnessed.
The staff was literally scared to death to allow Gavin to have any influence on the outcome of the game
Wide open misses are a bad on Wimsatt. Better Spotting wide open alternatives are part of a quarterback’s development. Kids will get better with repitition an watching film.
Zap sure I understand this . Originally , I was upset by some here who are “ not just upset with the offense or coaching staff or the QB “ but dwell only on his accuracy failures. We all know it and we all can see it. KC and Schiano know it , Gavin is a smart guy , he knows it . Those fans wanting to start a QB carousel here already are asking for similar problems. You have Simon , Sheppard AJ Surace and Gavin Wimsatt. The “ Wimsatt should transfer thread was wrong plain and simple.Many of them dislike Schiano to a fault. If he brought in an established guy then we better damn make certain he has the surrounding depth at all offensive positions. Hey, I’m rooting for this kid and I’ve never met him. I always root for Rutgers and everyone can trust this we have seen the good and bad since 1967.
According to stats on ESPN and scarletknights.com, here are the "passes defended" totals against us by game:
Maryland 7
Penn State 0
Iowa 4
Ohio State 4
Indiana 1
Michigan State 2
Wisconsin 2
Wagner 1
Michigan 1
Va Tech 1
Temple 5
Northwestern 2
The Maryland game total was high and so was Temple, but the others weren't that bad considering how strong the Iowa and Ohio State defenses are this season.
Maryland 7
Penn State 0
Iowa 4
Ohio State 4
Indiana 1
Michigan State 2
Wisconsin 2
Wagner 1
Michigan 1
Va Tech 1
Temple 5
Northwestern 2
The Maryland game total was high and so was Temple, but the others weren't that bad considering how strong the Iowa and Ohio State defenses are this season.
Reminded me of Nova's early years...Until he was a Senior- there was obviously a dictate to him that he was never to cross the LOS with the ball in his hand. And that was when we would see some of the dumbest mistakes ever- passing the ball 5 yards past the LOS, spiking on 4th down, etc...It was in his head more than just making a play.
Once Fridge got here and just said- let the kid play and make plays without thinking, he became a different QB for us.
There were games and Iowa was one- it seemed that GW was playing not to make a mistake.
I’m done with this thread on GW. How’s the MBB team going to do in the B1G after the tight game against St.Peters? Does Pikiell know anything about coaching? Why aren’t our rotations completed yet? Our guards can’t find Cliff. Cliff has not progressed as he should have on offense. He has no post moves, his footwork stinks . Derek Simpson looks lost. JMike is a work in progress. Woolfolk only had 1 rebound. We got outboarded by St.Peters. Can ‘t believe we suck this much. Now that’s how we critique our MBB team after a 31 point victory. Yes it’s me.😊🪓🪓🪓🪓🪓
people railed on Nova for 3-4 years until after he was gone they realized he was actually pretty good
Agree. Many times I've seen posters criticize our receivers for their lack of yards after catch... But although we may not have elite speedsters as our wideouts, way too many times the receiver has to slow down, stop, turn around, jump high, etc, to have a chance at catching the ball because the throw is often placed in the vicinity of the receiver but not in an ideal position for the receiver to catch the ball in stride to maximize yards after catch. Those extra seconds required to adjust to make the catches negatively affect the receivers' speed and momentum and allow defenders additional time to react. I'm sure it's a little frustrating for our receivers too.
Fieldhouse will help us recruit the best kids in America. Right now, we are at a decided disadvantage.
Every receiver in America has to adjust to the ball, at times, because they are not always thrown perfectly. Making the difficult catches look routine is what separates the NFL kids from the office kids.
His arm was good and it tempted him to make very unwise throws.
Nova's INTs tended to come in final minutes with RU behind or close.
Then he would panic and chuck a ball into triple coverage and get intercepted.
In HS you can get away with torching passes because DBs are slooow.
Nova was often bad at judging D1 DB closing speed.
Personally if a Nova game was close in 4th I stopped watching because I knew what was coming.
It was like watching Favre with the Jets.
Nova didn't throw buckets of INTs but thew ones he threw were gut busters.
Home crowd booed him off the field vs USF and Dodd had to win the game.
Now that I know the "three year plan" for QBs I can see why Nova could throw 3, 4, 5 INTs and stay in game.
There was always next year to train for
Transfer quarterbacks have been a waste of time for us historically. The odds of finding a good quarterback, who didn’t work out elsewhere, and doesn’t require NIL support, are very low. Better off just focusing on the freshmen we’ve recruited, imo.
Now if someone wants to write a $1M check, then we might get somewhere.
Because its offense was on the field much more than ours was over the course of the year due to having a real QB and playcalling not only designed to avoid turnovers.
Stop it Al. It pisses people off when you're accurate.
As to other comments, the fan's don't want to win? BS. The fans don't want to pay 18-22 years olds to go to college for free and play football. If you do great. Otherwise STFU. You don't know what anyone's financial situation is. I'm not paying the salary of the Jets or Giants. I pay for tickets and a scholarship fund. It that's not enough too effin' bad. Maybe Rutgers should take some of those millions it gets from the TV contracts and send some to the players. Maybe it can take some of the tuition increases that have far outpaced inflation over the past 20 years and use that. There is no way I'm taking one cent I could leave to my granddaughters and giving it to pseudo professional football players that will go to the highest bidder.
As to other comments, the fan's don't want to win? BS. The fans don't want to pay 18-22 years olds to go to college for free and play football. If you do great. Otherwise STFU. You don't know what anyone's financial situation is. I'm not paying the salary of the Jets or Giants. I pay for tickets and a scholarship fund. It that's not enough too effin' bad. Maybe Rutgers should take some of those millions it gets from the TV contracts and send some to the players. Maybe it can take some of the tuition increases that have far outpaced inflation over the past 20 years and use that. There is no way I'm taking one cent I could leave to my granddaughters and giving it to pseudo professional football players that will go to the highest bidder.
Why does anyone argue with Al? He's an unserious poster if he really thinks G. Wimsatt is a competent P5 passer.
And making inaccurate throws look less routine is what separates...... Never mind.
When an open receiver has to frequently stop his route, turn around, jump high in the air, etc., to catch an inaccurately thrown ball, and especially when it's not a long or difficult throw, it's not what any B1G level receiver should be expected to have to do as often as our receivers have to do it. Saying that all receivers in America have to adjust to imperfectly thrown balls isn't a valid argument. It's the quantity or percentage of the imperfectly thrown balls that makes the difference.
With that being said, I'm not necessarily on the "replace GW at all costs" bandwagon, but anybody that doesn't admit that he has some accuracy issues that can affect completion percentage and yards after catch, at least at this time, either isn't seeing what I'm seeing, or else probably has a significant pro-GW bias.
Totally get where you’re coming from Gray. Understandably, your granddaughter takes priority.
But the fact is, our competitors use their F U money to fund NIL payments to their players. If we can’t do likewise, it puts us at a competitive disadvantage.
I love a lot of things about Schiano teams but the dread he projects at some offensive players is unhealthy. Imagine taking the field knowing your HC doesn't have much confidence in you (maybe next year in Part 2).
Its like a QB has to play with one hand behind his back because using two can cause more turnovers. How many things that Gavin gets criticized for "not doing" trace back to coaching?
I sometimes wonder if Schiano's ideal Super Bowl qb performance would be Trent Dilfer vrs the Giants. 12 of 25. 153 yds. 1 td. 0 turnovers.
I find it amusing that you don't consider why the defense was fatigued....
Bull crap. I would like a competent offense. This junk is like watching paint dry. We are boring. And now we get to go to the glorious yankee bowl. I go to yankee stadium for one reason and one reason only…and it’s not to watch two boring teams rip up that beautiful field.
Disagree. YAC (lack of) was primarily due to bad throws. Almost no passes hit guys in stride. When you have to stop or twist or turn back or show string, you don’t have the luxury of gaining YAC. Instead it is catch/tackle…catch/tackle. Lucky the catches wven happened. Watch the MD game again. We had guys open all day. Receivers are not all Americans, but they battled their butts off all season and made lots of great catches. It would be amazing how much respect they would have had from DBs if they had someone who could pass rather than throw to them.
Everyone acknowledges that his accuracy issues are his #1 opportunity to get better.
He will work hard in the offseason to do so.
He is an asset which will help us attract some of the best football players in America.
Did any of the above mentioned QB’s have the worst passing completion ratio in FBS? And 5% worse than the second worst QB?
Rutgers can’t go into next year without a portal QB to at least give Gavin a QB competition.
Literally any FBS QB in the portal would be a more accurate passer.
I’m not discounting Gavin’s ability to run. But a P5 (or P2) football team needs to have a competent passer.
Awesome!! I can't wait to meet him during the off season at one of the alumni functions.
His value is in his ability to run, which allows us to beat the teams we should beat. I count 9 winnable games on next years schedule with Wimsatt as QB. If we can get 6 of those 9, that would be good enough. The only unwinnable are Washington, USC, and Wisconsin.
They could get a body from the portal but unlikely to get a starter.
2024 Rutgers Football
Aug. 31: Howard
Sept. 7: Akron
Sept. 21: at Virginia Tech
Sept. 28: Washington*
Oct. 5: at Nebraska*
Oct. 12: Wisconsin*
Oct. 19: UCLA*
Oct. 26: at USC*
Nov. 9: Minnesota*
Nov. 16: at Maryland*
Nov. 23: Illinois*
Nov. 30: at Michigan State*
Hard to guess wins and losses when we have no idea how many starters are returning at this point.
That being said, you’ll see more teams stacking the box next year with Gavin at QB.
But even on the passes he did complete, how many times did he hit a runner in stride to allow the receiver to get YAC?
All the guys get bad passes but one who falls down a lot after making a catch.
Of course a lot of passes go to the sidelines where its hard to run anywhere
You mean the game plan was to play not to lose but never ever playing to win. Cannot overcome a 5 yard false start ? Are you kidding me ? Running on 3rd and 12 ? Besides the fact this was coach Joe’s worst game plan of the year , Kirk and Greg did not try to take the lead and win the game. Get that thought threw one’s head.
Disagree. Separation was generally poor and we had no real TE and the number of drops was quite high. Doesn't mean Gavin was an accurate passer, but it wasn't all his fault and yes, he has to get better.
lol so true. I mean wasn’t 4 weeks ago he was claiming Rutgers will be passing up Ohio State and Michigan. But right now they don’t have enough talent to keep up with Maryland.
Al is a silly fan boy. He lacks insight, isn't capable of providing an objective perspective, and will consistently defend mediocrity. He loves the goalposts constantly and I honestly don't think he can engage in an discussion without NIL and Fieldhouse as his crutches.
I have nothing against him - this os what his posting history illustrates - but it's tiring.
I have nothing against him - this os what his posting history illustrates - but it's tiring.
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