He locks in on every throw, no reads, nothing just look at receiver and throw. Same situation as last week, we got lucky at home, tonight not so much. 10 penalties in first half is not helping.
Birdsong
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His problem is he does not see the field and follow his reads. This is going to be a BIG problem for the rest of the year.
Your offense should consist of hand off to #47 left, hand off #47 right, hand off #47 up the middle. That's what I would do. He is a stud. Would love to have him in Morgantown. He should get 25-30 touches each game.
It's the QB not checking into the right plays. He is terrible, gunner is better at least he knows the damn offense. I will say this, I have supported this team through the ups and downs but I will draw the line if they stick with him. The loss tonightonigh is on him by far, you can't put a defense on the field that much and win anything.
Norfolk is the perfect opportunity to give Holcombe a start. I don't want to be part of the burn the redshirt crowd, but Litton HAS to be the best QB on the roster. Even if he would go through the freshman hiccups and road bumps, it's nothing worse than what Birdsong brings to the table.
There are many reasons why you can not burn Litton's red shirt...
1. We already have a loss to Ohio, meaning that even if by some miracle this team goes 11-1 it probably wont make it to a New Years bowl game (and going 11-1 with any of our quarterbacks is not going to happen).
2. Litton needs this year to learn the playbook and get stronger. The last thing anyone wants is to run him out there and get him injured.
3. We have a junior on the bench that has been in the system three years. He should get a shot before doing anything drastic.
1. We already have a loss to Ohio, meaning that even if by some miracle this team goes 11-1 it probably wont make it to a New Years bowl game (and going 11-1 with any of our quarterbacks is not going to happen).
2. Litton needs this year to learn the playbook and get stronger. The last thing anyone wants is to run him out there and get him injured.
3. We have a junior on the bench that has been in the system three years. He should get a shot before doing anything drastic.
http://www.catscratchreader.com/2011/4/5/2091875/spread-offense-whats-really-the-difference
Good read on QB responsibilities in the Spread vs. a Pro Style Offense. In summary, most spreads are a one read offense. On many plays, the Offensive Coordinator may direct where the pass is to go once he sees the defensive alignment. I know many are calling for a change at QB. Not sure if that will impact how the QB executes the offense. The more you know!
Couldn't agree more, especially the last one. Gunner may not have the best arm strength of the qb's but he should be able to run the offense and know the plays.
geesh people, lets pump the brakes a little bit. How many other MU QB's had rough first road games? He played pretty well against Purdue, so lets not throw him to the wolves after a bad 4 qtrs in his first road game....geesh. The next four games are ones we should win going away, 4 games where he can gain confidence he might have lost in OU. We just lost statistically a top 3 QB we've ever had, it was unlikely he would jump right in and from game 1 be as good as Cato.
Pump the breaks, lets reassess after the FAU game.
Pump the breaks, lets reassess after the FAU game.
