I would say that is doubtful, unless some clearcut star randomly decides to transfer here... If you bring in another one-year transfer then you run the risk of all 3 freshmen saying see ya later and transferring.
Theoretically, but not in reality... If we win 6 games we will play in a bowl game. MU will file for a hardship waiver saying that conference realignment "forced" us to schedule two FCS teams. Bowl games make too much money to have unfilled spots. All teams that win 6 games will play in some bowl.
The OL has sucked, but it's not all on them. There were times last week that Colombi had time to throw. He just wouldn't step up and let it fly. He freezes. Maybe it's because he's been hit so much he's damaged goods at this point. Who knows. Either way I think we're seeing why he's been a career backup.
I just looked at his stats against WVU last year, doesn’t appear to have a big arm, but looks like his OC found a way to work with it. I agree that he just freezes up sometimes. I don’t think he’s ever been taught to throw the ball away instead of taking bad sacks.
I've watched that game several times leading up to this season to try and get a feel for him and their defense was the story of that game. Colombi even when he's playing at his best comes off as just a game manager. Much like at ND. He's not going to win you any games by carving up defenses. He just does enough to help you win if he's supported by a strong run game and defense.
I like the Zamora kid. If we get out of bowl eligibility, I say we give each freshman an entire game at QB with a full play book and let them audition for next season.
Good/seasoned/veteran/whatever OCs/QB coaches typically can take a nobody and produce.. in our situation we have non of the above… Chads starting days were not glamorous but we made adjustments and even set him out a year while they closed the gap, and we were fun and exciting and confident….
There are also times the play calling isn’t helping a weak/bad line play.. Trick Daddy has to figure that out..
Oh there's plenty of blame to go around. I do wonder how much of our playcalling is because the staff now realizes how limited Colombi is.
Have you watched Fancher’s throwing mechanics? He’s not the answer now, and probably never will be. He’s our version of Taysom Hill.
Not knocking anyone mechanics, if one has the ability to complete Passes and move the chains, I do think both QBs can complete passes they are just at a point of not having the conference to attempt them, fanchers not a pocket passer so he might think run before forcing a pass, Colombi isn’t a pocket passer and he’s trying to stay alive just his internal clock is about 2 secs to fast.
We are running those patterns and the one time Colombi actually threw the ball forward Gammage ripped off a huge run after catch. This is why you have Gammage coming of the field slamming his helmet. Keaton is open a lot and Colombi never looks to him.
Colombi has never had arm strength. But the velocity on his throws had diminished through the season, could have an injury. The staff would know if he was injured or not because they have eyeballs and spend alot of time with these kids. That duck he threw up in the game last week that was intercepted was pathetic and it was all he had.
I hadn't rewatched the game and don't plan to, but from my seats that thing appeared to just go straight up and just kind of float. Definitely looked like it died out about a yard or two short.
For the first time during warmups this season, I paid particularly close attention to the QB’s warming up. It appeared to me that Columbi had to put his body into the 30 yard throws and the ball seemed to float without much velocity. Fancher has arm strength. With just a flip of the wrist and little effort the ball zips from his hand.
I agree someone has to tell him to just start throwing… he holds the ball waaaay to long then his in panic mode.. it kinda has to go back to the basics don’t make reads just snap the ball take a step back and step and throw at this point who cares if they knock it down, just start throwing and build some rhythm and confidence. If passes start landing that will soften the linebackers and allow a better run game. But he has to just start throwing and trust that the route was ran right and he’s going to be open.. our line and QB play cannot make progress reads..
Trust the process
Trust the gap, close the process
Trust the climb. Oh, wait. That's not working out too well either.
"Row the boat"
I blame Greg Schiano and Rutgers having one good season for the slogan garbage... ESPN bought it and did a gameday segment about it, then suddenly every team had to have some shitty meaningless catchphrase.
Bobby P was effective with the rubber band theory ……what was it? One rubber band can snap, but if you put 80 rubber bands together
Analogies are one thing, but corny t-shirt phrases are almost always by some coach that is more personality than substance. It's like the corny corporate stuff where they bring in some fake happy person that is almost undoubtedly on some kind of drugs for "team building".
