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Re: October 14 Babbling Brook of Babbling
« Reply #196 on: October 15, 2017, 10:50:57 AM »
It's an interesting situation, made more interesting if Fields ends up signing.
Eason is eligible AFTER next season.  Would he get drafted as a third string QB who only sees garbage time?  Does he need to go to a lower class and play?  Does he transfer and sit out a year?
I THINK he's better off staying and getting drafted as a project because of his serious NFL attributes - he's 6'6" and has Stafford level arm strength.
Maybe Fields is OK with a red shirt.  I have no clue.  UGA is also loaded at running back next season even after Chubb and Michel depart.
I could certainly see him transferring, just transferring to Michigan makes zero sense, unless, like I said, Harbaugh makes him some promises re: Peters and McCaffrey

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Re: October 14 Babbling Brook of Babbling
« Reply #197 on: October 15, 2017, 11:32:58 AM »
Boise really took it to SDSU last night. 
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Re: October 14 Babbling Brook of Babbling
« Reply #198 on: October 15, 2017, 01:07:23 PM »
It's an interesting situation, made more interesting if Fields ends up signing.
Eason is eligible AFTER next season.  Would he get drafted as a third string QB who only sees garbage time?  Does he need to go to a lower class and play?  Does he transfer and sit out a year?
I THINK he's better off staying and getting drafted as a project because of his serious NFL attributes - he's 6'6" and has Stafford level arm strength.
Maybe Fields is OK with a red shirt.  I have no clue.  UGA is also loaded at running back next season even after Chubb and Michel depart.
I'd be kinda shocked if Fields doesn't sign with UGA. It's his home-town team for him- and he de-committed from Penn State and took his time to commit to another school. Not like he was playing flip a commit like lot of these other kids do. 
I think he could maybe get drafted- but it's a gamble. He's really only played what- 10 games as a true Frosh? I'm with you on his NFL ability- that kid can throw the football like few can. Maybe his best bet is to go to FCS and start right away in 2018, put up huge numbers and then declare for the NFL. It's a very unique situation Georgia has at the QB position right now. Fromm just has operates at such a high level for a true Frosh- he's just got a great feel for the game. Eason basically just got Wally Pipped.

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Re: October 14 Babbling Brook of Babbling
« Reply #199 on: October 15, 2017, 01:10:59 PM »
So 4 teams in the top 10 go down this week alone to unrankeds. 

#2 Clemson loses to an unranked Syracuse team. 

#5 Washington loses to an unranked Arizona State team. 

#8 Washington State loses to an unranked Cal team. 

#10 Auburn loses to an unranked LSU team.

Not a good week to be top 10 when 40% lose games to unranked teams. 

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« Reply #200 on: October 15, 2017, 01:12:13 PM »
It's a good week to be part of the 60% that didn't. 
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Re: October 14 Babbling Brook of Babbling
« Reply #201 on: October 15, 2017, 01:35:02 PM »
I could certainly see him transferring, just transferring to Michigan makes zero sense, unless, like I said, Harbaugh makes him some promises re: Peters and McCaffrey
Who the hell knows what's going on with Peters? Absolutely shocking to me that he can't get on the field with the way O'Korn performed against MSU and then in the first half against IU.

Harbaugh has basically recruited 5 QB's since he's been at Michigan. Courted Jake Rudock to transfer- I'd say that worked out pretty well- Rudock was a damn fine college QB. Courted O'Korn to transfer- I'd say that reclamation project pretty much hasn't gone as planned. He signed Zach Gentry- who was moved to TE and that looks like it's working out pretty well- but as a QB it's a bust. And then he signed Peters and McCaffrey. Peters can't get on the field as a RS Frosh over O'Korn for some inexplicable reason- and McCaffrey showed up at about 6'5, 190 pounds max. He's a beanpole that looks like he's never seen a weight room. Physically McCaffrey is at least a year away- he needs to add like 25 pounds before he can even think of playing and taking those kind of hits.

O'Korn is gone after this year, this is Speight's 2nd major injury in college in back to back years- and he had 2 major injuries in high school to his throwing shoulder which caused him to miss 2 years of high school ball- I think he might be done playing football to be honest. 2018 that job will be wiiiiide open.
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Re: October 14 Babbling Brook of Babbling
« Reply #202 on: October 15, 2017, 01:47:56 PM »
I imagine if he had a decent QB on the roster, he'd be playing. 

Everyone wanted O'Korn instead of Speight. You got your wish, now you want O'Korn benched. 

What happens when Peters and McCaffrey wind up being worse than O'Korn? Start playing walk ons? Former HS QBs? Mascots and cheerleaders? 

It's pretty clear in hindsight that Speight gave them the best chance to win, and I'd have to imagine that O'Korn, right now, is better than either of the younglings at this stage of their careers. 
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Re: October 14 Babbling Brook of Babbling
« Reply #203 on: October 15, 2017, 01:54:40 PM »
I imagine if he had a decent QB on the roster, he'd be playing.

Everyone wanted O'Korn instead of Speight. You got your wish, now you want O'Korn benched.

What happens when Peters and McCaffrey wind up being worse than O'Korn? Start playing walk ons? Former HS QBs? Mascots and cheerleaders?

It's pretty clear in hindsight that Speight gave them the best chance to win, and I'd have to imagine that O'Korn, right now, is better than either of the younglings at this stage of their careers.
Well McCaffrey just isn't physically ready to play. He'd get broken in half taking some of the hits that O'Korn/Speight have taken.

O'Korn isn't throwing pick 6's in spades like Speight- but he's not completing any deep balls like Speight had shown he was consistently capable of doing. Crazy as it sounds- I still think I like O'Korn better than Speight. Speight has a pretty good deep ball- but that's about all he has. He was throwing picks at an alarming rate- and not just picks but pick 6's. He had 4 pick 6's in his last 6 games. Speight was actually losing his team games.

Honestly- O'Korn and Speight both stink. O'Korn has pretty good physical talent- just nothing upstairs. Speight doesn't have the physical talent AND he doesn't have it upstairs. That's an even worse combination. After Penn State takes them to the woodshed next week- I think it's time to see what they have in Peters.
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Re: October 14 Babbling Brook of Babbling
« Reply #204 on: October 17, 2017, 10:44:06 AM »
Week 7 tournament projection

     MARSHALL
  2 PENN STATE
NOON - espn2

     TOLEDO
  3 GEORGIA
1:30 - ESPN

  9 OKLAHOMA
  8 MIAMI
3:00 - ABC

     APPALACHIAN STATE
  1 ALABAMA
4:30 - espn2

10 OKLAHOMA STATE
  7 CLEMSON
6:00 - ESPN

11 USC
  6 OHIO STATE
7:30 - ABC

16 SOUTH FLORIDA
  5 WISCONSIN
9:00 - espn2

     SAN DIEGO STATE
  4 TCU
10:30 - ESPN

 

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