Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Ignore my narcissism for a moment...)
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IIRC, Swoopes was highly rated(5*?) going into his Junior season but his rating dropped during his senior season (I think his team only won a couple of games). There was also a lot of speculation that a Mac Brown offer boosted his rating and/or kept it boosted beyond what it probably should have been.
Just thought about this, but by 2008 or so Mac had such a strong reputation as a recruiter that his offers may have actually created bias on the part of the ranking services, which would at least partially explain the discrepancy between recruiting rankings and on-field performance of his last few classes. @Ketchum any truth to this? Or am I looking for excuses when bad player development was the primary culprit?
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Any list of the Top 10 TV bad-ass tough guys that leaves off Buffy the Vampire Slayer is bogus.
Sarah Michelle Gellar kicked more ass than the whole list combined. She might have been best served to leave Arya alone, though.
- Hey Ya was released in 2003, which doesn't even seem that long ago. Of course, if these kids are 17, that means they may not have been born. Wow, we're getting old!
- Got to give Herman for building that QB room. When he got here, his scholarships quarterbacks options were Shane Buechele, Sam Ehlinger and Matthew Merrick. He definitely improved that room.
- Got to give Herman for building that QB room. When he got here, his scholarships quarterbacks options were Shane Buechele, Sam Ehlinger and Matthew Merrick. He definitely improved that room.
I think you're reaching. I don't doubt that theories like this might have existed, but the evidence doesn't completely reflect that. I mean... any time a big-time program offers a kid that is otherwise unknown, it creates a platform for that kid, but there were serious criticisms of Mack's recruiting that existed for a long time.
this.. basically going to have to achieve this at a near professional level in order to keep playing imho... I hope Herman’s process is tight and i hope the young men buy in.
\m/
Well, other than it setting the stage for an entire decade, I guess you're specifically missing another Rose Bowl trip, a couple of other semi-major bowls, a lot of 10+ wins seasons.
No doubt X 2!
Those kids didn't even know who 3 Stacks was. He thought it was an R&B act. We're talking about a dude that's on my Rushmore.
It's worth a watch. Kind of like The Wire but Los Angeles instead of Baltimore. It was on FX not HBO so not as real or good as The Wire, but they pushed the limit of what you could get past the censors in the early 2000's. Not one to watch with little kids around. Same writer as Sons of Anarchy.
What did our offensive line look like in those 2 seasons? I think either one of those 2 qbs would have been much more successful if they had played behind the lines we had from 2000 to 2007. To my earlier point Ash had a nice arm but couldn't hold up to the beating he took, and Case was a solid college qb with a lot of leadership and good decision-making skills. A bad offensive line, poor coaching and playcalling got us a lot of losses and Greg Davis fired/(retired).
Did you ever catch Preacher? Jesse Custer was about as badass as it gets (voice of God and all). I believe you can stream all 4 seasons on Hulu.
Calling Case a solid college QB is a stretch. His career passer rating was 123. his passer rating in is only full season as starter (2013) was 109. Just to provide some perspective, that 123 number would have ranked 88th (of 109 guys) last season, one slot behind some guy named Kai Locksley. That 109 number would have been 104th of 109.
I understand, but my point is to look at the team he played with. Nowhere near the talent around him that his brother had. I believe if you put Case on the 2003 through 2008 teams he does pretty well. Certainly not VY or Colt, but solid. Maybe could have developed into a Major Applewhite type of player. The kid just had something that I liked when I watched him play.
Most every year for over 40 years I’ve read about how UT got THE best QB, eg Donnie Little, McIvor, Brewer, Todd Dodge, Stafford, Gardere,Morenz, James Brown, then Simms & co. Seldom did any of them do much (Except Roll Right). Simms had no business replacing Applewhite, and I was shocked to know how Mock & Nordgren were rated by Rivals. I am excited about the recent trend but since Marty Akins left, only Applewhite, Young, and McCoy have really impressed me. Oh, and Ellinger.
That’d be great, if I had a DVD player!
You need to watch The Shield...best cop show of all time, and Sons of Anarchy too (it makes Breaking Bad look boring). Vick Mackey is an all timer bad mofo and Jax Teller is too.
Maybe I’m comforted by history.
Jamaal Charles is probably the best example.
When I first graded him, I had a question about his speed if you can believe that. He just kind of glided more than exploded if that makes sense. I wasn’t sure about his reported 4.4 times.
Then track season started. And I can me around super quick and eventually rated him as a five star.
that’s what matters to me and most.
Correct. With quarterback play that was so far below national averages it's scary to think about.
Any consideration of Mike Ehrmantraut from Breaking Bad? I thought he was more badass that WW.
BTW, I'm not sure what's more uncommon, the fire tornado in California, or a Cat 2 Hurricane in Iowa? But I can tell you I don't want to witness another derecho like the one we had last Monday.
BTW, I'm not sure what's more uncommon, the fire tornado in California, or a Cat 2 Hurricane in Iowa? But I can tell you I don't want to witness another derecho like the one we had last Monday.
There just haven’t been very many good QBs from the state over last several years.
a. Yes, he was on the list until I decided that Walter White had to be in it. He could easily have cracked the second half of the top 10.
a. James Brown didn't impress you?
b. Simms was a good player. He and Applewhite are a wash stastically.
c. Nordren was a 5.8 four-star prospect. How is that shocking?
Indeed.There just haven’t been very many good QBs from the state over last several years.
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