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Do we have a Playoff Roster?

Really don't get why people are always so concerned about backup Qb. I always assume if your backup QB plays more than 1-2 games you're going to be ****ed regardless, so...
 

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Squid Bumciorek said:
Cristobal busted a myth for me. Up until last season, I always thought that the only thing really separating UM from the top tier teams was a QB. I remember when Cam Newton carried a mediocre Auburn team to a championship and thought, “It’s so simple. We just need our own Cam, and everything will fall into place.” And my wish came true- we got our very own Cam. Now was Ward as good as Newton? No, Newton was on a different level- however Ward will be the #1 pick and was clearly the best QB in the country. And despite that we didn’t even make the playoffs or even the conference championship in a weak conference. Beck isn’t as good as Ward. That’s not a slight, not many qbs are. If we couldn’t make the playoffs with Ward, I don’t have a lot of faith we will make the playoffs with Beck, even though some other positions on the team might show marginal improvement.
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Like banging a ten with a dry ****
 
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Angry Ibis said:
He acts like the starter is healthy and the worry is misplaced... the last time we saw our current QBs were: getting injured, sucking terribly, never and never...
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You act like Beck isn't expected to be healthy and start. Is this season going to go well if we have Drew Pine vs Luke Nickel? No. That's idiotic to believe.
 
ST26 said:
Regardless of whether we went for it or not, we still needed a stop lol. Let's say we went for it and score. Cool its tied. However, it doesn't change the fact that we still had to go out there and keep them for taking the lead again. If we were near the goaline, then that's a different story. But it was 4th down from the 15 yard line. That's not an easy conversion and you should always take the points in that scenario
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Bro in general how do you not see Mario got schooled in multiple games, GT, and Syracuse. Mario’s got a ways to go, at some point you should have a head coach who can step in and call some game plan audibles.
 
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I'm concerned with a sharp drop off on O this year. It was never going to be the same, but could be a much bigger difference than we were hoping for tbh. Beck looks great on paper, but the injury sets us back big time with a corp of inexperienced receivers. We're basically starting from scratch there, yes with some good pieces, but who knows how it will all gel and it it will gel fast enough.

D can go nowhere but up. Unfortunately, I think playoffs would require many lucky breaks and we don't usually get those.
 
A backup QB can be the difference between going to the playoffs or playing weedeater bowl.
In 1989 Erickson broke his finger, Torretta had to step in for several games, starting for the first time. We ended up winning the NC because we had a backup QB.
 
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EudocimusAlbus said:
Bro in general how do you not see Mario got schooled in multiple games, GT, and Syracuse. Mario’s got a ways to go, at some point you should have a head coach who can step in and call some game plan audibles.
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At the end of the day, the defensive performance in that Syracuse obviously will always fall on Mario. I don’t disagree with you there. However, the original person I replied to claimed that Mario’s decision to take the field goal was the reason we lost, which is absurd. His game-day coaching/decisions definitely improved from 2023
 
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ST26 said:
At the end of the day, the defensive performance in that Syracuse obviously will always fall on Mario. I don’t disagree with you there. However, the original person I replied to claimed that Mario’s decision to take the field goal was the reason we lost, which is absurd. His game-day coaching/decisions definitely improved from 2023
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What perplexed me was not taking the FG in the GT game when it was 4th and longer and Cam would only have had to get us in FG range on the last drive, instead of having to play hero ball and giving up the sack/fumble. There was plenty of time to get in FG range and I think/hope Cam would have just ditched the ball knowing that. Then the next time we’re in that situation (Cuse) with a much more makeable 4th down, we kick the FG.

Not knocking Mario, but I usually can watch a game and get a feeling for what we’re going to do. Mario doesn’t seem to be in sync with me lol.

I do think we win GT if we kick the FG after the penalty and have 4th and forever.

But as I mentioned before, even JJ made imo the wrong decisions on a couple of kick vs go for it, or go for 2 decisions. And with analytics today, I think HC’s making high football IQ decisions has become a dying art.
 
Gocanes1990 said:
Spoke to someone today close to the program. Agreed with @Memnon sentiments on X Lucas. Lucas is a good corner but an elite safety. That’s what he will be in the NFL 0 doubt. Portal should be interesting. People like what we’re selling and we have some good relationships in the agent world right now.
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So would you bet on it being something like
FS: Poyser / Day
Ss: Lucas / Patterson (or Damari)
OCB: OJ / Karnely
Nickel: Brantley / Damari / Ewald
OCB: O'Connor or Brantley / Antoine or Other
 
Gocanes1990 said:
Spoke to someone today close to the program. Agreed with @Memnon sentiments on X Lucas. Lucas is a good corner but an elite safety. That’s what he will be in the NFL 0 doubt. Portal should be interesting. People like what we’re selling and we have some good relationships in the agent world right now.
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