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Does not get enough credit for what he's doing with this team.

USF brought the house all night and this kid looked like a statue in the pocket. Was never fazed with guys coming right at him.

He might have the most live arm we've ever seen at UM (Testaverde close 2nd). Love this kid and can't wait to roll with him next season.

Love his comments after the game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n78XnLMNuSU&feature=plcp
 
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I was very impressed with his play yesterday and he only had a few throws that were over or under thrown, but his problem this season has been consistency. When he is on, he can be incredible, but every now and then he seems a little too off on his throws or makes ill-advised ones.

There definitely seems to have been a change in his throws over the course of the season. After the NCST game where he obviously went off and had several deep throws, he seemed to want to go deep on almost every throw for a couple of games often missing the open guys underneath Sometimes the deep guys were open and just dropped the ball, but often they were covered and there was somebody(s) open on a shorter route. Over the last several games, however, he seems to be mixing up his throws well; I am hoping it carries over to next season.
 
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Very impressive statistical season too, if you're just looking at raw numbers

230-396 (58%) 2,976 yards, 18 TD, 7 INT, 132.7 QB Efficiency Rating
 
If he continues to work on his accuracy, I think he can take us places next year, and I can definitely see him getting drafted
 
If his accuracy and consistency get fixed, how much better will his numbers be next year?

With all the bad throws (and DROPS) he still will be around 3,000 20 TDs/7 INTs this year by this time next week.
 
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Notsince1985 said:
Very impressive statistical season too, if you're just looking at raw numbers

230-396 (58%) 2,976 yards, 18 TD, 7 INT, 132.7 QB Efficiency Rating
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While Morris is no where close to perfect and makes mistakes, he still has not reached his ceiling yet IMO.

We all know he makes mistakes but he needs to get more help from his teammates. Whether it is the deflective interceptions (i.e. Clive Walford setting the ball to the other team) or the drops in bunches, the team needs to help him out more.
 
Last 3 games he has 0 INTs I think. Some close calls, but still, he's playing better it seems as the season winds down. Good signs.
 
I'm hoping Morris can make a leap like Berlin did from '03 to '04. If he can, he'll be the best QB in the ACC next year hands down.
 
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The guy has been great, all things considered. His numbers would be even more impressive if you take away the myriad drops - and I mean big drops. He's setting himself up for a sick senior campaign.
 
Notsince1985 said:
I'm hoping Morris can make a leap like Berlin did from '03 to '04. If he can, he'll be the best QB in the ACC next year hands down.
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You don't even need to go that far back. If Morris can make a leap like Jacory did from '09 to '10 he'll be in the Heisman discussion.
 
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