A lot remains to be seen no doubt. My opinion is the qb is the key to it all. Travis playing so well has boosted them immensely and I don't believe they'll be a 10 win type team again without him. Anyone has a right to disagree but I'll stand by my position.
Fair enough. And long ways to go on portal acquisition front. I don't think our staff is just sitting around twiddling it's thumbs while everyone else is outworking us somehow. But what's clear is we need to adjust our portal approach a bit.
Oh he's been developing there for what like 4+ years at this point ? But sure big W for them albeit it matriculated over an eternity. And I'm sorry but this tired back and forth narrative of coaches vs talent needs to end. BOTH the coaching & players on the field were poor. It doesn't have to be either or. Game planning, alignments, fundamentals, and overall schemes were poor..........but nobody executed basic assignments consistently, constant blown coverages, missed tackles, dropping easy passes, and clear quitting are on the players. All the aforementioned combined is how you go 5-7
Perhaps that will be the way that teams should be built going forward. Expensive in the NIL era, and the more it’s done the harder it will be to recruit quality high school players, but still.
One quarterback injury though.
The qb recruiting could remain garbage.......because where did they get Travis from in the first place?.
That's an exaggeration, lacking sincerity. What they are is far from the laughing stock CIS would have us to believe just a year ago.
I mean, have you seen the caliber of quarterbacks that have left the last two years? I don’t know if it is sustainable or not but it seems like there are two clear advantages - 1) guys are more developed when they get to you and 2) you’re weeding out guys who bust out earlier. The flip side is you’re relying on the right people to hit every year, get them, have them learn the playbook and culture. It will be interesting to see things evolve over time.
Well then we'll see if they can find a qb upgrade in the portal once he's gone. I'm betting they don't. They can become portal U from a collective place but if they don't hit on the next qb they'll fall backwards considerably.
You can say that for most teams in college and the NFL.
Supposedly the staff likes him
They landed a qb in recruiting.
Injury bug is important for every team though not just them. Is Kirby thought of as he is today if Bama didn't have both Wr get hurt and if OSU doesn't have an injury last night?
