Sure I do. He needs to play in a blowout. I've said that before.
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I disagree. Sitting Will on the bench may get a point across. I disagree that Will needs to play. The guy has started for 2.5 seasons in the same offense with essentially the same supporting skill players, the guy can take a week off, and it would probably do him good.
Someone else in the QB room absolutely deserves a shot for the ETSU game. Let's be honest, Ole Miss has been vastly the better team this year compared to us. Our chance of winning the Egg Bowl with Rogers I would put around 20%, if that. The guy just absolutely freezes in games, this year. Rogers is missing open guys left and right. There are plays to be made out there, he just isn't making them. We have to see what else there is on the team.
Again, I would rather lose the next two games but see flashes of our future QB out there, giving that QB some much needed game experience, and helping us get closer to where we want to be. We cannot waste two losses next year on getting the new QB up to speed. With Bama in our division, you get only one loss and you have to beat them to get that to get to Atlanta. If we can play Sawyer these last two games and that saves us from losing some rando SEC game next year, it is 100% worth it.
I will say this too, if they play Will Rogers I will be behind him. Ultimately I root for all MSU players, staff, etc. If we are rolling with Will, I will call shotgun. Either way, this was a spirited debate and I believe we all want the same thing. Finish this year off, 3-0 and start what will be the best 18 straight wins in a row in the history of NCAA football.
I just want to see if the next guy has a spark or not. Letting the next guy hand the ball off 2 times at the end of a 28 pt win, doesn't build my confidence up on our coaching and player depth... at all.
Those type boosters will simply cut off their funding to the program over and under the table until a change is made. When a coach loses the support of people that matter that much booster wise he is finished. Delaying the firing is pointless. You are not getting ahead with a lane duck coach no matter what OM is doing.
My thinking as well. I've soured on Leach some but I still support him. If he doesn't retire and returns next year, I will support him. I support Will too but we need to see who we are dealing with as a backup. And Will needs to get his shit together asap.
Sitting Will on the bench would not accomplish anything positive for our quarterback situation or our offense. For us to even have a shot at beating OM, Will needs to start Saturday, and play as long as is necessary. Hopefully it will be an early blowout and we can see Sawyer and maybe Locke play. Not only would it be stupid to bench Will Saturday, it would also effect the team morale in a negative way.
I'm still not certain if this is true or not. If they lose to Arkansas - they will have an 8-3, just one game better than our 7-4. They have performed better in their losses - scoring 1 touchdown more per loss than us and gaining 130+ more yards a game in losses.
But, their wins are just as cupcake as ours. Their wins have come against teams with a combined 37-43 (avg 5-5) while ours are a combined (after ETSU) 30-42 (4-6). In their wins they averaged 39.6 pt to our 42.3 pts, and gained an average of 506 yards to our 475. They have given up 18.6 pts a game in wins versus our 21.3, and given up 362.8 ypg to our 343.7 ypg in wins.
They had the benefit of a front loaded schedule. For all of the gnashing of teeth that has been going on, we still stand a realistic chance of finishing with identical records.
I hope KJ is well enough to go or UPig isnt going to beat them
To add:
We both lost to LSU at their place.
We both lost to bama, we no show on road a they barely lose at home.
We beat arky at home mainly in control, them TBD on road.
Should both be 4-0 OOC, but we looked better, ETSU TBD.
Both beat AU.
Both beat aTm at home, they struggled.
They barely beat KY at home, we didn't show up on road.
We got GA. They always get vandy.
EGG TBD.
Except GA/vandy. Similar schedules and possible similar results. EGG tells the tale.
Anything can happen in the EB. This sort of reminds me of '09 with OM ranked and sitting at 8-3 while we were coming in with like 4 wins. I don't have a lot of faith in Will and I believe he holds us back but maybe if he plays his best game we have a shot.
We would have to beat 5 SEC Teams. You can scratch off Alabama and LSU. that leaves 6 games to win 5 out of Auburn on the road with Kiffin probably leading them, Ole Miss (who may still have Kiffin so basically this game or the AU game is going to be a loss so pick your poison), Kentucky, Arkansas on the road, A&M on the road, and USC on the road. That's not a recipe for 9 wins. At all. Almost all of our tossups are on the road. The way Leach coached teams have played on the road should not lead anyone to believe that we can beat anyone with a pulse on the road.