Mullen Says the Starter is "Nick Williams"

[SouthMSDog]

[maroonwhitedawg3ddd]

I'm even more upset that Fitz didn't win the job. Absolutely no excuse for him not to put the extra effort in being the new Leader..

[HoopsDawg]

Mullen is so funny.

[fishwater99]

I hear Fitz has some things he needs to work on off the field to get on Dan's good side..

[Irondawg]

The QB and RB are both troubling b/c the talent isn't rising to the top. That coupled with Mullen's fear of youthful mistakes is going to limit our upside.

That said it also limits our downside and I get the feeling the Mullen is going to see if the defense coupled with getting our slot guys in space is enough to win most of the games. If after a few games the O is really struggling I think you'll see a massive youth movement in the backfield and we're going to find out if Williams, Gibson or Murphy can be workhorse and if Tiano is the guy or not

[EAVdog]

I still can't believe people get worked up over this stuff. Damian Williams has seniority, he'll start. Probably play a series, and then Fitz goes in for a series. Whoever plays better moves forward. This game is basically a scrimmage.

And before everyone loses their collective minds it WILL be much closer than most want to see. Unless USA is just atrocious. We'll probably play 85 different guys.

[TrapGame]

And before everyone loses their collective minds it WILL be much closer than most want to see. Unless USA is just atrocious. We'll probably play 85 different guys.

This usually sends everybody into cardiac arrest.

[mstatefan91]

Just don't lose. Lose this game and well... 5-7 here we come! Choo choo!

[Johnson85]

I still can't believe people get worked up over this stuff. Damian Williams has seniority, he'll start. Probably play a series, and then Fitz goes in for a series. Whoever plays better moves forward. This game is basically a scrimmage.

And before everyone loses their collective minds it WILL be much closer than most want to see. Unless USA is just atrocious. We'll probably play 85 different guys.

People get worked up because whoever the QB is needs to get reps. People want it to be Fitz because he actually has some upside. If Fitz is really screwing around, then there's not much to do other than what Dan is doing.

If Fitz had clearly won the starting position and Dan was giving away reps just for seniority, I would be upset by that. Unfortunately, I don't think that's what's happening.

[confucius say]

The QB competition starts Saturday at 11.

[HoopsDawg]

The QB and RB are both troubling b/c the talent isn't rising to the top. That coupled with Mullen's fear of youthful mistakes is going to limit our upside.

That said it also limits our downside and I get the feeling the Mullen is going to see if the defense coupled with getting our slot guys in space is enough to win most of the games. If after a few games the O is really struggling I think you'll see a massive youth movement in the backfield and we're going to find out if Williams, Gibson or Murphy can be workhorse and if Tiano is the guy or not

We should have good special teams this year too. Returning Punter, Kicker, Long snapper, and return guys. We also have a lot of RB's and LB's that should provided good coverage. If we can get decent corner play (a Big IF) and not turn the ball over, we will win our fair share.

[thf24]

Just don't lose. Lose this game and well... 5-7 here we come! Choo choo!

Forget 5-7, if we lose this game we could be looking at 2-10.

[missouridawg]

I don't get why this bothers people so much. The longer our opponents don't know who the starter is, the better.

If there is one thing I can assure you, it's that we will play one QB on every play next week. Guaranteed.

[louisvilledawg]

Just don't lose. Lose this game and well... 5-7 here we come! Choo choo!

If we lose to South Alabama who is forced to start their backups on D line since all starters are out for the year, we won't even sniff 5-7

[mic]

Just don't lose. Lose this game and well... 5-7 here we come! Choo choo!

Lose the game?? Come on man..

[Liverpooldawg]

The QB competition starts Saturday at 11.

THIS. Y'all are getting all worked up about one guy who hasn't taken a snap in 2 years, one who has never really taken a meaningful snap in college, and one who has never taken a snap in college. I'm talking about actual game snaps. Why don't we wait till we actually see them in a game this year before we start freaking out about it. In all honesty that's the only reason I'm going Saturday. I want to see how the QBs look. I expect we will see all three, and we should.

[JoseBrown]

He also said Shump n Holloway will be main focus on RB's, then slid Aeris in there too. Said if the younger guys want to play they will have to earn it on ST's.

[Todd4State]

The QB and RB are both troubling b/c the talent isn't rising to the top. That coupled with Mullen's fear of youthful mistakes is going to limit our upside.

That said it also limits our downside and I get the feeling the Mullen is going to see if the defense coupled with getting our slot guys in space is enough to win most of the games. If after a few games the O is really struggling I think you'll see a massive youth movement in the backfield and we're going to find out if Williams, Gibson or Murphy can be workhorse and if Tiano is the guy or not

It's funny how the underclassmen always have these major issues that keep them off the field until the upperclassmen graduate.

[mstatefan91]

Lose the game?? Come on man..

I don't think we will.

Just saying that if we did, best case... blah blah blah

Just win

[mstatefan91]

If we lose to South Alabama who is forced to start their backups on D line since all starters are out for the year, we won't even sniff 5-7

Hadn't realized this. Haven't been on the boards much the past couple of months.