re: Very good blog post on Mason's game last Saturday....

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so almost a pick game is acceptable to you? it's not only the picks but the timing. I sat and watched both stafford and Murray throw devastating interceptions too many times. I like them both but just my perception.

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It's a tradeoff. Hutson Mason threw zero ints last Saturday, but he only averaged 5 yards per pass attempt. Murray averaged almost twice that much over his career. I think in terms of risk vs reward. If Mason can throw deeper, move the chains with every attempt on average, soften defenses up for this herd of talented RBs, yeah I'll take 10 ints, gladly.

But Mason doesn't even have to do what Murray or Stafford could do. But he does have to improve and I hope does. When defenses move up to stop the run, which they will, Mason has to back them off because that's how Bobo's offense works. If he can't, I hope we have somebody else that can step up, because, Saturday's 2nd half defense notwithstanding, a great season will require our offense to score a lot of points. I don't see any use in playing a one-season qb all year and shooting for the Gator Bowl.