I'm fine with Bateman if he becomes the guy. He diff look shell shocked against ole miss, but he obviously wasn't ready. A lot can change over a year. Possibly our smallest arm on the roster, but still enough to throw it down field occasionally.

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Posted by tider04

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Posted on 4/14/16 at 12:45 pm to CCTider

I don't think his arm is as weak as some of you are making it out to be. He doesn't have a rocket, but he was able to make some nice short and mid-range passes last year with good velocity. His deep ball is unknown because we didn't really get to see it, but I suspect he will be fine there too as deep passes are as much about touch and accuracy as raw power.

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Posted by SummerOfGeorge

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Posted on 4/14/16 at 12:46 pm to CCTider

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I'm fine with Bateman if he becomes the guy. He diff look shell shocked against ole miss, but he obviously wasn't ready. A lot can change over a year. Possibly our smallest arm on the roster, but still enough to throw it down field occasionally.

Yep. We badly wanted the read option game to be there, but Cooper had probably never run that against a live, hitting defense and they were asking him to make those decisions on the fly against a pretty terrifying group of defenders.

I have full faith and confidence in Lane Kiffin taking a kid and having him ready for the season in that capacity.

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