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re: Cam Newton or Zach Mettenberger - Most preseason hype ?
Posted on 4/25/12 at 8:38 am to BamaScoop
Posted on 4/25/12 at 8:38 am to BamaScoop
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I like Miles but I sometimes question his decision on when to play someone. He lets a lot of guys spend way to much time on the bench when he shold have them in the game.
I agree, and this was definitely the case with Mett last year.
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Mett came to campus and couldn't beat out Jefferson for the start and couldn't beat out Lee for the backup.
Miles even said before last year that Mett was the best passer on the team. It's not that he couldn't beat JJ out. It's that nothing short of death or sudden loss of limbs was keeping Miles from starting Jefferson last year. We'll never, ever know why he gave that kid such a long leash.
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Posted on 4/25/12 at 8:39 am to Choctaw
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How do you know PP was the best returner the day he showed up? You're also forgetting that we had the fastest guy in football returning kicks. And in 2009 Chad Jones averaged over 20 yards a punt return.....5 yards more than what PP averaged in 2010. Don't just make shite up
dude obviously he was the best from the time he showed up bc he was awesome once he got a chance and people don't just get better from practicing for a couple of years. c'mon
Posted on 4/25/12 at 8:41 am to ugasickem
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Mett was not even going to be the starter at UGA.
I love when UGA fans say this. He would have been the starter had he stayed.
ETA: to answer the OP, prolly Mett
This post was edited on 4/25/12 at 8:42 am
Posted on 4/25/12 at 8:45 am to LOYALBAMA
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ever go to tiger rant?
Ever herped a derp?
Posted on 4/25/12 at 8:47 am to LOYALBAMA
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I know the Auburn faithful were pretty high on Cam
A juco qb cannot come into the sec and have success in one year.
Seeing as how the collective voice of bama fans screamed this from the mountain tops i have to assume any hype cam had was drownded out.
Posted on 4/25/12 at 8:52 am to piggidyphish
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A juco qb cannot come into the sec and have success in one year.
Seeing as how the collective voice of bama fans screamed this from the mountain tops
seems to be an ongoing theme with them
Posted on 4/25/12 at 9:02 am to LOYALBAMA
of course he is hyped, you're on a LSU based message board
This post was edited on 4/25/12 at 9:03 am
Posted on 4/25/12 at 9:06 am to Choctaw
I think a big part of Mettenberger's hype is the performance of his predecessors. We've been dealing with subpar QB play for quite a while now, and the departure of JJ/JL rings in a new era for us. Factor in that our two recent championships came under the helm of avg-decent college QBs. We know that if Mett is a serviceable leader to the offense, this team can go far. It seems to me that the majority of our fans are setting a Mauck/Flynn type as the baseline for Mett, which is completely realistic considering Mett has much more upside than them. Also, when you have Les saying for the first time ever that he plans on airing it out a little this year, it's hard not to get excited.
Posted on 4/25/12 at 9:09 am to BamaScoop
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The difference is that Cam came to campus and took over. Mett came to campus and couldn't beat out Jefferson for the start and couldn't beat out Lee for the backup.
I like Miles but I sometimes question his decision on when to play someone. He lets a lot of guys spend way to much time on the bench when he shold have them in the game.
Just my opinion.
That's dumb. Using that logic, Tebow was better than Cam because he was the starter while the latter was at UF.
Posted on 4/25/12 at 9:10 am to ugasickem
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Mett was not even going to be the starter at UGA.
Wrong.
Posted on 4/25/12 at 9:11 am to USMC Gators
Eddie Lacy and TJ Yeldon say "hi" Gump.....
Posted on 4/25/12 at 9:11 am to Elleshoe
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Mett will have a better chance to succeed than he would have at UGA anyway bc he won't be surrounded by talent that underachieves.
Fixed.
Posted on 4/25/12 at 9:14 am to Choctaw
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How do you know PP was the best returner the day he showed up? You're also forgetting that we had the fastest guy in football returning kicks. And in 2009 Chad Jones averaged over 20 yards a punt return and Trindon averaged over 18.....both more than what PP averaged in 2010. Don't just make shite up
Use your freaking head man. You don't go from being the best punt returner in high school football to dead on the bench for two years and then the best in college football and the very best in the NFL for the next two years.
Miles didn't even trust Holliday to field punts any where from 30 yards to our own end zone, because he had brick hands half the time. chad Jones was the King of the Fair catch.
Patrick Peterson was and is on a whole different level than those two in returning punts. It was and is clearly obvious.
Posted on 4/25/12 at 9:19 am to LOYALBAMA
LOYALBAMA by the end of the season u will know the word METT! 
Posted on 4/25/12 at 9:20 am to USMC Gators
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That's dumb. Using that logic, Tebow was better than Cam because he was the starter while the latter was at UF.
don't feed the troll brah
Posted on 4/25/12 at 9:21 am to APIEE
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I think it took everyone a little bit to figure out just what kind of player we had on our hands.
This. Cam's breakout moment/game was the first South Carolina game with the superman dive. Started to become apparent then that we had something special, and the possibility of a really good season.
Posted on 4/25/12 at 9:28 am to NorthGwinnettTiger
This will be settled on the field.
Point #1: No way Mett has the kind of year Cam did and becomes the #1 pick int he NFL draft, I don't see that happening
Point #2 No way Miles was going to sit 2 seniors who had way more SEC experience..so it' snot about "better" it was about experience.
Point #3 Mett is a stud, barring an injury LSU fans have a lot to be excited about this coming season.
Point #1: No way Mett has the kind of year Cam did and becomes the #1 pick int he NFL draft, I don't see that happening
Point #2 No way Miles was going to sit 2 seniors who had way more SEC experience..so it' snot about "better" it was about experience.
Point #3 Mett is a stud, barring an injury LSU fans have a lot to be excited about this coming season.
Posted on 4/25/12 at 9:36 am to Tammany Tom
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Use your freaking head man. You don't go from being the best punt returner in high school football to dead on the bench for two years and then the best in college football and the very best in the NFL for the next two years.
Miles didn't even trust Holliday to field punts any where from 30 yards to our own end zone, because he had brick hands half the time. chad Jones was the King of the Fair catch.
Patrick Peterson was and is on a whole different level than those two in returning punts. It was and is clearly obvious.
look....im sorry your nephew had to sit the bench for a couple of years as a returner....but high school and the SEC are two completely different things. You can't just claim PP was the better as soon as he got here.....especially when his return average was lower than both Jones and Trindon. If im not mistaken....Trindon was 2nd in the NCAA in average and 6th in total yards. PP was great....but its not as cut-n-dry as you're trying to make it.
Posted on 4/25/12 at 10:04 am to LOYALBAMA
I think most LSU fans are saying this same thing over and over...
"All we need is a QB better than JJ or JL and LSU will be very tough to beat for the national title."
If that is hyping up Mett too much or creating too big of expectations, so be it. But I don't think it's unreasonable to assume he'll be better than what we've had under center for the past four seasons.
"All we need is a QB better than JJ or JL and LSU will be very tough to beat for the national title."
If that is hyping up Mett too much or creating too big of expectations, so be it. But I don't think it's unreasonable to assume he'll be better than what we've had under center for the past four seasons.
Posted on 4/25/12 at 10:34 am to ApexTiger
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Point #1: No way Mett has the kind of year Cam did and becomes the #1 pick int he NFL draft, I don't see that happening
not to add fuel to the fire, but is anyone saying that mett will match cam? I think it's more a question of which one was hyped more. And if folks are honest with themselves they'll clearly remember that cam was not hyped much beyond the usual bullshite. His hype grew as teh season progressed.
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