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Joyner: "Jameis is Tim Tebow now, but Coker is Cam Newton" Next bama QB?
Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:02 pm
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Perhaps the guy who will give Nick Saban the best chance to get back to a national title game next season was standing in a football uniform, leaning over two metallic crutches, about 50 yards away from the Bama coach Monday night in the Rose Bowl.
Saban was there in Pasadena to help analyze the Florida State-Auburn game for ESPN. The guy with the crutches, Jacob Coker, was Florida State's back-up quarterback until a torn meniscus in November sidelined him for the rest of the season. Coker, a 6-5, 230-pound redshirt sophomore, had battled Jameis Winston for the FSU starting job all the way till the final week of fall camp this seas
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Lamarcus Joyner, FSU's star DB, compares the Winston-Coker dynamic to what Florida had with Tim Tebow and Cam Newton.
"You have two NFL guys sitting on one roster," Joyner said. "Everyone knows about Jameis. He's the Tim Tebow right now. He's in that light, but no one knows about Jacob Coker. Great kid. Physical. I'll never forget the day he threw an interception to me, and that kid came and hit me harder than I've ver been hit in my life. It felt like a linebacker."
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Inside the Noles program, however, Coker has generated some Bunyanesque buzz.
"I've never had anybody with his size who throws it as well as he does," said FSU QB coach Randy Sanders who's been around big-time programs since his days as a Tennessee player in the mid-80s with the Vols star-crossed quarterback Tony Robinson. "Jake has a really quick release with tremendous arm strength. Rarely does it not spiral or not go where he wants it to go."
Asked if Coker's arm is even better than Winston, the resident Heisman winner, Sanders paused for a few breaths before saying, "Coker's arm is kind of at a different level. Jameis has a very special arm, and this isn't any knock against Jameis, but Jake's probably the best I've seen in 25 years at throwing it."
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Obviously he's not comparing their games. Just saying that the backup QB who is getting no pub.....might be just as good or better than the starter.
I really hope Bama doesnt get him.
This post was edited on 1/8/14 at 1:05 pm
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Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:03 pm to Rittdog
Saban won all of his NCs with just average QB so to speak. It would be interesting and scary to see what he could do with a legit NFL talent.
Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:03 pm to Rittdog
Looking very much like we will 
Once he graduates we will know for sure
Once he graduates we will know for sure
This post was edited on 1/8/14 at 1:04 pm
Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:04 pm to Rittdog
Wasn't he behind Clint Trickett while they were both there?
Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:07 pm to Rittdog
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Jake's probably the best I've seen in 25 years at throwing it."
Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:10 pm to Rittdog
Sanders just trying to sell off a kid he's got no use for.
Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:11 pm to Rittdog
I hope it does happen, he very could start for us next year if he transfers here.
Posted on 1/8/14 at 1:19 pm to Rittdog
He gone.
Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:00 pm to Rittdog
Doubt he transfers. He will be a guaranteed starter after Winston leaves and there is nothing the FSU side has heard that indicate he plans on transferring.
Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:02 pm to Rittdog
Time for Coker to throw a laptop out the window.
Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:06 pm to Rittdog
Back-up better than the starter? seems like a perfect fit for Bama 
Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:27 pm to Rittdog
Lamarcus Joyner is a bitch.
And he's not very smart either.
And he's not very smart either.
Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:47 pm to Rittdog
I'm interested to see how this plays out now. It doesn't matter to me whether he transfers or doesn't, it won't make the Bama DBs or OL any better than they were. Also, there's a reason he didn't beat out Jameis this summer and I highly doubt it was solely due to injury.
With that said, I'm more interested to see how it plays out b/c of all the Bama posters claiming to be "in the know" in Mobile. Lots of credibility to be gained or lost in this thread IMO.
With that said, I'm more interested to see how it plays out b/c of all the Bama posters claiming to be "in the know" in Mobile. Lots of credibility to be gained or lost in this thread IMO.
Posted on 1/8/14 at 2:53 pm to Rittdog
Actually if you read more, Sanders basically said the best QB doesn't always win the competition but the one who will least divide the team LOSES !!!!
Read between the lines, J.W. losing the QB competition would have divided the team.
JW played 1 SEC team and looked average.
Read between the lines, J.W. losing the QB competition would have divided the team.
JW played 1 SEC team and looked average.
Posted on 1/8/14 at 3:56 pm to Rittdog
Free Shoes fans are retarded. Before the year they all think Coker is going to be the starter even though I said no way in hell. Now that rumors are around that Coker may come to Alabama they say Sean Maguire is better anyway 
. Clowns man.
. Clowns man.
Posted on 1/8/14 at 5:40 pm to Rittdog
Oh my god, one of his teammates said he was good? He must be awesome!
Posted on 1/8/14 at 8:22 pm to Rittdog
He couldn't beat out what I considered to be the 5th best QB on AUs schedule this year, so I am not too worried about him.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 7:05 pm to Rittdog
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"I've never had anybody with his size who throws it as well as he does," said FSU QB coach Randy Sanders who's been around big-time programs since his days as a Tennessee player in the mid-80s with the Vols star-crossed quarterback Tony Robinson. "Jake has a really quick release with tremendous arm strength. Rarely does it not spiral or not go where he wants it to go."
Well if Randy says it's so then the kid must be great. Posted on 1/18/14 at 9:23 am to Rittdog
I didn't know that Coker stole another student's computer.
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