re: Does Dylan Thompson survive as starting QB for USCe until Sept 27th?

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yea I don't consider him that mediocre, the only way I see him out is if he gets beat up too bad. you guys return most of what's a pretty solid OL iirc, right?

i think the whole topic is a somewhat troll-reach, but I'm still interested in what you think about his chance of success and your O-line.

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I'll tell you this... I don't think he's going to have a 24-1 TD/Int ratio like Shaw, that's for sure. He puts the ball in danger too much for my liking, but his arm is stronger than Shaw's. I think our line has a distinct possibility to be the best line that we've had under Spurrier and it wouldn't be out of the realm of possibility to say it could be one of our best ever. Whether that possibility comes to light remains to be seen. They gave Shaw a lot of time last year, and he did seem to run from danger that wasn't there more often than in previous seasons. If they can progress from what they did then Thompson should remain healthy as long as he doesn't get happy feet trying to unnecessarily emulate Shaw too much.