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re: It's Kentucky Eve, who is our starting QB?
Posted on 10/14/15 at 9:09 pm to jerre1010
Posted on 10/14/15 at 9:09 pm to jerre1010
I am shocked people can't read between the lines and see JJ is starting. Think about it. Gus announced White as the starter following the LSU beat down and now this week suddenly starts in on this "we're opening it up" and "letting them compete."
Why would he say anything about opening it up if White was the starter? Why would he frick with White's head for no reason? Makes no sense. If he was truly happy with White, he would say so and wouldn't be even discussing it.
Pretty clear to me he planned on starting JJ all along and is using this "QB competition" as a way to cover his arse if JJ has another meltdown. "Oh, JJ looked awesome in practice and beat out White fair and square. We put who we thought was the best guy in there."
In other words, doing this makes it look like JJ starting was not a foregone conclusion (when it has been the whole time).
If this is all true, then Sean White has a real reason to be pissed the frick off. Basically this would mean Gus hamstringed him in the SJSU game just so he wouldn't look good and which would keep this QB controversy going. "See, White can't throw and that's why we're starting JJ guys." Nevermind that Gus only allowed him to throw it like 6 times all game (I don't remember a game where AU threw it less. Even the wishbone teams of the 80's would throw it more).
The whole situation is fricked. Our only hope is that JJ comes alive and ends up being all-SEC caliber. If that doesn't happen, I see things getting REAL ugly for GUS.
Why would he say anything about opening it up if White was the starter? Why would he frick with White's head for no reason? Makes no sense. If he was truly happy with White, he would say so and wouldn't be even discussing it.
Pretty clear to me he planned on starting JJ all along and is using this "QB competition" as a way to cover his arse if JJ has another meltdown. "Oh, JJ looked awesome in practice and beat out White fair and square. We put who we thought was the best guy in there."
In other words, doing this makes it look like JJ starting was not a foregone conclusion (when it has been the whole time).
If this is all true, then Sean White has a real reason to be pissed the frick off. Basically this would mean Gus hamstringed him in the SJSU game just so he wouldn't look good and which would keep this QB controversy going. "See, White can't throw and that's why we're starting JJ guys." Nevermind that Gus only allowed him to throw it like 6 times all game (I don't remember a game where AU threw it less. Even the wishbone teams of the 80's would throw it more).
The whole situation is fricked. Our only hope is that JJ comes alive and ends up being all-SEC caliber. If that doesn't happen, I see things getting REAL ugly for GUS.
This post was edited on 10/14/15 at 9:13 pm
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Posted on 10/14/15 at 9:27 pm to AUstar
who knows man
Posted on 10/14/15 at 9:52 pm to AUstar
I admit I haven't kept up,as closely with every detail about Auburn football since the LSU loss but from what I remember this "QB competition" has been going on since JJ got pulled.
After that game, they said the QB position will be week to week. So I don't see what's any different about this week compared to the week before MSU or the week before SJSU.
After that game, they said the QB position will be week to week. So I don't see what's any different about this week compared to the week before MSU or the week before SJSU.
Posted on 10/14/15 at 9:59 pm to AUstar
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I am shocked people can't read between the lines and see JJ is starting. Think about it. Gus announced White as the starter following the LSU beat down and now this week suddenly starts in on this "we're opening it up" and "letting them compete."
Why would he say anything about opening it up if White was the starter? Why would he frick with White's head for no reason? Makes no sense. If he was truly happy with White, he would say so and wouldn't be even discussing it.
Pretty clear to me he planned on starting JJ all along and is using this "QB competition" as a way to cover his arse if JJ has another meltdown. "Oh, JJ looked awesome in practice and beat out White fair and square. We put who we thought was the best guy in there."
In other words, doing this makes it look like JJ starting was not a foregone conclusion (when it has been the whole time).
If this is all true, then Sean White has a real reason to be pissed the frick off. Basically this would mean Gus hamstringed him in the SJSU game just so he wouldn't look good and which would keep this QB controversy going. "See, White can't throw and that's why we're starting JJ guys." Nevermind that Gus only allowed him to throw it like 6 times all game (I don't remember a game where AU threw it less. Even the wishbone teams of the 80's would throw it more).
The whole situation is fricked. Our only hope is that JJ comes alive and ends up being all-SEC caliber. If that doesn't happen, I see things getting REAL ugly for GUS.
I agree with all of this and will add that all of this could end up fricking White up pretty royally too. So Gus might have just fricked the long term of the offense for his ego, reminds me a lot of the downfall of Chizik unfortunately.
Posted on 10/14/15 at 11:07 pm to AUstar
My gut tells me JJ is going to start. The whole situation with White has felt weird and I can only imagine that this was premeditated. Gus never gave White a fair shot to prove himself. Opening the competition back up on a bye week when we could have used the time to fully prepare White and open the offense for him didn't make sense.
It was tough to believe we would never see Jeremy again after 3 (albeit awful) starts and although I liked what I did see from White I felt like going with him put a definite ceiling on our season. With that being said I'm nervous as heck at the thought of seeing JJ start again. All I can do is sit back and watch and hope for the best.
It was tough to believe we would never see Jeremy again after 3 (albeit awful) starts and although I liked what I did see from White I felt like going with him put a definite ceiling on our season. With that being said I'm nervous as heck at the thought of seeing JJ start again. All I can do is sit back and watch and hope for the best.
Posted on 10/15/15 at 2:00 am to AUstar
Holy shite, I don't believe any of that.
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