re: Watched the game twice my observations

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And the low interception rate from him is literally the result of HOW he "misses" - it's not some magic skill of genius he's showing. I've explained this somany times: he runs towards the sideline and essentially throws the ball away. Yeah, its in the general direction of a receiver, but they're hot throws over everyone's heads. When he misses deep its uncatchable for not only our guy, but the defender as well. That's why you see these routine 15 for 30, 150 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT performances from him. Like okay, he didn't turn the ball over...but he did that by also failing to make any significant plays.

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I’d argue Bo has and can make significant plays. Does it really matter why he doesn’t throw much interceptions? He gets lucky sometimes but I have my own reasons for why he doesn’t throw interceptions. Regardless, by not throwing interceptions he is giving the drive a chance. Bo has a solid floor and we can win ballgames with that floor.

TJ is riskier and more prone to stupid mistakes. Big risk, sometimes big reward. I don’t know why so many argue for him to start over Bo when they don’t even know if he is any better

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The issue is that this is modern-era college football he's playing in. Go and study his stat-lines over 3-years...he's a guy that would have "worked" back in the early 2000's in Tuberville's days of 3-yards and a cloud of dust offenses. Today, we play teams that have QB's that can drop 400 yards and 3+ TD's through the air on a whim. This whole idea of a low efficiency, low output QB who "doesn't throw interceptions" doesn't work anymore. You literally just saw a mid-major team stack the box against us and dare him to beat them with his arm, and he couldn't. As a result they controlled our running game. This is a rebuilding team with a not-so-good OL - we can't run the ball if the other team is going to just sell out to stop the run.

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We don’t have the jimmies and joes for modern day offense. We have 1 decent receiver that wouldn’t start for Georgia or Alabama, and other starters that wouldn’t start for Ole Miss. We do have two good running backs and an OL that ticks better while run blocking. We should play to our strengths- maybe with two back sets because that’s the only way we are going to win this year. Shivers 27 yard end around on Saturday
was because the defense was eye balling Tank in the backfield. Lastly, I have yet to see the hard play action fake that Harsin said he studied from Peyton. Plays like that can help both Nix or TJ.

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What is the upside with continuing to commit to Bo Nix?

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Tons. Would you sell a stock knowing its already at the bottom? Bo’s bottom isn’t bad, but there is plenty of upside.

Bo Nix vs LSU last year 18-24, 300 yards, 3 TDs
11 carries, 81 yards 1 TD
That’s significant upside