re: 6-6

spread option gives him trouble, not the whole deal.

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spread option gives him trouble, not the whole deal.

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Yeah. So we'll have trouble stopping Miss. State and Auburn, but we'll be fine against everyone else.

OM needs to play very conservative this year. If you can establish a run game, don't put Stanley in positions he is not ready for and play defense, 8 wins is yours to keep.

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The only teams on your schedule better than OM are:

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the coaches seem to think MSU is better. I still think we're better than Kentucky and Fresno at home, but we have lost to lesser teams at home. And while we're more talented than Tennessee, playing them in knoxville isnt an easy task. Like I said 7-5 is possible, just not my prediction.

Im pretty sure I havent been alive since we've started the season out 5-0 or won a game in knoxville.

FTR, from what I've seen of Stanley, I do think he is a good QB and bettet than most think. And I dont mean he will be a good QB, he is already. But he's a pro style QB. He needs 4 seconds to read a play and for receivers to have good hands and run correct routes. The season hasnt started, but that doesnt sound like OM. I think Masoli erased our negatives at other positions on the offensive side of the ball. We might not have great route runners, but we have burners and receivers who can make plays in the open field. Masoli running around opens up space for our receivers to find We may not have a great pass blocking line, but we have good tackles that can funnel the pressure to the inside where masoli can roll out and be away from danger.

Its not that Masoli is so much better than Stanley, he just fits this years personnel so much better

what about randall mackey? I'd think this increases his role in the offense, and people have said that he could be the real deal.

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Its not that Masoli is so much better than Stanley, he just fits this years personnel so much better

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I agree with you here...in fact I told a friend this today. Masoli would be able to overcome your pass blocking deficiencies and make plays with his legs, avoiding sacks.

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Not sure Nutt wants to work in his only backup. If Mackey gets hurt running the WC or something gimmicky it could end really bad for OM.

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Nutt has experience in finding the intramural superstars and having them SEC ready in less then a week, so I doubt he is too worried about Mackey being hurt running the wildcat.

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this has got to be our argument to the NCAA. Before we agreed to accept Masoli, we asked the NCAA what he would need to do to be cleared. They told us, we checked, he had done it, everythings gravy, ok welcome aboard. Now we have two scholarship QB's, one who is a runner weighing less than 200lbs.

We wouldve signed another QB if there wasnt a shot for masoli to be cleared, and since the NCAA told us what he needed, we didnt go after another QB. NCAA didnt just frick us out of having a little better QB, they fricked us out of having 3 able QB's

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I thought Masoli was "walking-on"?

If so, nothing prevented you from signing another scholarship QB or inviting a walk-on during this time period.

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Yes, technically Masoli is a walk on, but I was refering to talent level. As in we now only have two QB's worth a shite

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I do not see how this is the NCAAs problem?

So Masoli should be granted the waiver since your coaching staff did not have the foresight to recruit able body QBs in the event that one QB left early to go pro and/or another left to seek more playing time?