re: Should Fromm have been replaced by Eason?

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Not sure how mobile or sure-handed he'd be after the nails,

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when down by that margin, they could have at least tried to produce a wrinkle and let the guy have a few shots down field

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With what pass protection? Fromm had time to throw in the first drive but not much for the rest of the game.

That's why I think it probably wouldn't have made a difference. Eason likes the long ball and he likes to have time for his receivers to get down field. Auburn's line and edge rushers were crashing through quickly most passing plays. There was only one pass that I recall Eason probably being an asset over Fromm and that was where Fromm was scrambling (or rolling out? can't remember) and forced the ball out and it didn't quite make it to the receiver. Otherwise, the issue didn't seem much to be with Fromm but of the supporting cast.

No.

Fromm is the one that got us 9-0.

You ride or die with him. Period.

And it's not like Eason would have helped any, the qb play wasn't the problem, 4 auburn rushers in our backfield every time we dropped back to pass was the problem.

Idc if we had the next Tom Brady in the backfield, we weren't winning that game with our line getting their shite pushed in like that.

Eason pulled some magic tricks last year in tight games, but a magic trick wasn't going to win this one for us.

Fromm needs his commupins just as Eason had his last year.

Fromm needed this loss. All of the freshmen needed this.

Damn the freshmen, I didn't need that asswhoopin'!

No, you stuck with him through the good times and bad. It's not his fault the oline had him running for his life.

In positive news, Fromm's been offered a track scholarship....

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here is my biggest concern with Eason. If he transfers...and BR is gone, we would have 1 guy behind Fromm and that guy would be a true freshman...again....its really not a good place to be.

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I agree with you but we can't always be three-deep with 4 and 5 star QB talent. Sometimes you have to develop one guy and hope he stays healthy while the backups improve during practices and in the off-season. We got really lucky that Fromm was so good that he could jump in and not miss a beat this year. Eason's injury was rather freakish, too. It's not often you have a pocket passer get a knee sprain because of a late hit out of bounds. Still, your point stands that we need depth there, especially with a battle-tested backup in Eason. I just don't think we need to throw him out there and possibly unnerve our starter to soothe his feelings. Giving him some garbage time reps isn't going to change his mind anyway, if Eason wanted to transfer.

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I don't know the answer but I feel like some how we need to keep this very talented QB, whom we all raved about coming here...in Athens.... maybe throwing the guy a bone and letting him see what he can do would be healthy...especially when we are getting our asses kicked...

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I just don't think you can play every game with the fear of talent transfers in mind. You play your best players every game and deal with the politics as best as you can off the field. If Fromm is our best chance to score points and lead the team, we shouldn't take him out just to prevent some hurt feelings. Hopefully our coaches are teaching these kids how to deal with adversity, like when you're injured or when you lose your spot (or both in Eason's case) because someone shows out.

This late in the season, every point matters. Even in our blowout, 40-17 is better than 40-10 and Fromm had a good last minute drive and TD throw to get us on the board again. Could Eason have done that? Maybe, but to put him in would be to give up. You put your backups in when you blow out the other team, not the other way around, because you still want the best players out there trying to get more points on the board.

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I'm pretty sure Auburn did not spend a ton of time game planning for Eason

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What is there to plan around? Load the box and put pressure on the QB. That holds true whether the QB is Fromm or Eason, except Fromm has shown himself to be more mobile than Eason. Also, if the QB doesn't have enough time to throw the ball, what good is a little more arm strength going to do? The receivers didn't have a lot of time to book it down the field before the pressure was there.

Maybe if Fromm was the problem in our offense, I can see us getting Eason in there to get him more prepared for the games to follow, just in case. But Fromm actually did pretty well considering the obstacles he faced. He almost hit 200 yards passing and he had a late TD throw. Most importantly, he didn't throw any interceptions. His one near giveaway came from a blindside rush after he was regaining his footing after moving up in the pocket from pressure coming the other way. He was basically in a no-win situation all night and he did a pretty good job of staying poised and finishing the game in spite of it.

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...later in the game...it could have provided some spark.. or he could have shite his pants...we will never know.....that is the issue. Chaney and Smart were not adjusting...at all.

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Maybe it could have provided a spark, but as someone else alluded to, it seemed like Fromm was the one providing a spark to this offense all season long. Eason never really did that last season from what I recall. He was very mechanical and didn't really give off that leader quality like Fromm does. Even after this blowout loss, Fromm's teammates and coach still praised him for how he handled himself and led the team. I just don't see how Eason could have sparked anything without getting some help from his line, which was the problem Fromm had all night.

That said, I agree with you that Chaney and Smart weren't adjusting, or at least it didn't seem that way. We needed a spark on offense but I think that should have come from the play calling, not necessarily the personnel.

Possibly; but Aramaic was the more common language. Hebrew is basically derived from it.

If Fromm is on track scholarship can we use his football scholarship? This sounds dirty and I like it...