It's Offcial: 2 QB System

[smokymountainrain]

2-QB system means coach is a pussy. Either too much of a pussy to sit the older player down and say, "kid, you need to move to safety" or too much of a pussy to sit the younger player down and say, "I know your mom says your the best but you aren't yet." The problem is, I don't think Bronco is a pussy. He is a lot of things that aren't positive but he is not a pussy. Therefore, I think the 2-QB system announcement is a sham. Coach is trying to force UW to prepare for two opposite QBs. I don't really know who "the guy" is going to be but I think Bronco has one and doesn't want to tip his hand ... either that or he is a pussy in disguise.

Is Bronco a pussy? The guy punts the football on 4th and short from inside the opponent's 35 yard line. Does that mean he's a pussy? I'm not sure if it means he's a pussy, but he definitely has some pussiness in him.

[ERCougar]

I just want everyone to know I am not saying anything more on this thread.

No, no! I love your comments! I can't believe you ignored my post!
http://www.cougaruteforum.com/showpo...3&postcount=48

I just hate how 20 yr old football players get all cocky and mean to the other fans. They're such jerks sometimes!

[LA Ute]

Did you see that nasty Doman boy and how he pointed his fingers at the nice Ute fans? That was so mean!

When the worm turns, I will be there, cackling like crazy. Be afraid. Now leave me alone. I'm doing penance.

[YOhio]

I just want everyone to know I am not saying anything more on this thread.

Thanks for the heads up. Much better than actually not saying anything.

[Hot Lunch]

I would have done exactly what Bronco did. You just can't start the season with a true freshman QB, especially when you have some tough games at the beginning of the year. If you start him from the beginning and things go badly -- which they likely will -- then you run the risk of damaging his confidence. But you also don't want to name Nelson the outright starter, because that will just create a QB controversy and could also damage his confidence. He's going to be here for years. There's no need to rush him into a situation that he's not ready for.

Pete Carrol started Matt Barkley from day 1. He even started him in the second game on the road vs. Ohio St. It worked out O.K. If the true freshman gives you the best opportunity to win games then yes, you can start him from day 1.

[Surfah]

Pete Carrol started Matt Barkley from day 1. He even started him in the second game on the road vs. Ohio St. It worked out O.K. If the true freshman gives you the best opportunity to win games then yes, you can start him from day 1.

If there ever was a kid groomed to start from day 1 it is Heaps.

[wally]

Wally seems really determined to see Heaps transfer or for BYU to do something improper to keep him from transferring.

I so enjoyed the Ben Olsen melt down, that I've just been dying for the sequel.

[LA Ute]

Thanks for the heads up. Much better than actually not saying anything.

But I really am not going to say anything more.

[Shaka]

I've really enjoyed the reactions on CB today.

[New Mexican Disaster]

I so enjoyed the Ben Olsen melt down, that I've just been dying for the sequel.

tommy grady.

[Hazzard]

This thread has some funny stuff.

My take:

1. Bronco is not a pussy. If he was a pussy, he'd just give in to all of his assistants and all the fans and most of the team and start Heaps right now in order to appease them all. But he's got balls so he's doing what he thinks will best protect his culture of merit.

2. We're not going to be that great anyway (I'm predicting 6 - 8 regular season wins), so it doesn't really matter what's going on at QB for the beginning of the season. Our RB's suck, we have a really tough schedule, and we have a lot of question marks on defense up front. Not a good recipe for throwing a freshman QB into the fire and seeing if he burns. If Jake Heaps had Matt Barkley's supporting cast, I'd listen to the Barkley argument. But Matt Barkley spent most of the year handing off to 5-star RB's and then play-faking and throwing into the flat. Heaps would be asked to fling it all over. In other words, the Barkley argument is garbage.

3. Playing 2 QB's may actually give us our best chance to win. Nobody wants to platoon at QB, but clearly the coaches have put a lot of work into crafting a two-QB system that should work fairly effectively. If Harvey Unga were lining up at RB for us, Jake Heaps would be the starter because it would take a ton of pressure off of him to carry the offense. But he's not, which means it might be a good idea to have a running QB in the game at times to keep the D off-balance. Look, I'm the biggest proponent in the world of just getting really good at what you do, whether it be the pass or the option or whatever, and to hell with what the defense thinks, but if there were ever a situation to play with two different offensive philosophies during the same game this might be it.

4. We are going to be really good in 2011 and 2012.

[byu71]

As I have been saying for a while, there are the religion/football fans and the just football fans. A lot of the just football fans are religious people also. I am not alone. I have talked to many card holders who just don't get excited with the "culture" thing. Now, I am happy for the religious/football folks they have to love Bronco speak.

Me, I wish he would have just said, Nelson has the edge as the starter. Heck I trust Bronco as a coach. If Nelson slips up I say hang in there, you are the pick. Now in the back of my mind I think, why can't the best player be in instead of the better culture guy and the guy who has served a mission.

It is probably best for me to not listen to Bronco and just cheer for the guys who he puts on the field. Then I don't have to wonder if they are on the field because they are the players who will give us our best chance to win, or the fellows who deserve to be on the field because they also are the best folks for the kids to look up to when attending firesides.

[LA Ute]

Ten freshmen most likely to make an immediate impact in 2010

Heaps is on the list.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/201...#ixzz0xxpAqoEb

[All-American]

I'm amazed that there's been this much analysis. It seems pretty simple to me.

Nelson isn't able to throw and Heaps isn't ready to start.

[Maximus]

This thread has some funny stuff.

My take:

1. Bronco is not a pussy. If he was a pussy, he'd just give in to all of his assistants and all the fans and most of the team and start Heaps right now in order to appease them all. But he's got balls so he's doing what he thinks will best protect his culture of merit.

2. We're not going to be that great anyway (I'm predicting 6 - 8 regular season wins), so it doesn't really matter what's going on at QB for the beginning of the season. Our RB's suck, we have a really tough schedule, and we have a lot of question marks on defense up front. Not a good recipe for throwing a freshman QB into the fire and seeing if he burns. If Jake Heaps had Matt Barkley's supporting cast, I'd listen to the Barkley argument. But Matt Barkley spent most of the year handing off to 5-star RB's and then play-faking and throwing into the flat. Heaps would be asked to fling it all over. In other words, the Barkley argument is garbage.

3. Playing 2 QB's may actually give us our best chance to win. Nobody wants to platoon at QB, but clearly the coaches have put a lot of work into crafting a two-QB system that should work fairly effectively. If Harvey Unga were lining up at RB for us, Jake Heaps would be the starter because it would take a ton of pressure off of him to carry the offense. But he's not, which means it might be a good idea to have a running QB in the game at times to keep the D off-balance. Look, I'm the biggest proponent in the world of just getting really good at what you do, whether it be the pass or the option or whatever, and to hell with what the defense thinks, but if there were ever a situation to play with two different offensive philosophies during the same game this might be it.

4. We are going to be really good in 2011 and 2012.

I admit I always have blue goggles, but 6 wins? really? 5/6 home games are gimmies. Only 2 sure losses.