re: Pre-Spring football debate.

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side note: why so much love for Jennings over Rettig?

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Apparently, you don't read this site much, huh?

The young kiddies on here have some kind of weird fixation and fascination with so called athletic "Dual Threat" quarterbacks for some reason, despite the fact that very few teams ever win National Championships with one.

Unless you are "Once in a Blue Moon" physical freaks like Cam Newton or Tim Yebow, DTQ's rarely have much success in the SEC. Defenses are too fast.

DTQ's are very rarely competent in the passing game, so once opposing defenses stack the box, take the run away and make the DTQ actually have to read a defense in order to pass, it's all over. (See Red Devil defense against Gholson in the National Championship game)

Manziel is actually one of the few DTQ's to come along since Tebow, that is actually somewhat proficient in the passing game, but I'd bet odds that SEC DC's have him figured out and he will not be quite as effective in 2013.

So is Jennings going to be another Tebow/Manziel or a Russell Shepard clone who was a high school wonder that couldn't handle a more complicated passing offense in college? Yall think Cam Cameron is going to water down his offense because any certain quarterback "Can't learn the playbook?

BTW, anybody remember what that god awful 2008 "Mallveto Monster" LSU defense did to Appalachain State DTQ Armanti EWdwards? They totally shut him down. Isn't that hard when your QB can't throw the football.

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