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Is two QB system blasphemy around here?

Posted on 11/27/12 at 8:41 am
Posted by zack7552
Lawton, OK
Member since Jul 2008
3823 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 8:41 am
I personally would like to revisit a 2007 offense where one of our mobile QB comes in for a few plays in drives. The key is that it cannot be predictable. WareCat didn't quite do it for me...especially since it sucked.

Mett is a great QB, but he is a statue. I just think some of these dual threat QBs that we recruited could have a lot to offer to change the pace. Maybe it would have jump started the offense earlier in the season.

I know, original topic.
Posted by EarthwormJim
Member since Dec 2005
10063 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 8:42 am to
Would playing a less talented mobile quarterback make Mett any less of a statue?

In 2007, we used 2 QBs because both QBs had too much talent to sit on the bench.

In the years following we used 2 QBs because neither QB was talented enough to stay on the field full time.

Mett is talented enough to stay out there.
This post was edited on 11/27/12 at 8:48 am
Posted by PurpleAndGold86
Member since Jun 2012
11036 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 8:42 am to
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Maybe it would have jump started the offense earlier in the season.


Yeah, having a running QB come in occasionally would have helped the WRs hold on the football and Mett make more accurate throws for the first few games.
Posted by GFunk
Denham Springs
Member since Feb 2011
14966 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 8:43 am to
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I just think some of these dual threat QBs that we recruited could have a lot to offer to change the pace.


As I understand it, Bolden was injured in practice and lost for the season. That's 3rd hand but still.

As for the rest of your post, please find some lighter fluid & a match. Douse yourself in said fluid, then utilieze said match.
Posted by Papa Tigah
TIGER ISLAND, LA
Member since Sep 2007
18377 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 8:50 am to
Posted by Tiger in NY
Neptune Beach, FL
Member since Sep 2003
30353 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 8:53 am to
You really only need a running QB if you cannot pass it well. Mett can pass, so it is less important. I do like a QB that can pick up a 1st every now and then when the pocket breaks down though. As far as having a QB that can run option and shite, no thanks.
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
61745 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 8:54 am to
How is Alabama's 2 qb system working? Georgia's? Notre Dame's?

Posted by thanksjhester
Sonic
Member since Jun 2009
5408 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 8:54 am to
Just what we need. Another fricking QB controversy.
Posted by GFunk
Denham Springs
Member since Feb 2011
14966 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 8:54 am to
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Tiger in NY
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As far as having a QB that can run option and shite, no thanks.


We nearly got our throwing QB broken in half against Ole Miss by running option with him.

Whomever is responsible for that playcall should've been immediately fired. I don't care if it was Krags, Stud, Henry, Wilson, Middlefinger, or Miles himself.

That was the height of stupidity.
Posted by zack7552
Lawton, OK
Member since Jul 2008
3823 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 9:00 am to
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Yeah, having a running QB come in occasionally would have helped the WRs hold on the football and Mett make more accurate throws for the first few games.


How about having a QB make first downs when the wide receivers couldn't? How about having another option rather than throwing to those same WRs not catching the ball?

I'm not suggesting starting a new QB. There is nothing wrong with changing the pace and having something else for opposing defenses to prepare for.
Posted by Tiger in NY
Neptune Beach, FL
Member since Sep 2003
30353 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 9:02 am to
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How is Alabama's 2 qb system working? Georgia's? Notre Dame's?


Look at the top 4....Golson and Driskel are average passers, but they can run. Murray and McCarron are good passers that can't run a lick. I'd take Bama or Georgia's offense over the other two any day of the week.
Posted by Cap Crunch
Fire Alleva
Member since Dec 2010
54189 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 9:05 am to
quote:

Yeah, having a running QB come in occasionally would have helped the WRs hold on the football and Mett make more accurate throws for the first few games.

It would have given defenses something else to prepare for since we were extremely one dimensional without a passing game.


But its completely unnecessary now
Posted by Spandex Flamingo
Member since Nov 2012
142 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 9:06 am to
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Is two QB system blasphemy around here?


Yes.
Posted by rantfan
new iberia la
Member since Nov 2012
14110 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 9:07 am to
I would rather 1 QB the whole game but if your #1 is having a bad game i wouldnt mind putting in #2 to see if he can do any better.But a true 2 QB system seems to not ever work out in the long scheme of things.
This post was edited on 11/27/12 at 9:11 am
Posted by GoldenHebert
Lafayette, LA
Member since Oct 2011
880 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 9:11 am to
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Would playing a less talented mobile quarterback make Mett any less of a statue? In 2007, we used 2 QBs because both QBs had too much talent to sit on the bench. In the years following we used 2 QBs because neither QB was talented enough to stay on the field full time. Mett is talented enough to stay out there.


This all of it! and we have the running game to make up for a "non-mobile" QB
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
61745 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 9:13 am to
Les Miles has totally brainwashed some of you into thinking the a quarterbacks "feet" are a necessary asset. Just because Jordan Jefferson couldn't pass the ball, and the best chance at a first down with him was to let the receivers run routes, and then have the qb tuck and run, doesn't mean that it should always be the case. The only teams that need a running quarterback are the spread option, or triple option teams. Les Miles does not run that type of offense. If he did, Russell Shepard should have been our qb from day 1.
Posted by zack7552
Lawton, OK
Member since Jul 2008
3823 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 9:14 am to
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As for the rest of your post, please find some lighter fluid & a match. Douse yourself in said fluid, then utilieze said match.


1). Meh, I'll pass. You'd probably have a similar position if Mett got hurt running the option.
2). Our offense was impressive in 2007. Each played a role. It was not like JL/JJ...anything but.
3). Quit acting like a pseudo-intellectual douche. I bet you are a winner at life.
4). Learn to spell.
Posted by PurpleAndGold86
Member since Jun 2012
11036 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 9:19 am to
quote:

How is Alabama's 2 qb system working? Georgia's? Notre Dame's?


You do realize that ND actually does use a 2 QB system right? Tommy Rees has come in late and actually won several games this season when Golson was sucking it up and not getting it done and one game when he got hurt.
Posted by PurpleAndGold86
Member since Jun 2012
11036 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 9:23 am to
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It would have given defenses something else to prepare for since we were extremely one dimensional without a passing game


The problem is the passing game didn't "suck" against the first couple teams (UNT and UW) we beat the crap out of both of them and even Idaho. Yes Mett had a pick that gave Idaho 6 points, but we also scored 63 points in that game. The offense wasn't stagnant in a game until the Auburn game. That was the fourth game of the season, you can't just throw your third string QB in there on the road against an SEC team to start running the football. He wasn't taking the snaps in practice, and he shouldn't have been taking the snaps in practice. There were really only 2 games where our passing game sucked and we were so one dimentional that our offense was completely stagnant. Those 2 games were Auburn and Florida.
Posted by Choupique19
The cheap seats
Member since Sep 2005
61745 posts
Posted on 11/27/12 at 9:25 am to
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You do realize that ND actually does use a 2 QB system right?


Honestly, I really didn't. I make all of the LSU home games, therefore I don't watch much of Notre Dame. Appreciate the heads up, seriously.
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