re: making lemonade from QB controversy

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When 2 QBs rotate each possession and 1 QB scores a TD on 4 out of 5 possessions and the other gets 2 field goals on however many possessions, that isn't the "system" that is working.

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exactly

good lord people are dumb

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It's strange. After this game, I didn't see any discussion at all about "yards after catch" or "those were short passess - it was only Tolliver's brilliant moves that garnered decent yards on them" but there were tons of such comments earlier in the year after similar plays.

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When folks tend to like someone or something they tend to look at issues differently. In any case you have to agree that the passing game just worked when Lee was there.

It could be sheer coincidence that the playcalling was wrong/receivers were dropping/defense was different each time JJ was there but the overall impression that anyone gets is that when JJ is there the ball was not moving at all.

I certainly think that JJ can be an effective QB to run with the ball if he can just throw it with some consistency. Then we can use him like Tebow was during the 2006 Florida run. He can come in and convert some downs when needed.

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I felt the same way when it was Lee that people were bashing. People have a right to bash if they want to but it just strikes me as wrong to do it to our own players.

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I agree - the worst part is he is not to be blamed. What do you expect the guy to say - hey I am not good and can't justify a scholarship to LSU? If his best is not good enough for a team then whose fault is it that he is put there in that situation.

Not bashing Miles or any coach here, but if players are not good enough to be in the game, then it is on the coach who put them there. They should put the right/capable guy there. If there is no such capable guy - that is on them as well and not on the player who is doing the best he can.

You don't go to the Coates Hall and shout at the Computer Sci TA when he does a bad job- you shout at the prof who gave him the Assistant-ship for selecting him to do the job.

Don't blame the guy -it is asinine to keep downing JJ when he is not the guy who made the decision to be there on the field.

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One thing that Lee does is he studies what's going on and even though he's not taking the snaps, he understands what's being done

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So JJ is too stupid to analyze the game and make adjustments?

Maybe if Jefferson wasnt pouting on the sidelines he'd pay more attention to lee and learn how to be a leader.

well for the last 2 weeks our 1st drives have been scoring drives, a TD vs UT and a FG vs Florida so most of what has been posted in this thread that starting JJ leads to blown opportunities for Lee to put points on the board is bs. I am not a JJ guy or JL guy, I simply pull for whichever one is in the game to do well. The hatred for JJ in our fanbase is out of control and people need to realize that we need both of these kids to perform well and take advantage of their individual strengths.

as long as JL gets the most snaps, that is all that matters

another thing is the competition it brings, neither one wants to be the weak link so it creates competition to perform, just like rotating the defensive linemen. Spurrier used this same strategy in FL.

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Both seem to have struggled with that pressure

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When has Lee struggled with that pressure this year?

Thanks for your interest Josh.

Lee hasn't had that particular pressure this year. What pressure he has had, he has handled, except perhaps early in the TN game. I am simply suggesting that he may be more relaxed and comfortable because he does not bear the weight of the position alone, as he did in '08. It could also be that he is more mature and versed in the offense after two years.

These days, I don't think anyone believes that a two quarterback system is ideal. That is not to say that there aren't certain situations where it's the best choice. Given the abilities, histories, and personalities of our two guys, this may be one of those situations. After last week's result, doing something totally different would be the risker choice, in my opinion. If you can get that kind of production out of the QB position, frankly the best in a couple of years, I'm not sure why you go in a different direction next week.

That's just my opinion, of course, and I don't really care who the QBs or coaches are as long as we win all of our games (and stay clean w/ the NCAA, the law, and on the report cards). I just thought it was interesting to note that the 2QB system might just be "a feature, not a bug" in this case.