RebelTheBear

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Arch is still an average SEC QB. Low usage rate and not a lot of production. Low completion percentage and not a big threat in the running game. Only 7 TDs in 4 games this year.

Texas' offense leans heavily on the running game (160 rush attempts vs. 124 passing attempts though 4 games) and doesn't ask Arch to do much. To his credit, Arch is averaging nearly 12 yards per completion this season, so when he does connect, it's usually for big yardage.

Problem with Arch is he's not consistently good enough to keep the offense moving. He still misses a lot of throws and we are almost 30 games into his college career. Texas' defense is only giving up 13 points per game, so he doesn't have to do a lot to win right now. Doesn't mean he himself has been particularly good.

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He had one of the best rookie seasons of all time

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Correct. Then he missed 10 games last year with non-contact injuries. Now, he's about to miss an extended period of time with a non-contact injury to the same elbow he hurt last season.

Not to mention, his stats last year and this year show clear regression. He was a 69% passer his rookie season but has only hit 60% of his throws between last year and this year. He's also nowhere near the running threat he was his rookie year.

Just don't know if a nimble, injury-prone QB who has struggled with accuracy as of late and clearly isn't confident running the ball is gonna work out long-term. NFL players hit too hard and the season is too long.

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As evidenced by your multiple national titles and Heisman winning QBs. Ole Miss is QBU.

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How many Super Bowls to LSU alumni have since 2000? I'll hang up and listen

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You chanted for him to stay against Florida.

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You LSU fans told us Brian Kelly was a better coach. Matt Moscona said Kiffin wasn't a good coach years ago. Yet, here we are.

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You caught lightning in a bottle with Chambliss.

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Idk if you've kept up with our program for the past 15ish years, but we've seemingly "caught lightning in a bottle" with our last 5-6 starting QBs. At some point, it's not just getting lucky with a QB recruit. Good QBs want to play here.

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Chambliss is ole miss and I'll be glad when this 24 year old QB is in the NFL next year.

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Aren't you the same school that recruited a bunch of NFL players to come back and play college ball again?

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Ole Miss will come back to earth

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Maybe so, but today is not that day. STRDB.

I hate the way Kiffin went about it, but I'm not fooling myself into thinking that Ole Miss is a better program than LSU lol

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Any Rebs heard the same? If my guy is right, there's no way this isn't known by more people.

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He's fine according to our beat. Might have been something soft tissue related. He'll be back for LSU. Don't know if he'll play this weekend.

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A kid that South Carolina signed was also involved in that suit, as were 27 other athletes.

No one talks about that.

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I agree. All the talk on this board and on social media has been specifically about LSU and the two aforementioned players. It has taken the broader issue of pro players trying to return to college athletics and blown it out of proportion.

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And before you respond with “they colluded with the players to do so”, is that written anywhere in any of the legal filings?

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I'm not asserting that at all. It would be hearsay and based on nothing I can substantiate with any evidence.

The only reason people think that where was any LSU collusion is the optics of it all. Wright and Harris filed suit in Louisiana and had a hearing in Baton Rouge and were verbally committed to playing for LSU if given the opportunity.

I still don't think y'all should be punished for something other schools were also doing. Just need to bury the hatchet and move on.

LSU is not getting kicked out of the SEC, nor should they. There is literally no way that just happens mid-season.

The SEC needs to be able to enact and enforce its rules. No court order should prevent the conference itself from setting and enforcing standards and laws voted on by the university presidents/voting members.

Yes, this goes for everyone, not just LSU. It's well-documented that multiple schools pursued pro players in various sports and each of those schools should feel heat in some form for doing so. Yes, that includes my own school and I'm fine with it if we get penalized for doing something we all know we shouldn't have done.

The only reason we are where we are is it seems there might have been a concerted effort by LSU officials and Lousiana state officials to undermine the SEC at multiple points in this saga.

I don't want to see LSU punished for that even if that's the case. They were using a loophole that other SEC schools also looked to use. I do think LSU took it too far with the court cases and what not, but as long as everyone just agrees to calm down and not roster former pro players, let's just drop it and move on.