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QB Cardale '12 Gauge' Jones (B1G Champion, National Champion)

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LostLassie said:
In an odd way, I wonder if the situation may just take the pressure off the team and let them play loosey-goosey.

What do they have to lose?

They've already lost their QB, lost their hold on national rankings with the VA Tech game, then lost their QB again. Nobody expects them to win.

Nobody loves us, everybody hates us. Screw eating worms. Go play out of your minds and rule the field.
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That is our best hope. Hope the D plays inspired, and the offense plays with their hair on fire. All depends on if the play calling lets them do that. Another plus, no one has any tape on Cardale.
 
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I don't think it's spin. I think the guy is good...real good. He definitely is a nightmare to defend. Barrett is excellent, maybe the best in college football, and it still took him awhile to pass Jones on the depth chart.

Will Jones be as good as Barrett? Nope, that's why he was passed on the depth chart. But I think that speaks to how good Barrett is, and not negatively on Jones. I'm excited to see what he can do, because he has all the tools.
 
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TampaBuckeyes said:
That is our best hope. Hope the D plays inspired, and the offense plays with their hair on fire. All depends on if the play calling lets them do that. Another plus, no one has any tape on Cardale.
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I don't think this depends upon playcalling that much. The coaches will call what this offense seems to be capable of doing. Whether they are actually capable of executing with a new QB with one week of real game preparation will be the question.
 
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On the bright side, its not like they can scout cardales tendencies very well.
Systems_id said:
Exactly. I've never really understood the whole "predictability" argument. I'm always a big fan of the "run it until you can stop it" philosophy. That's actually always been my beef with Herman despite him being arguably the best offensive coordinator we've ever had. Occasionally he'll out think himself with some odd playcalling here and there.
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Yea, except for at least one goal line play that I can remember, we've almost always had a numbers advantage and could block everyone as long as the execution was good. Makes me think there is a check on that play to flip it out to Elliott if no one follows him out in motion, and our opponents would rather take their chances with the qb run.
 
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Not sure I've ever been so confident in a third string quarterback. Meyer has been here 3 years and every year we've had a backup come in and pretty much save the season. He's given me no reason to lose faith now. That's one change from the Tressel era that I am quite welcome with. We were one play away from disaster for years when we had Bauserman backing up Pryor.
 
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woofermazing said:
Not sure I've ever been so confident in a third string quarterback. Meyer has been here 3 years and every year we've had a backup come in and pretty much save the season. He's given me no reason to lose faith now. That's one change from the Tressel era that I am quite welcome with. We were one play away from disaster for years when we had Bauserman backing up Pryor.
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At the beginning of the year they preached "Units" to assure us, the fans, that JT was going to be just fine at QB.

They were right.

That gives me a lot of confidence that Cardale is not stepping into foreign territory.

You bet he and Jalin are putting their hardest week of football study they've possibly ever had.
 
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Zippercat said:
Just like Jello, there's always room for cleavage!
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Did someone say Jello?

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JXC said:
I don't think it's spin. I think the guy is good...real good. He definitely is a nightmare to defend. Barrett is excellent, maybe the best in college football, and it still took him awhile to pass Jones on the depth chart.

Will Jones be as good as Barrett? Nope, that's why he was passed on the depth chart. But I think that speaks to how good Barrett is, and not negatively on Jones. I'm excited to see what he can do, because he has all the tools.
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Very good point. I would guess that in the first week of fall camp, Cardale was the better QB. That's why he behind Braxton. Because he was a better player and thought could be the guy that could come in halfway through a game and play good enough to win. I think Barrett passed him not because he was better, but because they saw more potential for growth, and wanted to prep him as the future starter, get him game experience before next year. I think with Cardale we will get something more like Barrett in weeks 1,2,3. Only a little more talented, because I think Cardale was probably the 'better' guy in those first few weeks.
 
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