Wells4Heisman
Fifth Year Freshman
I hope that your not implying that Joe Bauserman is comparable to Troy Smith...
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SEREbuckeye;1987605; said:And you dont think benching Joe after one "so-so" game would kill his confidence. The miracle season of 2002 had so many close calls every week, and Krenzel wasnt always perfect.
How about we let Joe head into practice with the starting job, let him learn from this weekend and move on to prepping for Miami. If Joe struggles against the Hurricanes, let Braxton go in.
Just because we have a highly touted prospect doesnt mean he should or has to be at the helm. Choose wisely, Braxton may not be the save-all you are looking for.
HOLYBUCKEYE10;1987623; said:Who said anything about benching Joe? I am talking about using Braxton like they said they would. I didn't say completely replacing Joe. Braxton is a different kind of QB, and Joe's style wasn't workin so we should mix it up a bit, but rather we didn't we kept the same kind of offense.
Don't compare Joe to Krenzel, Craig was still a fairly mobile QB who had no issue putting his head down and busting for some running gains. Not at all the same player.... except maybe they are both white, that's it....
NUTS4theBUCKS28;1987644; said:there is no reason why braxton didnt take a snap today. if the game today was a high scoring shootout, then i would understand. but our offense was so futile today, and it needed a spark badly. brax would have been a huge difference maker in the outcome of the game today. what can i do tho? a wins a win.
MaxBuck;1987625; said:Joe has always struggled mightily when the opposing team applies any measurable pressure. Today was consistent with his past performances. I'm very disappointed we didn't see Miller in the game.
There wasn't that much that Joe did that Braxton can't do.Crump's brother;1987674; said:I'm disappointed about it too. I know that the game didn't exactly present a golden opportunity to play a freshman QB, but I really thought we'd get to see #5 at some point.
jwinslow;1987678; said:There wasn't that much that Joe did that Braxton can't do.
He threw an uncovered touchdown pass.
He threw well over a dozen check downs, including a half dozen to the RBs in the flats.
He threw very inconsistently downfield.
He threw a nearly identical pass to Devin Smith in the endzone to Braxton's last week (the corner just played this one better).
The problem was the defense was flying 100 mph to the ballcarrier without hesitation. With Braxton in the game, 1-2 guys have to stay home long enough to make sure he hasn't snuck the ball out of there for a bootleg pass or keeper.
They also ran that fly sweep to death in the first half. If you're going to overuse that play, at least do so with a QB who provides a third option.
The problem is he doesn't deliver the ball that quickly or accurately when he does have time. He is solid sometimes, mediocre other times (see those deep balls today), but he often takes a really long time figuring out what to do with the football. Even in practices without a pass rush.To date, I have never really been very impressed with his play. He has a very strong arm. He is athletic. He is smart.... The problem that seems to be the over riding factor is that he does not handle pressure well. His eyes drop and he loses his ability to find targets well.
I agree.That being said, I do not think Bauserman is in there for any reason other than he has a great handle on the play book and the coaches feel he gives us the best chance to win right now and in a time of suspensions and changes, ... Forget about Miller, Guiton came in with more hype than Joe. It isn't some kind of political thing with playing Bauserman. In fact, I don't really know of anyone outside of the coaches and most likely his family that are clamoring for Joe to play.
jwinslow;1987678; said:The problem was the defense was flying 100 mph to the ballcarrier without hesitation. With Braxton in the game, 1-2 guys have to stay home long enough to make sure he hasn't snuck the ball out of there for a bootleg pass or keeper.
They also ran that fly sweep to death in the first half. If you're going to overuse that play, at least do so with a QB who provides a third option.