Jake Rudock appreciation thread

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His point wasn't that they are better, and I assume it's not even close between the QB's (just as Harbaugh has said). Having said that, it's not much of a stretch to think any other QB on the roster could have gotten us to 4-1. Any QB could have gotten us a loss at Utah, obviously, and the rest of the games were blowouts that didn't rely much on QB play. I will say I'm really glad Rudock is our QB. He's much better than everybody else we have, and he seems to be leading the offense well. I have been very pleasantly surprised with his ability to use his legs the last couple weeks, though. That wasn't something I really expected to see him do. I really enjoyed the run against Maryland where he cut back inside when everybody assumed he would be crusing to the sideline or sliding. Other than that, I think he is what we thought he was going to be. He's a pretty average QB that probably isn't going to win us any games by throwing the ball deep.

liked a couple of the calls that have lead to Rudock turnovers.  I hated the empty backfield that lead to the Utah pick-6 and I did not like the 4th and short shortgun whatever that lead to the Maryland fumble.  In a couple of instances I thought that Rudock wasn't given the best material and that the calls lead to the outcome every bit as much as Rudock.

I don't think "former NFL coach Butch Davis" cared to note that our average margin of victory in the past 4 games has been 27 points.

Can we make this a DJ Durkin, Greg Mattison, Brady Hoke, Greg Jackson, Mike Zordich, Ryan Glasgow, Willie Henry, Maurice Hurst, Chris Wormley, Matt Godin, Mario Ojemudia, Taco Charlton, Desmond Morgan, Joe Bolden, James Ross, Jordan Lewis, Jeremy Clark, Channing Stribling, Jabrill Peppers, Jarrod Wilson, Delano Hill, John Baxter, Blake O'Neil appreciation thread instead?

I think some are underestimating momentum (announcer's word). My word is emotion. I remember playing ball and when part of the team does awesome (scores touchdown), then the defense gets fired up to do well, too. If offense is blowing it and boos are coming out of the crowd, the defense won't have as much adrenaline and excitement to kick butt.

It's easy to say the players should be motivated enough to play their maximum on every play, but it's never true. Need the excitement, adrenaline, confidence, crowd support.

And, plays change as you start to get ahead. If there is more of a lead, then you can "try" a few plays you haven't tried before...play a few more players, etc. Some more liberal play calls may not have been attempted had we not already had the lead.

Point is, there is a part of each game where all of us feels like the game isn't in hand, then we break it open and start to demoralize the other team and shake up play calling...but a pick 6 or less turnovers by the other teams may have delayed and even prevented this moment.

I feel like playing Oregon State and Maryland with another quarterback could have been a loss. Oregon State especially had some bad luck plays and turnovers that allowed M to get ahead. Who knows what would have happened without the botched Oregon State punt.

I feel great with Rudock and think he is thinking in a cerebral way, understands the game well, and doing everything to gain trust and support of players, which in turn ensures everyone's best performances. I feel like he is challenging himself more than prior years and that is the part that isn't 100% yet, but we will appreciate his efforts later in the year. Plus, 2 of his interceptions against Utah were from receiver issues...it's not all on Rudock, and has a lot to do with the full cohesiveness of the team. I would be closer to agreeing with Butch Davis than disagreeing. We are very lucky to have Rudock to make this season work.

In future years we will have many Harbaugh quarterback options, but this year is the thin year on capable quarterbacks.

He is sufficiently adequate to not lose us games.*

*Post-Utah

if you think about, it may be better that we did not put a deep pass on film for the next couple of games.

Here are the stats from MGOBLUE.COM  

PASSING   GP-GS   Effic Cmp-Att-Int   Pct  Yds  TD Lng Avg/G
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Gardner  6-5     128.35  75-120-7    62.5  911   5  34 151.8
Morri    4-1      48.08   14-39-3    35.9  128   0  26  32.0
Total... 6       108.66  89-159-10   56.0 1039   5  34 173.2


Same stats for Jake

PASSING    GP   Effic Cmp-Att-Int   Pct  Yds  TD Lng Avg/G
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Rudock    5  117.44  89-148-6    60.1  956   5  44 191.2
Speight   4    0.00    0-4-0      0.0    0   0   0   0.0
Total...  5  114.34  89-152-6    58.6  956   5  44 191.2

I think Jake is better

Yeah, I'm sure that Butch has taken the time to break down film on every one of Shane Morris' whopping 87 attempts over the past two years.