Tate Forcier- rating
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:27 PM ^
He's just physically not as strong as a higher ranked player.
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:30 PM ^
Threet got a good chunk of his 5.8 based on being 6'5" and 220 lbs.
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:34 PM ^
Who cares about numbers as long as the kid can play and he's going to be a Wolverine?
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:36 PM ^
Size is certainly something that would stop the services from rating him too highly.
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:36 PM ^
He's smaller and a system back, of course he is rated lower.
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:54 PM ^
Underated... he works out 5-7 days a week, he'll get even quicker/faster once barwis has him. I dono if im wrong, but i think tebow didnt get up to 5 star until he led his team to state championship. If forcier leads his team to state championship game, or win it, he'll be 5 star prob. He plays number 2 ranked team in state this friday so we'll see..
December 2nd, 2008 at 8:57 PM ^
Tebow led his team to a state championship in the top division in Florida, and a top 5 national finish. Forcier plays in one of the weakest divisions in California, and his team is not vaguely close to being nationally recognized.
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:25 PM ^
that sounds very promising....
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:31 PM ^
I'm not saying that Forcier is/will be bad. At all. But this "Forcier is Tebow!!!" meme is silly. It's based on the fact that:
a) they're white
b) neither is a pocket passer
Forcier is, plain and simple, not as big a recruit as Tebow was. That doesn't mean he won't be good. But you're comparing him to possibly the single-most successful college quarterback EVER. Lets calm a bit. Lower our expectations from "Best College QB Ever".
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:37 PM ^
You forgot that they're both homeschooled (or in Forcier's case, charter uh, schooled).
December 2nd, 2008 at 9:47 PM ^
Until I see a report that Forcier is going around circumcising little boys he is no Tebow.
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:01 PM ^
You're absolutely right. The Tebow comparison is off the deep end. A good first step would be to have Michigan have the best dual-threat quarterback in the state; then we'll worry about the nation. If he ends be a Dan LeFevour caliber dual threat quarterback that's a win in my book.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:58 AM ^
Do you know what's sillier than this "Forcier is Tebow!!!" meme? The word "meme."
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:21 AM ^
Go ahead, start an anti-meme meme.
HEAD ASPLODE
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:02 AM ^
You know how when you're standing between two mirrors, both sides look they're going on into infinity?
December 3rd, 2008 at 2:06 PM ^
That's not infinity, that's the tubes the internets are made out of.
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:52 PM ^
The internets is not a series of tubes. It's a truck! A big truck. A massive Mack truck hurtling uncontrollably down the highway. A hulking beast of a truck from beyond Thunderdome that has been stripped down and reassembled into an unrecognizable machine of fury heading straight for the 1972 Ford Pinto known as my computer as it sits stalled and helpless.
And I'm scared of it.
December 3rd, 2008 at 4:02 PM ^
Actually, the image I had was Cartman's giant mutated Trapper Keeper from that one episode of South Park.
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:38 PM ^
... the same division that Jimmah was from ? Honest question.
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:40 PM ^
If Forcier fulfills his highest potential, he will be a Drew Brees/Troy Smith type QB. And if he doesn't... Drew Tate maybe?
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:56 PM ^
the size of his older brothers with his skill set he'd be rated higher. his rating isn't nearly as important as his offer sheet. UF, PSU, UM, the kid can play
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:00 PM ^
Offers really are the best indication on how good a prospect is. And as you say you can't have a better offer sheet than what Tate got.
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:01 PM ^
Tate Forcier is going to win five Heismans, and that includes the medical redshirt year when he steps in front of a Black Rhino bullet to save Barack Obama from Michael Richards.
Mark it down.
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:07 PM ^
Tate Forcier eats pieces of shit like Tim Tebow for breakfast.
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:38 AM ^
Tate Forcier is a ten-foot tall beast man, who showers in vodka, and feeds babies shrimp scampi!
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:26 PM ^
TATE FORCIER EATS PIECES OF SHIT FOR BREAKFAST?!
December 2nd, 2008 at 11:25 PM ^
Anybody remember Tebow's team losing to Hoover in an early season game on the first season of the MTV show "Two-A-Days"??? Um, yeah, me neither....
December 3rd, 2008 at 12:03 AM ^
yea i do actually what a great show that was. then i found out about their coach, what an interesting character that guy is.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:17 AM ^
Maybe this has been discussed already, but it seems like we spend a lot more time talking about Forcier and not much time talking about Beaver. Are people down on Beaver or is he just more raw?
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:20 AM ^
I think what the argument ends up being is about Tate's arm, and his accuracy. Beaver needs more work in that area, but he is rated, I think, the 6th best scrambler for dual-threat quarterbacks. So, it's just a different argument.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 AM ^
I think it's logical to think Forcier is the more likely candidate to play NEXT YEAR for 2 reasons:
1. He's had much more coaching.
2. Beaver's shoulder could likely prevent him from practicing during the spring, and will certainly hold him out of any upper-body conditioning that he would start in January (he's enrolling early). Forcier will have the benefit of this.
December 3rd, 2008 at 10:29 AM ^
Yea, I think this is the most logical argument made, and is probably the closest to the truth.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:04 PM ^
Who would have been the better QB at WVU last year, Tebow or White?
I know its a silly analogy because Forcier =/= Tebow and Beaver =/= White (not to mention WVU 2007 =/= UM 2009), but I'm bored so fuck it.
December 3rd, 2008 at 1:49 PM ^
why did you have to bring logic to this meme (there I said it, I'll go vomit now)
December 3rd, 2008 at 3:41 PM ^
... his size goes, aren't 17 year olds know to maybe, you know .... grow some?