freelion

September 19th, 2017 at 12:13 PM ^

The oline makes Speight throw fades out of bounds? The oline makes Speight overthrow receivers?

Ridiculous assertion

taistreetsmyhero

September 19th, 2017 at 12:22 PM ^

Is that Speight, in his limited opportunities to make a play so far this season, has failed to do so. The argument against trotting out the back ups is that the coaches have seen them in action under practice situations, and have looked worse. My assertion is that there is limited utility in those practice situations because the OL is so bad. So why not see some more of the back ups?

ken725

September 19th, 2017 at 12:57 PM ^

It seems like people can't discern the difference between bad throws and bad decision making.

A guy in the live thread kept bringing up Speight's bad decision making all season. He got especially upset when Speight passed to a WR on a called WR screen. To this chap that was poor decision making because the play ended up only getting couple yards.

ToledoBlue

September 19th, 2017 at 12:25 PM ^

Didnt scroll enough to see if this was said but if you didnt know the first team Offense rarely if ever goes against the first team Defense in practice. Too much risk for injury. Thats what the scout team does. They line up in formations and run plays the opposing team has been known to run to help prepare for the upcoming game.

lilpenny1316

September 19th, 2017 at 12:38 PM ^

...I can't downvote this even if it may seem like beating a dead horse.  I thought those were pretty good.  I will say that I had the same thought running through my head in regards to OP's last paragraph.  You would think that practicing against that D would have you prepared for anything.  My only thought was that maybe the first team goes against the scout team, so you may not be facing that some front 7 that could be the best in CFB.

taistreetsmyhero

September 19th, 2017 at 1:12 PM ^

i'm going through an early life crisis. quit my residency last week and am currently lost in a funk of depression and malaise. just bored and mgoblog is my favorite outlet. wanted to discuss football and my hot takes.

guess nobody wants to join me in the well...