CaliRdBrd
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Agree on Tiller. Purdue was pretty much an offensive juggernaut under him (Brees, Orton, Painter, etc.)Chose Virginia's post to reply to, but several have mentioned Jefferson continuing to start, the offense in general, Waring as the future QB, etc.
Did anyone else hear Spack's post-game comments on the radio yesterday? He was "gentle" in terms of criticizing Jefferson, was clearly not happy with the entire offense, but also singled out the lack of success passing. He answered a direct question about whether Jefferson starts next week, and said yes, but that he wouldn't hesitate to put Waring in "if he thought he could provide a spark" (I paraphrase but he used the word spark). He also said he put Waring in yesterday for a couple series so Jefferson could watch from the sidelines (that's in the Pantagraph story today), but that Waring was put in a tough spot since the O was inside the 10 (at the half yard line on one "drive") both times. Ted Schmitz later pointed out later that not only better QB play was needed, but receivers need to get open, and better protection needed.
There are so many questions about or issues with the O:
I agree that Waring should get more PT at this point, whether its starting or "spark time". But, what about the O-line? Is it time for changes there? Yesterday, as much as I could tell it was pretty much the same 6 rotating up front - 2 seniors, 1 junior, 2 sophs, and 1 freshman. Already playing enough young guys?
Jefferson doesn't seem to be that skilled in avoiding the rush.
5 targets to TE's, one reception.
I'm gonna guess there were at least 5 drops yesterday. If those were catches, stats alone would have Jefferson at 50%, not to mention the yardage (and who knows, scores). But there really aren't any receivers we aren't playing, are there?
I could go on. Still a puzzle for me is that Spack has always seemed to point to Joe Tiller as a mentor. And Tiller is the "father" of the spread offense, or at least one of the successful proponents. Spack hasn't internalized all of that? Drew Brees was a PU QB when Spack was there?
Unrelated to the offense, sort of, lots of PT yesterday came to #37 on the D-Line. The only #37 on the ISU roster is FB Tyler Pennington. #37 is not listed in the participation report in the box score. Anyone know anything about this? Has Pennington switched to DL?
Oh well…