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Calzada over Murphy

Well, UT paid $9 million to get their quarterback and are in the playoffs. We just went 4-8 and won’t pay $3 million. We deserve to suck again.
 
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The A&M cult does have some history giving up on QB’s a tad early. See Kyler Murray and Haynes King as two examples. Not saying Calzada will sniff the success either had after they joined teams with female cheerleaders, but he would improve our QB room at what is likely a reasonable price.
Idk about Haynes King but when Murray got there they had just got Kyle Allen the year before. Allen was the #1 qb for the ‘14 class and has played several years in the NFL. Murray enrolled in June and Allen was already name the starter. Murray transferred out in Dec. he was literally there 6 months.
 
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Well, UT paid $9 million to get their quarterback and are in the playoffs. We just went 4-8 and won’t pay $3 million. We deserve to suck again.
UT is supposedly paying 2 mil a year but those numbers have been disputed. So it isn’t 9/3. It would be 3/ less than 2. Lol I’m assuming you’re talking about the WSU qb. It wouldn’t matter if UKnoffered more than 3 mil he isn’t coming here. Dude entered the portal with a no contact tag for a reason
 
Calzada is 24, a grown man mentally and physically. A highly competitive QB that can scramble and keep plays alive. Has developed into a dangerous passer all over the field. Would be a fun player to watch play. Will have a much better pass protecting line to play behind.
 
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Go read Murphy’s X account. I don’t have X but a guy at work showed me and he is posting all UK stuff. Rowland post this morning that he was Murphy was ready to commit but the staff preferred Calzada. There was mention of an analyst that said for Murphy to succeed that everything had to be set up for him. He said Uk is not setup for Murphy. They said Murphy was a pocket passer and that UK wasn’t setup for a qb that could set back and pick a part a D. Rowland then said that was not the type of offense Stoops nor Hamden wanted to run. 😂
It was reported Murphy wanted $3mm. I suspect budgetary concerns were the primary driver of this decision.
 
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Well, UT paid $9 million to get their quarterback and are in the playoffs. We just went 4-8 and won’t pay $3 million. We deserve to suck again.
It was $8mm over 4 years, so $2mm avg. So $2mm for a 5star/#1QB vs $1.5mm for Murphy? It becomes an even worse deal when you consider how much less NIL $ we have compared to UT.
 
Boley was looking to transfer out this past season. Would be shocked if Kentucky is looking for a starter level QB. An FCS QB makes sense as a backup. Boley is likely the guy next season.
 
Idk about Haynes King but when Murray got there they had just got Kyle Allen the year before. Allen was the #1 qb for the ‘14 class and has played several years in the NFL. Murray enrolled in June and Allen was already name the starter. Murray transferred out in Dec. he was literally there 6 months.
Yes, and then Allen ended up losing the starting job and transferring to Houston in 2015 to play for Tom Herman (before Major Applewhite took over and benched him).

Trevon Boykin was another who left A&M. He ended up starting two seasons at TCU.

I am sure there are others. Most seem to have been "lost" to competition or coaching changes. Me, I blame the cult!
 
Stoops wants a seasoned addition to the QB room who will be a strong positive influence on Boley's development. Stoops was Jimbo Fisher's DC at FSU when they were national champs. No doubt in my mind that Stoops consulted with Jimbo and received an enthusiastic recommendation for Calzada to fit the bill.
 
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These re-tread QB's year after year are getting us nowhere. Levis was the exception rather than the rule until he was so beat up he couldn't play. We can't protect a QB and haven't been able to do so in about 3 years.

The offensive line has been a joke for the past 2 years, trying to fix that should be job one ,two and three for this staff
 
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We have been unable to recruit OL that all the top football programs get the last few years. We bring back Wolford, who is said to be a good recruiter, and he brings in three OL that will need 2-3 years to get physically ready to play. Strey the only one that has a chance to play some after a year of developing. Why is the OL position so hard for us to get any 4 or 5 stars? We have been a running team the last several years. So how could we not get a true 4 or 5 star recruit here and there over the last several years?
 
Thanks, Mitch!

Instead of firing Stoops, we get an FCS QB and a 3-9 season to wait for.

Calzada was terrible in the SEC at A&M.
Be positive 3-9 is better than 2-10 Stoops Stoops he’s our man if he can’t do it nobody can
 
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