Did they say why? If it's for character reasons, we should care.
But if they think they have a better backup, Murphy still produced. And Oklahoma pushed out a Heisman candidate last year. So that factoid wouldn't scare me off.
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But if they think they have a better backup, Murphy still produced. And Oklahoma pushed out a Heisman candidate last year. So that factoid wouldn't scare me off.
He's the #1 QB in the portal...I'd be pushing him too.
If you watched any Duke this year, you should be hoping that he goes somewhere else. Numbers aside, he has a weak arm, isn’t very accurate, doesn’t seem to make progressions well, and isn’t a running threat.
I think Boley can develop into a good QB but he certainly hasn’t shown enough to go into next season with him as a starter either. Had a nice half vs Texas, looked like a true Freshman vs UofL. Has a lot of upside but hasn’t earned the starting job either.
Duke also dropped 22 passes which obviously hurts the completion percentage.
Regarding the QB from WSU, he has a "no contact" tag on him, so likely headed to OU.
We will suck on O no matter who the QB is as long as Stoops is coach. Mateer is easily better than Murphy IMO
Actually I believe he’s the finest looking QB I’ve ever seen.
They didn’t dive in they just said Duke didn’t fight to keep him. Could be a budget deal plus they had the Tulane guy in their back pocket. Duke didn’t face many good defenses this year so the 11 interception would be red flag.
Yeah. If perennial football powerhouse Duke only went 9-3 with him, improving by a measly 1 win over last year, how good can he be.
He does NOT have a weak arm. Can easily throw the ball 50 yards in the air. He has a VERY strong arm. Might want to learn a little about the player before making comments on him. His weakness is he likes to stand in the pocket and throw the ball as he sets up, does not extend plays very well. But he does avoid sacks by getting rid of the ball, hence some accuracy issues. Check out his tape, a weak arm is not one of his issues.
Stoops : Can you hand the ball off to a running back?
QB Recruit: Yes i guess so.
Stoops: Great! How do you feel about starting next year?
QB Recruit: Yes i guess so.
Stoops: Great! How do you feel about starting next year?
Yeah arm strength is his greatest attribute. He throws a really good deep ball, and is good pocket passer. The lack of being a running threat is why I question the fit here.
The poster who stated "if you watched Duke this year, he has a weak arm", obviously didn't watch a single Duke game this year , LOL. He said it so matter of fact, and couldn't be more WRONG. Those type of posters are the ones I have issues with. I do not mind someone having a difference of opinion than mine, but not when it is not even close to being accurate or simply made up.
His literal highlight tape on YouTube is 2 mins of him throwing deep balls in game this year lol. I don’t know what the poster was watching then.
We have had such luck with portal QBs. If he chooses us, it will be less than an hour our board will have him winning the Heisman in 2025. If we get him and push aside our HS recruited QBs, we willbe unable to get a future HS QB to even visit UK. Why go to Kentucky and watch a portal QB play while recruits never get the opportunity to see the field. Not getting on the field seems to have a very negative impact on development.
That’s not true lol we have roster of nothing but freshman QBs. They have to get a veteran. Every schools takes transfer QBs. It doesn’t hurt anyone in recruiting lol. Also to be frank our HS qbs have all sucked and even when they left did nothing.
I've seen what Stoops offenses do to most quarterbacks. My point about the sec defenses vs acc defenses is pure logic. The acc is a borderline mid major conference now.
Glad he is committed and welcome aboard but this doesn't make me think we are going to shock the world with next year's difficult schedule.
My opinion: we have more pressing needs elsewhere with finite NIL money. I’d rather build around Boley than splurge on a QB and have deficit elsewhere if those were the only the two choices.
People are going to say that he’s a mobile QB because of certain…physical attributes…, but he’s not. He’s more of mid-to-late career Ben Roethlisberger. Pocket passer with a rocket arm.
Running and athleticism were impressive. He had many deficiencies but those two were where he excelled.
Pretty clear some posters never watched a game or are just trolls.
You can say that all you want but there’s enough instances the pocket was closing in and he just stood there to make an argument scrambling from a collapsing pocket wasn’t his best skillset. And I been around as a poster here 18+ years chief. Seems like a pretty weak arguement coming from you that someone must be a troll if they disagree with you or they clearly didn’t watch, just because they disagree.
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Troll was the least of my two statements. If you think he lacked athleticism, then you weren't watching or didn't know what you were watching. He has plenty of faults but is a great athlete.
Welcome to todays college football. Too many teams to count are loaded with 5 star QB's out of high school, but still sign a veteran win now out of the portal. "WIN NOW" or be fired, coaches are going to do what it takes to win now. Throwing Boley into the fire nd "hoping" is not something Stoops, or any college coach for that matter will do. Sign a guy who has produced, let Boley develop, play his JR. year. Hell myself included, play a green Boley, or sign a guy who is still young, but has produced at the Power 4 level and will only get better ? If MY job was on the line, bet your ass I know which route I am going.
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No, don’t get it twisted. I never said he wasn’t athletic nor did I character bash etc. I only said he had concrete shoes, maybe I need to explain more. It was very frustrating watching the pocket collapsing and he didn’t roll out he just kind stood there until he was sacked. And to me it happened way too much. I never have tried to act like I’m the most knowledgeable at football because I’m not but it just seems me by this level a QB should have the ability to get out of the pocket a little better than he displayed.
I saw him in person against FSU - home game in Durham which is about as hyped a game as Duke football gets. Obviously I'm "often wrong but never in doubt"; however, I came away thinking he was pretty average. I also remember thinking this guy would get beat up/injured playing a steady SEC schedule. Just my .02.
If Stoops was safe in his job he would give the ball to Boley and let him develop at his own pace. To me getting a portal QB is stupid at any SEC school. Open the QB starters job to Boley and the incoming freshman and let the dice roll . 6-6 year would be acceptable. Take your NIL money and buy OL and DL and win the trenches
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