I believe our coach has just increased his chances for an 8 win season and a major bowl. Now if only he can improve his sideline coaching we could have our most exciting season in over 30 years. I hope so, as I don't have many more to go.
Mark Stoops names Terry Wilson starting QB
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I like seeing defensive positions listed at three deep, especially when I know the backup has talent.
When else would you suggest playing the backup quarterback?
SJ described as a manager defies his many amazing contributions. Disagree.
That will be an interesting spot to watch. They might move Big George to the left and have Price and Watkins man the right side given that they will have a bit less experience. If they don't do that, then it really is some very good testament to how much depth we really have at LOT.
Johnson was a hell of a competitor, but we have to admit that he had a lot of shortcomings when it came to throwing the ball. He averaged just 177 yards per game, and only finished with 200+ passing yards in 4 games (UK was 2-2 in those games). He had just 10 touchdowns through the air, which was tied for third fewest by an SEC quarterback with over 100 completions.
Part of his issue was really more about inconsistency throwing. In the Missouri game he was pretty darn good, but then in the Tennessee game he had something like 50 or 60 yards through the air. We don't need Wilson to be a Drew Lock and throw 44 touchdowns, but something like a Bentley, averaging 215 yards per game and throwing for 18 touchdowns would be a solid improvement.
Stoops was asked that at the press conference and his answer was that it did not have anything to do with Young's injury.
The RPO with Benny and the improved AJ Rose should be lethal not too mention short passing game with Bowden, Riggs, Conrad etc.
Conrad said Terry Touchdown maybe fastest player on team.
Fake to Benny .. DE bites.. Terry keeps and runs into the night.. bye bye .. Td
Conrad said Terry Touchdown maybe fastest player on team.
Fake to Benny .. DE bites.. Terry keeps and runs into the night.. bye bye .. Td
If he’s not, it’s easy to change to Hoak. This just means Terry gets first crack.
I mean Price was a monster recruit out of high school and Watkins apparently
has looked great so we should be in good shape, it is obviously a blow to the depth, but almost every school will take a hit like this.
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I hope Terry can complete 60% of his passes. If he can, we should have a really good offense. I think Hoak should get a little game experence this year.we need to have a back up QB with some game action. Roll cats.
yep, nutshell. Seems like I read Johnson had 12 major surgeries after the season, had blown 6 ligaments in each knee, 3 totally dysfunctional shoulders, couldn't lift the ball higher than his ankles, plus a tonsillectomy, and still, Hoak couldn't beat him out. not a great sign.
Yikes, if he had played in the UofL game we might have really been in trouble.
His mobility made him the right choice IMO, hope he does well every game but one. Beat UF!
Not against playing him then just let him continue to run the offense and score more points otherwise what is he/team gaining with him just handing the ball off to a running back.
Disagree. Getting any snaps in "game" situation is still a confidence builder, regardless of when it is.
He was not a pure pocket passer and he had shortcomings in the passing game. He was an exceptional runner and in key moments was “the man.” He made plays by himself. And, when he had experienced deep threats, he got the ball down the field for big plays.
I just don’t view that as a game manager. To me a game manager is a limited pocket passer who minimalizes mistakes and lets other players move the ball.
This. Terry has tremendous upside. Giving him this caliber supporting cast is going to pay dividends. Theyll pick him up when hes down and a few years from now Terry will be the vet we need back there to do some serious damage.
Stoops is Building this roster the right way. Landon goes down, we got an elite guy who was at USC filling in. This is progress folks.
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This is great news. I think Stoops was looking for the best passer more than a runner since we will have a top 10 run game already. If he beat out Gunner then that means he is doing great passing in practice.
This makes me more excited than I was and I was pumps for the season. I think we are going to blow some teams!!!!
This makes me more excited than I was and I was pumps for the season. I think we are going to blow some teams!!!!
I'm curious as to whether this is your personal take, or whether it came from a staff quote.
Gran said it. Also said Bouv will play a lot.
I really didn’t care who started. I just want a potent offense and whoever the QB is, will have plenty of weapons around him to succeed. Good luck Terry!
We’ve had for years a miserable time stopping dual threat QB’s. Now we have one. Hopefully we will be able to make it very difficult for teams to deal with us. Time will tell
And SJ was not a real dual threat QB he was too frail but was tough as nails. If TW can make some throws this could be a fun offense to watch
And SJ was not a real dual threat QB he was too frail but was tough as nails. If TW can make some throws this could be a fun offense to watch
Every team has trouble with dual threats even Bama. It's almost like trying to defend 12.
He certainly made plays in plenty of games. I think his problem was more that he wasn't extremely consistent, especially passing, and due to that he sometimes became a bit more of a manager at times. However, I don't think that title defines his overall play.
It is not Benny it was defensive back but video is so funny.
The player filming starts saying Terry.. Terry .. Terry about 30 times while Terry is flying around the track.
Benny was out there watching shaking his head and Terry said they wanted me to run track at Oregon but I didn’t want too. Benny just shakes his head like Wow...
It’s would be a good video to add if someone can find it.
