I wouldn't assume he will be the starter if McCall is healthy.
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The defense needs time to gel. Too many new faces and new responsibilities. Similar to last year, we’ll get better as the season goes on.
If McColl has another concussion, he is unlikely to play again but certainly won’t be available next weekend
The two things that Bailey has that stand out are his arm strength and mobility. You can’t coach that. It sucks is his first real start is at Clemson but he definitely gave us a jolt today.
My family has already assumed that CJB would be the starter
Most probably felt we would be 2-1 at this point. We are 2-1.
I feel like we saw enough from Bailey to know if McCall starts at Qb again when healthy he will be on a short leash to keep the job.
Not really. We have our own problems and they are at least the defending ACC champs.
We will get better. I just hope the teams we are playing don’t get better at the same rate. Hopefully Anae learns to use his wapons in a more clever way. Not sure Concepcion can keep taking a pounding.
Simply put, even if you write off the Western Carolina game as a “looking ahead” game and the Tennessee game as one that hit away, to come out and execute as poorly as we did is a big big red flag. DD said we would come out pissed: the only people that were pissed were the fans at the half. Hopefully this is a turning point. Don’t expect to win at Clemson but we can’t get blown out. Just can’t.
Simply put, even if you write off the Western Carolina game as a “looking ahead” game and the Tennessee game as one that hit away, to come out and execute as poorly as we did is a big big red flag. DD said we would come out pissed: the only people that were pissed were the fans at the half. Hopefully this is a turning point. Don’t expect to win at Clemson but we can’t get blown out. Just can’t.
If McCall starts over Bailey again, the coaches should have their heads examined, NIL or no NIL. We already botched Morris, don't ruin it with Bailey when it's clear he is the only chance this team has.
We didn't botch anything with Morris.
Bailey saw a pot of first option reads today. He seldom went through progressions. He is going to be good. He has all the tools. Let's just give him time.
Agree although Grayson isn’t exactly going through progressions right now. Death Valley is a tough place to send out a true freshman, but his arm strength and decisiveness earned him some credibility today. O-line played a little better in pass protection, but that group is really struggling.
You guys claiming to know who and who is not going through progressions is hilarious. Message board Bill Parcells’ everywhere in this joint.
He went through projections on several of the pass plays. Seemed we were working one side of the field more in the second half to help him there.
Boo should be charged with misappropriation of funds for paying Doeren $5M to coach a football team!
He has arm strength and legs, 2 advantages vs GM. Seemed like he was looking for options but would have to rewatch.
For those of you who want CJ to start at Clemson next Saturday, have you ever played in thar place? It can be brutal. Beating LaTech in the Carter is one thing, beating Clemson in Death Valley is another. I'm all for playing the best guy, but throwing a true freshman into that place is a really tough situation. It could potentially really mess with his confidence going forward. It's all speculation until we know what GM's injury is and how it effects playing time going forward.
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Smart words from a guy that actually knows about football. Let’s give things a chance
Meanwhile Demi Sumo is pounding through Georgia's defense. Tenn is up 51-0 vs Kent in the 2Q. I'd say they are pretty good.
As 10fishlimit said, they were giving him plays in the second half where he had a flat pass option off of a clear out by a deeper receiver that allowed him to focus on a single side of the field without having to scan the entire field. To his credit, on both the big catch by Rogers (Joly was the flat option), and the big play by Joly (the RB, I think Raphael, was the flat option), he went to the deeper receiver. Joly was obviously wide open because they blitzed, but the kid had balls to stand in there on that and deliver the ball and had the same to zip that ball to Rogers rather than settle for the easy throw to Joly.
What everyone should think about is why is it that McCall was having trouble finding open receivers down field when Bailey was able to find them down the field? Was it because suddenly they were open in the second half but not in the first? Or does it reflect hesitation by McCall to let it go?
I would also point to the play where McCall threw the ball to the corner of the end zone toward Rogers, I believe before the 2nd FG. By the time he released that ball, it was far too late to do so. There was no chance the players would still be in the field of play. At the time, it just made me think, huh? Not something you would expect from a 5th-year prolific QB.
What everyone should think about is why is it that McCall was having trouble finding open receivers down field when Bailey was able to find them down the field? Was it because suddenly they were open in the second half but not in the first? Or does it reflect hesitation by McCall to let it go?
I would also point to the play where McCall threw the ball to the corner of the end zone toward Rogers, I believe before the 2nd FG. By the time he released that ball, it was far too late to do so. There was no chance the players would still be in the field of play. At the time, it just made me think, huh? Not something you would expect from a 5th-year prolific QB.
Fact is we didn't score an offensive TD in 6 quarters until CJ saved the day. I don't think we would have won had Baily not taken over.
And with both of our starting corners out, they went at our reserves with deep, one-on-one corner fades. Fortunately, we survived that onslought.
Hep my pushback would be I think we see the limitations with gm, do we go Tennessee part 2 and then decide to play Ced down by 24? The upside with Ced warrants him playing, he has some dudes around him, Anae needs to script appropriately to his strengths.
The flip side to your argument is that Ced has success in that zoo and his confidence skyrockets. Higher ceiling with Ced and a lower floor, let the kid get his reps and take his lumps.
#7 Tennessee demolished Kent State 71-0. As for the other SEC teams ranked ahead of Tennessee, #2 Texas beat UTSA 56-7, #4 Alabama won 42-10 at Wisconsin, #5 Ole Miss won 40-6 at Wake Forest and #6 Missouri beat #24 Boston College 27-21.
Don’t pretend to be a QB whisperer but do see Grayson seeming to either throw the check down or pull it down far too often. CJ was far more willing and able to push the ball down the field to guys not KC.
I totally get thar. We have not seen great play from GM. My biggest concern in Ced getting his first start in Death Valley has the potential of really hurting his development . IF GM can't play, than you have no choice. I'm sure this staff will do everything within their power to have CB ready if he is the guy.
i get the Death Valley difficulty. However, the O is much more dynamic with Bailey. Suddenly holes were opening for RB’s, receivers were open etc. it doesn’t have to be on CJB. It appeared the team played better with more energy. Clemson isn’t Clemson of 5 years ago. Still a difficult place every time but it just looked like CJB has a degree of the ‘It’ factor. Nothing against McCall but it wasn’t working except one quarter in the first game at home against a lesser opponent.
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