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Who does Franklin/Mauk have to throw to? DGB, Lucas, and Washington. Every one of them is an NFL talent, and DGB might be a top five pick. Jimmy Hunt and Bud Sasser are better receivers than Wes Kemp or Jerrell Jackson. They also have Josey to lean on in the backfield, who is the best back the school has produced in ages. Who did Daniel have to throw to? Coffman, Rucker, Maclin, Danario, and Will Franklin. All of them spent time in the league. Tommy Saunders had the best hands of maybe any Mizzou WR ever. Tony Temple was no slouch either. Who did Gabbert have? Michael Egnew, who went from 90 catches to 30 the year after he left. TJ Moe, who did the same. His junior year he had Danario and leaned on him heavily, to the tune of the best season by any WR in school history. Gabbert's junior year he had jack shit on offense and the team still won ten games. If you put Blaine Gabbert on this team it's undefeated. ****ing morons. The lot.
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11-25-2013, 08:53 AM | #3692 | |
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11-25-2013, 09:40 AM | #3693 |
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To excuse Gabbert's failures because he only had Egnew, Alexander, and Moe to throw to is ridiculous. First of all, that is one of the best pass catching trios in Mizzou history. Second of all, it completely leaves out Kemp and Jackson who were solid in their own rights. Third...we had a great rushing attack.
That 2010 team ran for 2100 yards and 28 TDs. Gabbert threw 16 TDs and 9 INTs. Gabbert was a good QB who could be great or lousy depending on which Blaine showed up on any given day. He was also prone to some of the most brutal brain farts ever. There is no way I'm willing to say that this team is undefeated with him. We might have swapped outcomes in the GA and SC games, but he had a tendency to crap his pants in big games more often than not. FFS, we were ranked sixth in the country after beating Oklahoma. Gabbert proceeded to go 30-72 in the next two games throwing for fewer than 200 yards against Nebraska and fewer than 100 against Texas Tech. Good college QB...I'll take my chances with Mauk.
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11-25-2013, 10:59 AM | #3694 | |
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11-25-2013, 12:35 PM | #3696 |
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Damn, wasn't trying to touch off a Gabbert/Mauk debate or anything.
I think Mauk rivals/is closer to Gabbert in arm strength than Franklin. He's made some throws this year we haven't seen in Franklin's 3 years as a starter. Think this WR group is probably the best overall since the Rucker/Maclin/Coffman/Franklin group in 2007. Moe/Egnew were good, but didn't really much that much in 2009, Alexander's last year in college.
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And we'd be undefeated if Franklin started the whole season too. I'm much more confident in that than I would be if Gabbert was the Qb. Posted via Mobile Device |
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11-25-2013, 12:59 PM | #3698 |
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This team is excellent because of how diverse Franklin and to a lesser extent Mauk, allow our offense to be, especially in third down situations.
Franklin's abilities as a runner cannot be underestimated. Moreover, he's simply a more accurate passer than Gabbert and he didn't have the inclination to watch the line that Gabbert had. No, I don't believe for a minute we'd be undefeated with Gabbert under center. It's hard to say he'd have cost us more than a game or so with us so routinely winning these games fairly easily, but I think we'd have a couple of losses on our schedule to this point.
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11-25-2013, 01:17 PM | #3699 |
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Gabbert's struggles at Mizzou were kind of strange. A lot of times, he would make NFL throws to college WRs against college CBs. Even when he would jam a rocket into a tight window, you still had to worry that it would go right through the receiver's hands.
Franklin can't make those throws, and Daniel wouldn't make those throws. He didn't need to. There is always someone open in college football...wide open. Gabbert focused too much attention on the pass rush (real or imagined) and not enough on his progressions. Daniel wasn't great because he fit lasers into tiny windows. He was great because he made the correct read and threw the ball on time and on target...over and over and over.
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Hey, I don't know if anyone is interested, but I have a ticket to the SEC championship game that I'm willing to sell. Let me know if you're interested and I can get you some info, and I could try to get in touch with some people if you were looking for more than one.
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11-25-2013, 03:58 PM | #3701 |
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may have a better shot at selling it if we win the aTm game
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11-25-2013, 04:00 PM | #3703 | |
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Gabbert watched the line too much. I think your point regarding the progressions is an excellent one. Yeah, Gabbert would occasionally blast a ball into a closing window but oftentimes it was unnecessary. And as a result of getting that tunnel vision, he would often feel phantom pressure and look to unload rather than relax, get a better feel for the pocket and make the smart decision. I liked Gabbert. I thought he'd make a good pro (after a lot of coaching up), but he was less than the sum of his tools. He simply didn't have the head on his shoulders you wanted to see from a guy that gifted.
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11-25-2013, 04:01 PM | #3704 |
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We're currently favored at from 3 to 4 1/2 points.
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11-25-2013, 04:02 PM | #3705 |
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I'd be interested assuming it all works out. Any idea on how much you want for the ticket? I'll have to sell the wife on the idea, but... stranger things have happened
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