For those of you that were there, how much better will we be than last year, and how close is the QB competition?
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I think we will be better than last year but you might not see it in the wins and losses (tough schedule this year). The OL is already light years ahead. In terms of the QB situation, I think it’s clear Nick is QB1 and Luther is QB2.For those of you that were there, how much better will we be than last year, and how close is the QB competition?
Agree with Glenn based on what little I saw. Nick is top dog but you can see Luther has some ability with a quick release. He could be very good with some reps. Pretty big body with lively arm. OL is much better. Liked the secondary play on defense too.I think we will be better than last year but you might not see it in the wins and losses (tough schedule this year). The OL is already light years ahead. In terms of the QB situation, I think it’s clear Nick is QB1 and Luther is QB2.
100%. Our regular E+ announcers of Jake Rose and Jeremy Kellum are both MT grads. I bet they'd come and have student play-by-play and color in the booth with them. Kind of use it to guide those two students during the broadcast.There’s more than enough students in that program that could’ve called games this year for something like that. Wouldn’t have minded seeing that at all
Someone can correct me if I’m wrong on who it was but I think it was James Stewart who had 3 sacks.Always funny reading comments about OL improvement every spring only to see them get destroyed in the fall
Please keep in mind this might be one of the weakest DL we’ve had in 20+ years. We have a few decent DTs and that’s it. DE is poverty level bad unless a few of these new comers can shock the world (very unlikely to happen at the DE position). I don’t think I’ve seen a DL this thin and lacking a 2 deep (or maybe even decent starters at DE) since I started following program 20 years ago.
So in other words, we won’t know anything about this OL until they play somebody.
I think you'll see MT target some OL / DL in the near future.Always funny reading comments about OL improvement every spring only to see them get destroyed in the fall
Please keep in mind this might be one of the weakest DL we’ve had in 20+ years. We have a few decent DTs and that’s it. DE is poverty level bad unless a few of these new comers can shock the world (very unlikely to happen at the DE position). I don’t think I’ve seen a DL this thin and lacking a 2 deep (or maybe even decent starters at DE) since I started following program 20 years ago.
So in other words, we won’t know anything about this OL until they play somebody.
MT01 likes to assess QB's. MT01 had this to say previously...Agree with Glenn based on what little I saw. Nick is top dog but you can see Luther has some ability with a quick release. He could be very good with some reps. Pretty big body with lively arm. OL is much better. Liked the secondary play on defense too.
On paper looks like a good get. Actually, on paper this looks like a great get - someone who has the ability to challenge for the starting job in '24.
I agree. CDM said he was going to go after some depth and the trenches need more of that depth than anywhere else.I think you'll see MT target some OL / DL in the near future.
This may be true but you can't argue that they have much better coaching at that position than we've had in a long time. I believe we are much better with the the OL than we've been just with the new pieces and new coaching. The run game is better and there seeems to be more discipline on the line.Always funny reading comments about OL improvement every spring only to see them get destroyed in the fall
Please keep in mind this might be one of the weakest DL we’ve had in 20+ years. We have a few decent DTs and that’s it. DE is poverty level bad unless a few of these new comers can shock the world (very unlikely to happen at the DE position). I don’t think I’ve seen a DL this thin and lacking a 2 deep (or maybe even decent starters at DE) since I started following program 20 years ago.
So in other words, we won’t know anything about this OL until they play somebody.
"look the part physically already and are just true freshmen"
We were that way compared to everyone. Even UTEP (even Jax if I remember right). I did an OL comparison way back when and we were easily smaller than everyone else on avg. in weight and height.This is big (pun intended). I never thought we looked like we physically matched up on the field with many of our conference foes.
We seemed small, slow, short, and less physical compared to UTSA when I saw them in person last. You're never going to win too many games when you get off the bus with a physical disadvantage vs your opponents.
The inability to have an inside / vertical run game the last 5-7 years of Stock doomed him. Rushing attack was almost exclusively outside the tackles. Passing attack was outside the numbers. Almost everything was horizontal. And it didn’t stress the defense enough.We were that way compared to everyone. Even UTEP (even Jax if I remember right). I did an OL comparison way back when and we were easily smaller than everyone else on avg. in weight and height.
Coaching has changed to help it. I mean who wouldn't want to play for a Super Bowl winning OL coach who protected a most likely HOF QB?
Recruting. It's why developing a pipeline from multiple schools is important. I don't think we ever really had that.
S&C. For Pete's sake, just look at our s&c coach, nuff said. Not to mention a HC that places a focus on nutrition.
"Stock either lost his fire or just got complacent."The inability to have an inside / vertical run game the last 5-7 years of Stock doomed him. Rushing attack was almost exclusively outside the tackles. Passing attack was outside the numbers. Almost everything was horizontal. And it didn’t stress the defense enough.
Some stuff I heard through grapevine (re: Stock’s last 5 years) contributed to his termination. S&C was terrible. Nutrition was non-existent. Stock either lost his fire or just got complacent.
Mason brought the fire back.
Fair point."Stock either lost his fire or just got complacent."
I'd be shocked to hear that was NOT the case. What incentive did he have?
100% on this. No nutrition from Stock ever and in 2 days, Mason went to Home Depot and built a nutrition station with the help of the coaches. He also negotiates a nutrition supply deal to keep the station fueled. He gets all of that done in just a couple of days. I gotta be honest. That's what sold me on Mason. It seems like a small thing but that's the stuff that builds success.The inability to have an inside / vertical run game the last 5-7 years of Stock doomed him. Rushing attack was almost exclusively outside the tackles. Passing attack was outside the numbers. Almost everything was horizontal. And it didn’t stress the defense enough.
Some stuff I heard through grapevine (re: Stock’s last 5 years) contributed to his termination. S&C was terrible. Nutrition was non-existent. Stock either lost his fire or just got complacent.
Mason brought the fire back.