I'll say it - Heupel needs to sit Nico for UTEP

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calban said:
Sitting 3 quarters of the first 3 games of the season were leading factors of his slow start this year. He's sat enough. JMO
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Agreed. We don't have to throw it deep constantly vs these smaller opponents just because the play is there. When the score gets comfortable (say 24+ poiint lead) we should specifically call more short to immediate plays so Nico can work on his timing and the WRs can work on cleaning up their routes and creating more space from their defenders. Obviously there comes a point where you do take Nico out and let other players get reps while protecting your starters.

I like that we were able to adjust the offense against UGA and have some consistency and success offensively that we hadn't seen against UGA since Huep arrived. Big chunk plays that we seem to live and die by are much harder to come by when playing tough defenses like UGA, So seeing us be able to move the sticks and converting a lot of 3rd downs was very encouraging I thought.
 
#77
#77
Need to quit playing such crappy schools, chatt Kent st utep , have to quit with the Charmin schedule. and don’t lose to arky
 
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bpalmer28 said:
Heupel needs to use the UTEP game to improve our passing attack. I don't want to hear losers say, "It's too late for our passing game to improve" or "we are who we are". Every week is an opportunity to get better.
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So don't read/listen....
 
#81
#81
UT needs style points. Need to hang a hundred on both UTEP and Candy and say look we did to Candy what Bama couldn‘t. Suck that committee.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
As it has been released we are in the first team out spot, my Battered Vol Syndrome really has me thinking Heupel needs to sit Nico for UTEP and not risk any potential injury ala Florida State / Jordan Travis 2023....

There is virtually no upside to risking any potential injury to Nico in a meaningless practice game.

There is a lot of non SEC teams in the playoff rankings that will eat each other and likely present an opportunity for us to slide in. With that in mind, I do not believe we need to risk any scenario where other teams help us out only for us to not be graded fairly like Florida State did last year by getting hosed in the playoff because of a QB injury.
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Nico isn’t good enough to sacrifice live game reps. He needs all the help he can get. He hasn’t had a game with 200 yards and 2 TDs since NC State.

If anything, if you were going to play these sorts of games, he should have sat last week so we could say “yeah Georgia beat us, but we were without our starting QB.”
 
#84
#84
If UTEP is a threat to Nico, then maybe we need to bench the OL. Jeez, Nico is a Freshman, He needs all the reps he can get, and we need a very very convincing win
 
#86
#86
And once again, we are much better off having people who understand football making personnel decisions rather than those with the acumen of a flea.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
As it has been released we are in the first team out spot, my Battered Vol Syndrome really has me thinking Heupel needs to sit Nico for UTEP and not risk any potential injury ala Florida State / Jordan Travis 2023....

There is virtually no upside to risking any potential injury to Nico in a meaningless practice game.

There is a lot of non SEC teams in the playoff rankings that will eat each other and likely present an opportunity for us to slide in. With that in mind, I do not believe we need to risk any scenario where other teams help us out only for us to not be graded fairly like Florida State did last year by getting hosed in the playoff because of a QB injury.
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Players play, injuries are a part of the game and Nico needs reps.
BVS is real folks - apparently another symptom is irrational thought. No offense JMS
 
#90
#90
We need to beat them by 1,000 if we can. Not because of the playoff committee or to show our fans we can, but because of this:

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This is Paydirt Pete. The second worst mascot outfit in all of sport (after the total abomination that is Mr. Commodore). Why make a suit that is human for a human to wear? It's completely awful!
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Yes i'm sure people will be so happy that he had an opportunity to home in on the deep balls against UTEP in the event he gets hurt and the CFP has a reason to exclude us since key player injuries have been a major component the last 2 years.
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Lol wtf makes you think we beat Vanderbilt without him to get exclude ? Gaston Moore is not going to make this team better.
 
#92
#92
Nico should play until we hit 70 points. After that it's next man. Like others have stated let him loose and hand him the football. You wr should play a lot with Nico since the others are not catching the ball. Hell throw the ball to Sampson , Lewis and Seldon. MM get him on the field with Thorton put Bru in the slot.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
And you think Gaston Moore playing QB and Sampson/Lewis running the ball 30-40 times can't do that? I mean your sole desired outcome is scoring 50 points...
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No. My sole desire is for the offensive starters getting into a rhythm that we haven't seen since Kent State, so much so that they end up scoring 50 by halftime. The rhythm is the key, all of them need game reps.
 
#97
#97
IMI, Nico needs all the reps he can get. Hopefully against this team our receivers can get open.
 
#100
#100
We need to put up 100 on UTEP and Vandy if we can. Probably still need help from other teams, but control what you can control. We have to score early and often these next 2 weeks
 
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