Riley Ferguson

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Ferguson was also injured

Remember neither Ferguson or Peterman have to play again SEC defenses
 
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1982Alum said:
Did Tennessee keep the right guy or should we have given more time to Nathan or Riley?

Seems like Dobbs has the worst arm but the better legs. I think the coaching staff blew the personnel decision on this for sure. They thought they could mold Dobbs to be a better thrower. They could not.
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Have people really forgotten everything Josh Dobbs has meant to this team the last 3 years? Good grief people.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Should have been Riley all day. I don't understand how Butch can yank Worley or Nate and automatically give Dobbs the castle but won't yank dobbs any for this horrendous season.

At least Riley could pass accurately as a freshman.
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Yeah I got an 8x10 of Riley coming in flinging balls everywhere like he's doing in Memphis and getting picked off and losing key games for them....Our fans would have skewed him right on the spot...he was undisciplined and didn't know how to protect the ball/be the leader....now he's a little better since maturing a bit but just imagine if he'd been thrown to the fire here two years ago and been a 60/40 guy (hurt you 60%-help you 40%). These uneducated football fans would have wanted him thrown from the top of Neyland...
 
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volfannbama said:
Have people really forgotten everything Josh Dobbs has meant to this team the last 3 years? Good grief people.
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Yes this board has gone full retard. Completely off the rails full retard. I hate that some moron got 70 likes for posting something that is completely dumb in another thread, but it is what it is.
 
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LOL. Seriously? Ferguson was a crybaby that couldnt handle the competition. He had his chance to win the job and just like Peterman, he failed to showcase enough talent to beat Dobbs out.

Wow RF goes to big bad Memphis and is playing well. Peterman goes to super duper powerhouse Pitt and is playing well. Man both of those schools play a schdule so tough, that its scary. Give me a freaking break.
 
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volfannbama said:
Have people really forgotten everything Josh Dobbs has meant to this team the last 3 years? Good grief people.
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What exactly has he meant? He was a runner first and passer second. He had a depth of WR talent but rarely could get the ball to them. He beat Georgia with a Hail Mary TD but frankly that was luck at best. Great catch.

So what has he meant? I see this team in full disarray now with him as the "leader". What has he meant?
 
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1982Alum said:
What exactly has he meant? He was a runner first and passer second. He had a depth of WR talent but rarely could get the ball to them. He beat Georgia with a Hail Mary TD but frankly that was luck at best. Great catch.

So what has he meant? I see this team in full disarray now with him as the "leader". What has he meant?
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Not worth explaining as im sure your mind is made up based of a bad game.
The team had a bad game, that translate to a team in disarray? Or is rumors in the internet what translates to a team in dissaray?
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
LOL. Seriously? Ferguson was a crybaby that couldnt handle the competition. He had his chance to win the job and just like Peterman, he failed to showcase enough talent to beat Dobbs out.

Wow RF goes to big bad Memphis and is playing well. Peterman goes to super duper powerhouse Pitt and is playing well. Man both of those schools play a schdule so tough, that its scary. Give me a freaking break.
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So you're saying that they play well because of easier schedule but don't attribute why they aren't here because Nate got thrown to the wolves in his 3 games of experience???? Idiotic.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
So you're saying that they play well because of easier schedule but don't attribute why they aren't here because Nate got thrown to the wolves in his 3 games of experience???? Idiotic.
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Peterman had multiple chances to win the starting job. As did Ferguson. The fact is both of them left.

Dobbs got thrown to the wolves in 2013 without any experience. He had to play Alabama, Missouri and Auburn his first 3 games. Yeah idiotic indeed.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Peterman had multiple chances to win the starting job. As did Ferguson. The fact is both of them left.

Dobbs got thrown to the wolves in 2013 without any experience. He had to play Alabama, Missouri and Auburn his first 3 games. Yeah idiotic indeed.
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Multiple chances? Yes. Equal chances to Worley or Dobbs? Hell no. At Florida, at UGA, vs Bama. Please tell me how any new QB excels in those environments.
 
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1982Alum said:
Did Tennessee keep the right guy or should we have given more time to Nathan or Riley?

Seems like Dobbs has the worst arm but the better legs. I think the coaching staff blew the personnel decision on this for sure. They thought they could mold Dobbs to be a better thrower. They could not.
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Questioning this decision would get you skinned alive two years ago. History was literally rewritten on Volnation to explain why Dobbs was the #3 QB behind Peterman. Dobbs was demoted to #3 and Peterman promoted to #2 due to Peterman's strong passing accuracy and Dobbs erratic passing. Peterman was NOT #2 because Dobbs was earmarked for red-shirt. That's a fiction. Dobbs was earmarked for RS because he was #3 behind Peterman, thus RS was a convenience.

The fact is that Peterman was a far far superior passing QB whose skills in QB camp were far far ahead of Dobbs and clearly the better than Worley. Frankly, Peterman was stunningly accurate in practice drills with darn near perfect ball placement. Peterman fractured a finger against Florida in his first start, but continued to play, resulting in the wild passes and fumbles everyone remembers.

The fact is, Dobbs has been highly erratic and inaccurate since the beginning. Nothing changed.
Due to a horrendously ineffective offensive line in 2014, it became apparent that we needed a QB who could run for his life against Alabama. Dobbs was inserted, did well, and the fans bought in to the hype and the rest is history.

Dobbs truly did give us a chance to compete with his legs. We traded a QB for a third running back. Now, we are living with that hangover. Only now are people coming to terms with the reality that we have no QB behind center. Peterman and Ferguson moved on. So did PW. Dobbs was never a QB, but a gimmick runner who kept things interesting - at the cost of a passing attack.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Multiple chances? Yes. Equal chances to Worley or Dobbs? Hell no. At Florida, at UGA, vs Bama. Please tell me how any new QB excels in those environments.
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I get it. You are seeing RF and NP stats at their curtent schools and also are not happy with Dobbs. Understandable. I just told you Dobbs got threw into the fire in 2013 having to play at #1 Alabama, at #10 Missouri and #9 Auburn. Thats one hell of a stretch there. But your opinion is noted.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
I get it. You are seeing RF and NP stats at their curtent schools and also are not happy with Dobbs. Understandable. I just told you Dobbs got threw into the fire in 2013 having to play at #1 Alabama, at #10 Missouri and #9 Auburn. Thats one hell of a stretch there. But your opinion is noted.
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Nate's first 3 games of action are miles away from Dobbs'. Never understood why Nate and Worley were neck and neck and didn't get rotated in first games with Butch's career.
 
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JMSqb11 said:
Multiple chances? Yes. Equal chances to Worley or Dobbs? Hell no. At Florida, at UGA, vs Bama. Please tell me how any new QB excels in those environments.
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Truth. If people were paying attention to Peterman's clearly superior performances in the 2014 competition, there would be no doubt.

Instead, he is judged on playing Florida with a broken finger on his passing hand.

Check this demonstration of Peterman's freakish accuracy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_90_i20ECsg
 
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1982Alum said:
Did Tennessee keep the right guy or should we have given more time to Nathan or Riley?

Seems like Dobbs has the worst arm but the better legs. I think the coaching staff blew the personnel decision on this for sure. They thought they could mold Dobbs to be a better thrower. They could not.
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Amazing how those other two guys turned around once they got a QB coach.
 
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I feel maybe Butch has a guilt problem for not redshirting Dobbs like Dobbs parents wanted so he is going to stick with him. My opinion is Dormady couldn't be much if any worse , he may be just what we need to get the receivers some actual work , then that would make our run game better.By the way Shoop overloaded his wagon by saying no one would run on us.
 
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I was wondering how long it would take American Pig/Fester to jump on this bait. It actually made it to page 2
 
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I like the fact that both Peterman and Ferguson have performed very well at Pittsburg and at Memphis. It adds flavor to the difficult decision that the coaches were having when these two were competing with Josh Dobbs for the starting qb job. It also shows that there was a reason that Dobbs was running behind the other two for a period of time.

Currently Dobbs vs Ferguson

efficiency rating - comp % - TD's - yards passing
Dobbs 138 59% 18 1869
Ferguson 151.89 63.5% 21 2565

These are different qbs in different systems, with different receivers and playing against different defenses. Having said that -- it is great to see that there is more to Mr. Ferguson than trick throws on You Tube. I wish all three of these guys continued success.
 
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To be fair Memphis doesn't play the quality teams we play and he has played well against those scrubs but Peterson has really surprised me. It's amazing how well someone can play when there are no expectations at your football program compared to an SEC team. He just couldn't handle the pressure.
 
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