Spring Ball: Who will get the reps?

[k-town_king]

The quarterback question will be is Riley Ferguson good enough to take the starting job from Justin Worley? Peterman had a melt down, and Dobbs showed why he was the 4th string qb last year. Word is Ferguson has a bigtime arm. I hope he can take the job and run with it so we don't have to see Worley under throwing recievers.

Not really. The question is will RF ever even see the field this year with two experienced guys ahead of him who are both more ready mentally and physically. By the time Dobbs came in he had passed RF up. Even when healthy the depth chart never had RF ahead. Dobbs looked good for a true freshman playing top 10 teams. He now has the experience plus the size while RF is a fr who hasn't played who the coach called frail a couple of days ago.

 

[Doyle Hargraves]

Not really. The question is will RF ever even see the field this year with two experienced guys ahead of him who are both more ready mentally and physically. By the time Dobbs came in he had passed RF up. Even when healthy the depth chart never had RF ahead. Dobbs looked good for a true freshman playing top 10 teams. He now has the experience plus the size while RF is a fr who hasn't played who the coach called frail a couple of days ago.

Can you show a depth chart that had Dobbs ahead of Riley?
All I ever saw was them dead even until Riley's injury.
I'm not trying to argue, just honestly never saw an official depth chart reflecting what you are saying.

 

[24/7vol]

Not really. The question is will RF ever even see the field this year with two experienced guys ahead of him who are both more ready mentally and physically. By the time Dobbs came in he had passed RF up. Even when healthy the depth chart never had RF ahead. Dobbs looked good for a true freshman playing top 10 teams. He now has the experience plus the size while RF is a fr who hasn't played who the coach called frail a couple of days ago.

RF had foot injury or he would have gone in when Worley came out. Everyone keeps talking about the Dobbs experience advantage. Guys 4 games isn't much experience and he didn't exactly show us much. jmo

 

[WoodsmanVol]

But seriously, who's going to kick this spring until Medley gets here in the fall?

To start with and despite the snide snorts I'm sure to receive - Punter will be Ryan Ault. Darr, bless his heart is just too inconsistent and doesn't have the leg strength we need. Place Kicker will be Derrick Brodus or George Bullock, which ever proves consistent. Derrick, if he has developed at all, is the likely PK'er.

Aaron Medley, we don't know enough yet. He'd be facing a different ball and a different venue.but we'll see. If the kindergarten kid worked out for USCjr, a booming kicker like Medley can work out for us, but we'll see.

 

[jarnol32]

Not really. The question is will RF ever even see the field this year with two experienced guys ahead of him who are both more ready mentally and physically. By the time Dobbs came in he had passed RF up. Even when healthy the depth chart never had RF ahead. Dobbs looked good for a true freshman playing top 10 teams. He now has the experience plus the size while RF is a fr who hasn't played who the coach called frail a couple of days ago.

Tyler bray was also frail and he was 10 times better than Dobbs . Dobbs was 4th string all year. He looked terrible. His arm is not very impressive and his decision making was very slow. If Ferguson dosent beat Worley out then Worley will start and butch better find a qb for 2015. By the way I've heard Fergusons ability to throw the deep ball is on par with Bray, which would mean we could make the most out of these big time recievers.

 

[k-town_king]

Tyler bray was also frail and he was 10 times better than Dobbs . Dobbs was 4th string all year. He looked terrible. His arm is not very impressive and his decision making was very slow. If Ferguson dosent beat Worley out then Worley will start and butch better find a qb for 2015. By the way I've heard Fergusons ability to throw the deep ball is on par with Bray, which would mean we could make the most out of these big time recievers.

You keep lying in every post about Dobbs. RF was never ahead of Dobbs on the depth chart. BJ said Dobbs had passed him up before the injury. Malone never said he came because of RF's game tape. He said all three qb's tape was shown to him. You and people like you have an agenda. Yall have reposted lies and rumors so much that some posters think they are facts and true. All yall have is "sources" and rumors not actual facts or depth charts to back up what you say. Show one quote from BJ or one depth chart where Dobbs was 4th.

 

[jarnol32]

You keep lying in every post about Dobbs. RF was never ahead of Dobbs on the depth chart. BJ said Dobbs had passed him up before the injury. Malone never said he came because of RF's game tape. He said all three qb's tape was shown to him. You and people like you have an agenda. Yall have reposted lies and rumors so much that some posters think they are facts and true. All yall have is "sources" and rumors not actual facts or depth charts to back up what you say. Show one quote from BJ or one depth chart where Dobbs was 4th.

Ok I'm gonna lay it out for you. I hope that Riley Ferguson is better than Dobbs because in my opinion Dobbs looked awful last year. Dobbs wasn't very good and you are acting like he is your son, so remind me again who has the agenda. Weak arm SLOW decision making=below average qb.

 

[Doyle Hargraves]

You keep lying in every post about Dobbs. RF was never ahead of Dobbs on the depth chart. BJ said Dobbs had passed him up before the injury. Malone never said he came because of RF's game tape. He said all three qb's tape was shown to him. You and people like you have an agenda. Yall have reposted lies and rumors so much that some posters think they are facts and true. All yall have is "sources" and rumors not actual facts or depth charts to back up what you say. Show one quote from BJ or one depth chart where Dobbs was 4th.

Could you link where Butch said Dobbs passed up Ferguson on the depth chart before Riley's injury?
I clearly missed it.

 

[Wilson27]

Maybe everyone needs to not take it so personal which qb starts this year?

 

[Roustabout]

My prediction is that the spring QB competition will end in ambiquity. If CBJ picks one player, then you likely push someone to transfer. And since he elected not to sign a QB, he really doesn't have this luxury.

 

[tim]

Could you link where Butch said Dobbs passed up Ferguson on the depth chart before Riley's injury?
I clearly missed it.

When Ferg traveled to UF over Dobbs it told me all I need to know. Common sense > link.

 

[k-town_king]

Ok I'm gonna lay it out for you. I hope that Riley Ferguson is better than Dobbs because in my opinion Dobbs looked awful last year. Dobbs wasn't very good and you are acting like he is your son, so remind me again who has the agenda. Weak arm SLOW decision making=below average qb.

If anybody is acting like someone is family its the RF fans. Any positive Dobbs article and here are the RF guys bashing Dobbs and lying about quotes and depth charts. Nobody bashed RF and praised Dobbs in the RF threads like the one from youtube his backers had a circle jerk in. His arm isn't weak, he threw several deep passes on the money that the wrs dropped. Slow decision making? Yes, but he was a true fr playing several top 10 teams. RF would have done no better.

I never have bashed RF. I simply say we don't know and he is behind which he is. I also have said Dobbs was a better prospect, which he was by any ranking you use.

When Ferg traveled to UF over Dobbs it told me all I need to know. Common sense > link.

It is a well known fact that it had nothing to do with who was ahead but the fact that Dobbs ran scout team that week to simulate them and other weeks it was switched.

 

[volfanhill]

If anybody is acting like someone is family its the RF fans. Any positive Dobbs article and here are the RF guys bashing Dobbs and lying about quotes and depth charts. Nobody bashed RF and praised Dobbs in the RF threads like the one from youtube his backers had a circle jerk in. His arm isn't weak, he threw several deep passes on the money that the wrs dropped. Slow decision making? Yes, but he was a true fr playing several top 10 teams. RF would have done no better.

I never have bashed RF. I simply say we don't know and he is behind which he is. I also have said Dobbs was a better prospect, which he was by any ranking you use.





It is a well known fact that it had nothing to do with who was ahead but the fact that Dobbs ran scout team that week to simulate them and other weeks it was switched.

Calm down

 

[BruiserVol]

You keep lying in every post about Dobbs. RF was never ahead of Dobbs on the depth chart. BJ said Dobbs had passed him up before the injury. Malone never said he came because of RF's game tape. He said all three qb's tape was shown to him. You and people like you have an agenda. Yall have reposted lies and rumors so much that some posters think they are facts and true. All yall have is "sources" and rumors not actual facts or depth charts to back up what you say. Show one quote from BJ or one depth chart where Dobbs was 4th.

Go to about 26:40.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl5HdehNPKU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Case closed. It was ferguson.

 

[k-town_king]

Go to about 26:40.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl5HdehNPKU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube]

Case closed. It was ferguson.

You still didn't show anything where CBJ said RF was ahead. He said he would have played. Well duh. All the qbs were banged up. If he was healthy he would have played. CBJ has never said RF was ahead on the depth chart. Neither did the depth chart. I'll support RF if he wins the job though. Will you support Dobbs if he does?

 

[BruiserVol]

You still didn't show anything where CBJ said RF was ahead. He said he would have played. Well duh. All the qbs were banged up. If he was healthy he would have played. CBJ has never said RF was ahead on the depth chart. Neither did the depth chart. I'll support RF if he wins the job though. Will you support Dobbs if he does?

You think he was going to burn two redshirts? After trying all year to keep both?

 

[k-town_king]

You think he was going to burn two redshirts? After trying all year to keep both?

If all your qbs are hurt and you have a healthy one you play him regardless of redshirts. Also if they were 2a and 2b like CBJ and the depth chart said, you give them both a chance if the other older qbs are hurt. So yes.

 

[f77f00]

Could you link where Butch said Dobbs passed up Ferguson on the depth chart before Riley's injury?
I clearly missed it.

He has been asked before and never delivers. He is just projecting a bit, talking about people having an agenda when he is clearly the biggest JD nuthugger here.

 

[k-town_king]

He has been asked before and never delivers. He is just projecting a bit, talking about people having an agenda when he is clearly the biggest JD nuthugger here.

He said it in an interview months ago when Dobbs first came in. I'm not looking it up. But no one can show me one depth chart or statement where CBJ said Rf was ahead. He wasn't. Show me that. The only nuthuggers are Rf guys who want to bash Dobbs in any positive thread about him. No one comes in a Rf thread that is only about him to trash him and bring up Dobbs. Look at the thread about Dobbs gaining weight. Like I said I will support RF if he wins the job. I doubt you and the RF backers will. Yall will bash Dobbs every week win or lose.

 

[Eddie Vol Halen]

To start with and despite the snide snorts I'm sure to receive - Punter will be Ryan Ault. Darr, bless his heart is just too inconsistent and doesn't have the leg strength we need. Place Kicker will be Derrick Brodus or George Bullock, which ever proves consistent. Derrick, if he has developed at all, is the likely PK'er.

Aaron Medley, we don't know enough yet. He'd be facing a different ball and a different venue.but we'll see. If the kindergarten kid worked out for USCjr, a booming kicker like Medley can work out for us, but we'll see.

Derrick Brodus is already a Tennessee legend in my book.

He comes off the frat couch to kick field goals for Tennessee. Absolutely awesome. With a police escort.

Also, I think Palardy took a quantum leap in his game thanks to the Brodus wake-up call.

 

[johnboyhunter]

The quarterback question will be is Riley Ferguson good enough to take the starting job from Justin Worley? Peterman had a melt down, and Dobbs showed why he was the 4th string qb last year. Word is Ferguson has a bigtime arm. I hope he can take the job and run with it so we don't have to see Worley under throwing recievers.

Dobbs had better completion percentage than Worley at 59.5% and played like a freshman who started against #1 defense in the country with no play makers around him. Auburn game he had absolutely no help around him.

All talk about who will start is nice fan fodder and will make for a bunch of threads to keep us entertained. Keep perspective here. With 18-19 year old kids very difficult to predict development. None of us truly knows but let's not be throwing a freshman quarterback under the bus who was put in a difficult position. Support everyone and wish for healthy competition before anointing someone who we know very little about.

This is why we have 4 quarterbacks. Very unpredictable.

 

[Darth_Shiveman]

You still didn't show anything where CBJ said RF was ahead. He said he would have played. Well duh. All the qbs were banged up. If he was healthy he would have played. CBJ has never said RF was ahead on the depth chart. Neither did the depth chart. I'll support RF if he wins the job though. Will you support Dobbs if he does?

Putting two and two together tells you that ferguson was ahead of dobbs

 

[f77f00]

He said it in an interview months ago when Dobbs first came in. I'm not looking it up. But no one can show me one depth chart or statement where CBJ said Rf was ahead. He wasn't. Show me that. The only nuthuggers are Rf guys who want to bash Dobbs in any positive thread about him. No one comes in a Rf thread that is only about him to trash him and bring up Dobbs. Look at the thread about Dobbs gaining weight. Like I said I will support RF if he wins the job. I doubt you and the RF backers will. Yall will bash Dobbs every week win or lose.

Yeah I can find no mention of Jones saying that Dobbs "passed up" Riley. You are literally the only person on the board that I can 100% predict to show up in a Dobbs thread or any QB thread for that matter. Always with the same "points" and never any sources.

 

[KBVol]

You keep lying in every post about Dobbs. RF was never ahead of Dobbs on the depth chart. BJ said Dobbs had passed him up before the injury. Malone never said he came because of RF's game tape. He said all three qb's tape was shown to him. You and people like you have an agenda. Yall have reposted lies and rumors so much that some posters think they are facts and true. All yall have is "sources" and rumors not actual facts or depth charts to back up what you say. Show one quote from BJ or one depth chart where Dobbs was 4th.

I'm a Dobbs defender, think the kids got a lot of potential. I don't subscribe to 99% of the crap criticism I read about him on here. I think he's got a really good chance of being the starter.

But I don't ever recall reading or hearing Butch say he had passed Riley up at any point. To the contrary, I just remember Riley making the traveling squad, I think out to Oregon and Josh didn't. That's why I and I think most people assumed, for good reason, that Riley was ahead of Josh.

 

[KBVol]

Dobbs had better completion percentage than Worley at 59.5% and played like a freshman who started against #1 defense in the country with no play makers around him. Auburn game he had absolutely no help around him.

All talk about who will start is nice fan fodder and will make for a bunch of threads to keep us entertained. Keep perspective here. With 18-19 year old kids very difficult to predict development. None of us truly knows but let's not be throwing a freshman quarterback under the bus who was put in a difficult position. Support everyone and wish for healthy competition before anointing someone who we know very little about.

This is why we have 4 quarterbacks. Very unpredictable.

Good post. Right there with ya til the second from last sentence. Think we effectively have 3 QBs but stranger things have happened.