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#29,253
508mikey said:
Oklahoma but they got 2 losses
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So they were basically forced to play him is the way I read this:

"The Spencer Rattler era has officially arrived at Oklahoma after Sooners coach Lincoln Riley announced Tuesday that the redshirt freshman will be the team's starting quarterback to begin the 2020 season. Rattler entered preseason camp as the favorite to replace Jalen Hurts at the position but faced a worthy challenger in redshirt sophomore Tanner Mordecai, who dealt with a hamstring injury during preseason camp.

"It's been a little bit different competition," Riley said. "Spencer, I think, has played very well and is certainly very deserving of it. Disappointed for Tanner Mordecai. He had to end up missing 70 to 75% of fall camp, which obviously severely limited his reps or true opportunities to really go play his best ball and have a shot at it. That's football."
 
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theFallGuy said:
So they were basically forced to play him is the way I read this:

"The Spencer Rattler era has officially arrived at Oklahoma after Sooners coach Lincoln Riley announced Tuesday that the redshirt freshman will be the team's starting quarterback to begin the 2020 season. Rattler entered preseason camp as the favorite to replace Jalen Hurts at the position but faced a worthy challenger in redshirt sophomore Tanner Mordecai, who dealt with a hamstring injury during preseason camp.

"It's been a little bit different competition," Riley said. "Spencer, I think, has played very well and is certainly very deserving of it. Disappointed for Tanner Mordecai. He had to end up missing 70 to 75% of fall camp, which obviously severely limited his reps or true opportunities to really go play his best ball and have a shot at it. That's football."
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yeah and he is not a true freshman either -- I havent watched much CFB outside of the SEC games so cant think of any true freshmen starting -- I know Ala**** didnt choose to play their 5 star true freshman QB either
 
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508mikey said:
Oklahoma but they got 2 losses
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Tulane, didn't Oregon also? I'm not saying they're heisman guts, but I watched tulane, their qb look good. I'm just curious why ours can't. Not just this year, Lawrence at Clemson, fromm at uga. Every year there's good freshman, but ours is "never ready".
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
Yes. That was inspired play. Looking from the bird's eye view and listening to the national coverage last night and today, TN and Ole Miss both got thumped. Kiffin is going to get some elite recruits off of his loss. We're going to lose some. I know you have to have balance and we needed improvement all over the place, maybe still do. There's demoralizing, life force draining losses and there's inspirational, hope instilling losses.
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No we won’t.
Recruiting isn’t about one loss
 
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Behr said:
Obviously JG is our best option, what's confusing to me is why?
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I guess that's me and I'm just wording it wrong in asking. I sincerely don't understand how not one other guy can be better, or ready.
 
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volwindy said:
I don't understand this either. Why can't we get someone better if our bench also sucks?

My other question..why does JG have to improve if he knows they will never bench him?
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JG has proven to me time and time again he's giving his all. I have zero question that he's "slacking" because he doesn't think he's gonna get benched. Zero.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
We missed on 2 elite QBs 2 years in a row. We had to take the 2 backups. Or not have QBs. We landed a 5* guy last year. The 2 sophomores just are not top SEC talent. JG is the best we have.


That’s why.
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I understand that, but it's still confusing.
 
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Behr said:
I understand that, but it's still confusing.
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To me it all comes down to the elite guys seeing Dooley and Butch for their life and thinking Tennessee is garbage. CJP could not pull elite talent until he proved he could win. The start to finish last year has the top recruits now considering Tennessee. That alone is a positive sign. Especially since he’s landing guys like ToTo, Grey and Bailey.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
To me it all comes down to the elite guys seeing Dooley and Butch for their life and thinking Tennessee is garbage. CJP could not pull elite talent until he proved he could win. The start to finish last year has the top recruits now considering Tennessee. That alone is a positive sign. Especially since he’s landing guys like ToTo, Grey and Bailey.
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I agree. If Pruitt had been coach instead of Butch, Cade Mays probably starts here. Who knows, maybe even Trevor Lawrence.
 
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Orangeslice13 said:
To me it all comes down to the elite guys seeing Dooley and Butch for their life and thinking Tennessee is garbage. CJP could not pull elite talent until he proved he could win. The start to finish last year has the top recruits now considering Tennessee. That alone is a positive sign. Especially since he’s landing guys like ToTo, Grey and Bailey.
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I understand that too. Guess I'm just not saying it right. I'm confused because I'm not a coach and I'm not there. Obviously.

Just seems to me Pruitt, Chaney and Tee could figure out a way to do better. I don't know how. I'm not making several million dollars to figure it out.

I love me some Pruitt and I'm happy with the direction we're heading. I got questions just like errbody else.
 
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Behr said:
I understand that too. Guess I'm just not saying it right. I'm confused because I'm not a coach and I'm not there. Obviously.

Just seems to me Pruitt, Chaney and Tee could figure out a way to do better. I don't know how. I'm not making several million dollars to figure it out.

I love me some Pruitt and I'm happy with the direction we're heading. I got questions just like errbody else.
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I feel like picking the QB to play is probably the hardest decision of a coach. No matter who you play half the fans will think it's the wrong person and you're an idiot. I'm not defending JG at all. He isn't our answer. He's basically a temporary thing. I think HB will be our solution and I hope he can play soon but I also know that putting him in at QB in Athens against an NFL defense would've been stupid.
 
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Behr said:
I understand that too. Guess I'm just not saying it right. I'm confused because I'm not a coach and I'm not there. Obviously.

Just seems to me Pruitt, Chaney and Tee could figure out a way to do better. I don't know how. I'm not making several million dollars to figure it out.

I love me some Pruitt and I'm happy with the direction we're heading. I got questions just like errbody else.
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I only coached middle school so I don’t know much. What I do know is you go to war with what you have and sometimes the best you have isn’t very good.

But you’re right. It’s up to them to figure it out.
 
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