Arnaud, Meyer, Bates

[CHim]

It was a 47 yd pass play over the middle. I watched it over again on ESPN 360. It was definitely not a perfectly thrown ball, but it was still a heck of a throw. But it was high and away, definitely. Hamilton does turn his body on the play, but not to go back to get the ball, he turns so he can lay out to make the catch. Again, I think he was surprised by the velocity of the throw.

Are you talking about the play were he turned Aqib Talib? I thought it looked like he slowed down for it.

 

[crawfy54]

I kind of hope Tiller redhshirts next year

 

[no2cyclones]

I kind of hope Tiller redhshirts next year

I agree wholeheartedly--give him the 'shirt with Arnaud and Bates around. Those two fellas should be able to handle the ship for a few years.

 

[pulse]

Arnaud has a cannon compared to Meyer. I always thought the ball spent too much time in the air with BM. KU's QB didn't have a big arm, but the key is he threw hard and got the ball to the receivers quickly.

 

[Cloned4Life]

It was a 47 yd pass play over the middle. I watched it over again on ESPN 360. It was definitely not a perfectly thrown ball, but it was still a heck of a throw. But it was high and away, definitely. Hamilton does turn his body on the play, but not to go back to get the ball, he turns so he can lay out to make the catch. Again, I think he was surprised by the velocity of the throw.

I agree, I taped the game, watched the replay several times, and still feel it was a very well thrown ball that Marquis slightly misjudged. It was a GREAT triple move though to get open - I think that impressed me just as much as the throw.

And on that topic, I've been extremely impressed by pretty much all of Arnaud's throws. He throws ROPES out there. I've seen him stand in the pocket and throw across the middle, throw some good balls on the run, throw it quick and hard to the running backs on screens, and throw some solid deep balls. Two of the best passes he's thrown all year - a slant to Blythe in the Texas game and a flag route to RJ against CU - were dropped too, maybe they were TOO good of passes

I'm very excited about this guy at QB and I think I read on here somewhere that the coaches want him to be 240lbs next year? Is this true?

 

[ISUclones33]

Arnaud should put on 10-15 lbs muscle.. he isnt cut like he should be right now.. i think shep will get there.. Bates on the other hand has exploded since he got here

 

[snowcraig2.0]

I posted that in my initial post in this thread. He has room to put on muscle upstairs. His legs look like tree trunks however. The exciting part is that he has a rocket for an arm right now, adding more muscle will only make it better. Bates looks like the real deal right now.

I honestly don't think Arnaud will be THAT much better than Bates. But I think you look at it from the standpoint that Bates and AA are probably two of your best 4 skill position players on offense, which means you need them both on the field to be successful. The most feasible way to do that is AA at QB, and PB playing the 'Slash' role.

 

[Wesley]

Hope Phillip has some positve rushing yards next year - they had him running sideways in the backfield and the blocking usually broke down.

 

[snowcraig2.0]

Bates needs to be on the field more often than not. That way the defense can't key on him.