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I was down on Rocco all season. His mechanics are horrible which is why he's so inconsistent.

Kid is a gamer and does what it takes to win games, but needs to be more consistent with his arm.

Much like McCarthy with the Vikings.
Rocco was strange in that his deep ball was more accurate than his short throws. Seemed like he bounced a few off helmets and other weird stuff to miss easy throws.
 
His backup, who has no experience whatsoever?

Are you just looking at former offer lists from when they were in HS?

That's exactly what I did...I'll take a QB who had offers from schools like Alabama, A&M and Florida and was listed as the #7 dual threat QB in his class by ESPN. And has at least 3 years of eligibility.

But I'm curious to hear what your scouting report of Josh Flowers is since you seem to know more about him than just his offers coming out of high school?
 
Rocco was strange in that his deep ball was more accurate than his short throws. Seemed like he bounced a few off helmets and other weird stuff to miss easy throws.

That's mechanics. Easier to be accurate with go routes and posts because you're airing it out and letting receivers run under it. But really affects short and intermediate throws when you have to put it in specific spots.
 
That's exactly what I did...I'll take a QB who had offers from schools like Alabama, A&M and Florida and was listed as the #7 dual threat QB in his class by ESPN. And has at least 3 years of eligibility.

But I'm curious to hear what your scouting report of Josh Flowers is since you seem to know more about him than just his offers coming out of high school?
So how the hell does he end up at Ar St?
 
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Was really hoping for a better option. Wasn't impressed with his ability to throw the ball. Missed some wide open receivers against ISU.

We don’t know what our options are. About as good as I could hope for
 
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Just stop with Indiana. They had the largest cash infusion in all of CFB the last couple years. Mark Cuban and Lucas Oil “created” the new culture. Are we able to pay a new coach $8 mil a year? Nope.
Cignetti's initial contract was 6 years 27 mil and their NIL budget was closer to ours that first season.
 
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So how the hell does he end up at Ar St?
I think the coach that recruited him to an SEC school went to Arkansas State and he flipped. Now that coach is our QB coach. Edit:I was not completely correct. Decommitted from Miss State but our QB coach was not there.

Raynor would be fine. His completion % was 66%. Not bad at all.
 
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That's exactly what I did...I'll take a QB who had offers from schools like Alabama, A&M and Florida and was listed as the #7 dual threat QB in his class by ESPN. And has at least 3 years of eligibility.

But I'm curious to hear what your scouting report of Josh Flowers is since you seem to know more about him than just his offers coming out of high school?
Sure! Before I do though, have you looked at Rocco’s offer list? Moot point now, but HS offers don’t mean ****

The only scout you need on Flowers is that he wasn’t good enough to beat out Raynor, the exact QB you’re poo pooing
 
I think the coach that recruited him to an SEC school went to Arkansas State and he flipped. Now that coach is our QB coach.

Raynor would be fine. His completion % was 66%. Not bad at all.
An isolated completion percentage doesn't tell you much. If half of those passes are lateral that's a hell of a lot different than if that's more slanted to down the field.
 
An isolated completion percentage doesn't tell you much. If half of those passes are lateral that's a hell of a lot different than if that's more slanted to down the field.
But if he was missing tons of wide open guys against Iowa State, that clearly did not last all season.

His OC is on our staff. If he sucked, we wouldn't go after him. The rushing threat adds another dimension.
 
An isolated completion percentage doesn't tell you much. If half of those passes are lateral that's a hell of a lot different than if that's more slanted to down the field.

For reference,
  • Raynor completed 66 percent and averaged 6.6 ypa.
  • Rocco completed 60.5 percent but averaged 7.62 ypa..
  • ISU 2025 opponents completed 61.2 percent and averaged 6.6 ypa.
 
Except Iowa State would only have about 40 players available for spring practice. Because any transfers would not be on campus.
Not how it would work. Fewer players would transfer out because of the restrictions. A few would transfer in but would sign the same contract.

Of course exceptions would be made for a player transferring due to an ill relative but the general rule would be no workout facilities, no athletic dorm, no scholarship once you quit the team.
 
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Not how it would work. Fewer players would transfer out because of the restrictions. A few would transfer in but would sign the same contract.

Of course exceptions would be made for a player transferring due to an ill relative but the general rule would be no workout facilities, no athletic dorm, no scholarship once you quit the team.
You think if they were forced to stay through spring, most would stay? A few maybe, but most still would transfer. And they wouldn't want to risk an injury prior to that. Coaches wouldn't want them to stay either if they weren't in the plans for next year.

If that were a local Iowa State rule, it would kill recruiting. No way would that ever be an NCAA rule.