Mess ran SR like he hated him. SR and GR both look like capable QBs they just need a real OC to coach them. I'm a Bears fan, I've seen what a real offensive coach can do with talent, that OCs before him made look so mediocre.
Thoughts Heading Into Spring Practice
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Grant got a 54 yard TD because ISU had nearly abandoned the zone read up to that point. If there was a decision to make on the read they were going to sell out on the RB. There is a reason everyone, including ISU's radio team, was surprised Grant had the ball.
Good for you that you recognized that they didn't run Grant as much and a very legitimate reason for doing so. I agree with you. But the fact remains that they didn't call Grant's number as much so it is impossible to take away meaningful conclusions about comparative durability.
Here's a game by game breakdown of QB runs with sacks removed. Obviously this doesn't include hurries or when they got hit after throwing, or whether it was a scramble out of bounds vs a called run. It also doesn't include when a zone read was called and there was a handoff (or whether they made the right read to keep vs hand off). This is just when they actually ran the ball for whatever reason.
[TABLE="width: 192"]
[TR]
[TD="width: 64"][/TD]
[TD="width: 64"]Rohach[/TD]
[TD="width: 64"]Richardson[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]UNI[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Iowa[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tulsa[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]10[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Texas[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tech[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]0[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]9[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Baylor[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Okie State[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]11[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]K State[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]4[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]TCU[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Oklahoma[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Kansas[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]WVU[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Total[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]29[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]83[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Rohach was never asked to run anywhere near as much as Richardson, and even when Rohach had the starting spot Richardson was still put in and took the hits on obvious running situations.
As far as why they stopped running as much when Rohach went in... when Richardson was injured Rhoads came out every week in his press conference and said that a running QB was essential to our offense and Sam was just going to have to suck it up. Then Rohach comes in and they just kind of stop running the QB. So you can't say that one is more durable than the other since they were played in totally different ways. It very well might have been that the coaches felt they needed to keep him healthy. But "not getting hurt" doesn't automatically equal "more durable" when the hurt guy got run through a meat grinder and the not hurt guy was treated with kid gloves.
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Good stuff. The rhetoric concerning the running of our QB is confusing. I still don't understand the logic in putting SR into the game to obviously run the zone read and get the crap knocked out of him. I don't care whether it is a thumb or not. If you are injured then you are injured. And find it amazing that SR was forced to play on one leg earlier in the year because he was deemed to be our only real choice at QB. Baffling.
Wait, so Meeks decommitted from Cincinnati and committed to us the next day, never visited Michigan State or Florida State, but it was down to us, Florida State and Michigan State? Florida State had 5 LB's in the class, 3 of whom had already committed and visted. That includes 2 4-stars and a 5-star, #2 overall LB in the country. Not sure they were still waiting on Alton. Didn't do the same for Michigan State, but did see they had 2 4-star LB's committed before Meeks flipped.
I like the guy and think he'll turn out to be the best recruit in last year's class, but not sure this is 100% correct. I think I recall we beat Cincinnati for him.
He never considered Cincinnati to play LB, he committed there as a QB and when he decided he wanted to play LB he opened up his recruitment and ended up committing to us shortly after. He visited Florida State as well. Ultimately decided to come here because he grew up in Iowa City and liked Ames. I've met the kid.
I have a feeling Sam was more injured than we all were lead to believe all season. My gut feeling is saying the reason CPR announced Rohach the #1 going into spring ball is because Sam will be healing from surgery still and they are just keeping it under wraps.
With Budgrage and the additions of Lazard and Montgomery along with some young guys who played pretty well this past season, whoever is quarterback will have plenty of solid (to say the least) options. That hasn't been the case for the past few years.
Good point. Additionally, you have to take into account the games in which Richardson played last year without getting injured.
So....what would be different from the last five years?
People keep posting stuff like this. It makes no sense to me.
