I still am wondering about who backs up Brett…looks to me that Chuck should have tried to get a qualified backup (maybe he did try…or maybe he thinks the backups will be better than they showed last year).
I was wondering about that as well…
Didn’t both backups only play in the middle of a monsoon? I was at that game. Nobody could hold the ball. If that’s the only data point, I’d throw it out the window.
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Supposedly there were a plethora of FCS QBs with playing experience in the portal who were chomping at the bit to sign with Miami. At least according to some around here.
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Hesson played the majority of the game. Kopp played a series or two mid-game but couldn’t hold onto the ball. On the broadcast I watched from home later, RG3 called him Maddox Drop.
I think we signed Gotkowski with the idea he would be Brett’s long term replacement. As a true Freshmsn, he obviously hasn’t taken a live collegiate game snap. We’ve got five QB in the room this season instead of six or seven. Nobody but Brett has any meaningful experience.
In the Portal age, no team is particularly deep at QB anymore but we’re particularly thin.
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imagine if Aveon was still around & we beat them with the same backup qb 2x
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It was the worst rain I have ever sat through and I hear your point but the App State qb had decent numbers going against our defense.
I would say backup qb is a huge risk for this year
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I was there, too. Jive is right.
Yeah I don’t get how anyone could properly evaluate Hesson or Kopp based on that game. Kopp’s game tape at Colorado leads me to believe he can be a capable backup. If the coaches think Hesson is better, I’m fine with that too. As we witnessed last year, we don’t need the backup to come in and put the team on his shoulders to win games. The best thing for a backup QB is an experienced OL, and we have that.
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Don’t want to start a new thread but apparently we travel the least miles of any FBS team this season for our road games.
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That’s probably true most seasons.
As a fan who tries to attend every game, l absolutely love this. I am very much in favor of buy games like Purdue, Indiana, Louisville, Pittsburgh, and Northwestern. Close teams that we can compete against. We have never played at Tennessee, NC State, Wake Forest, or Duke.
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We have never played at Louisville in our entire history.
We have sizable alumni bases in a lot of cities outside the tight footprint we continue to play in who would love to see the RedHawks appear in their metro area. We had 800 fans show up for our game at Washington in 1984 even though we were really struggling on the field. People came from the East Coast, LA and even from Vancouver BC. We held a pregame brunch at the Sheraton with nearly 200 in attendance and chartered two buses from the hotel to Husky Stadium.
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Big game boomer (popular twitter account) has Miami as the 14th best defense in the nation
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Epic season. If some of the MWC teams stumble, we could absolutely be looking at a playoff spot provided we take care of business–beat NW and UC, stay close with ND and run the MAC table. Not an easy road but a doable one.
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Memphis needs to hit a couple of roadblocks, too.
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Don’t forget Texas state, app state, Tulane among others
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Or Minnesota State University. Coach Fox is always a tough out.
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They play D2