Well this pretty much illustrates how little depth we have at QB. I guess Bobby Boucher is our starting middle linebacker?Per ESPN report...
Gamecocks to start grad assistant Noland at QB
Zeb Noland, who had a year of eligibility remaining when he took a job as a graduate assistant on Shane Beamer's coaching staff at South Carolina, will be the Gamecocks' starting quarterback for the opener.www.espn.com
I'm sure we're hoping for something like "The Natural" to take place here.
If we struggle this weekend we have bigger problems than who is starting at QB. I still think their hope is that Doty is ready for week 2 and they just want to avoid any potential controversy. Zeb should be able to hand the ball off 50 times Saturday and win the game eliminating the question posed on here weeks ago when Doty was injured about replacing the “starting” QB.
Again when it was pointed out Zeb was riding the bench at ND State the response was that he was behind a guy who would start at most SEC schools. Was it a mistake by a bunch of coaches that didn’t recruit Lance?
Lance played in a small high school in Marshall, MN....not exactly a recruiting hotbed. His HS team was primarily a running team and he only averaged 123 ypg passing. (Heck, in the late 1970s some of Greer's veer QBs averaged more than that) He was offered as a QB by several Group of 5 schools (he was offered by some P-5 schools but as a WR or DB...similar to Shaw).
That’s fine but those P5 schools still scouted him and didn’t think he was QB material (including instate Minnesota where he said he wanted to play) so was that a mistake?
Obviously, but it not like they had near the history to determine his capabilities. Kind of like determining whether a QB who runs the triple option or veer is a good passer. Its apples to oranges.
Agree, I believe this team has enough talent to possibly win 6 games if we put the right combination of players on the field.
Mike Davis didn't start because he broke team rules against NC state.
Like the 3rd string QB and 2nd string TE, that "connection" which is good for 1-2 TDs a game right?
Haha you do realize I'm repeating what you said, that "connection" that no other QB has...I hope you don't bet, you would suck at it.
I didn’t make that claim but Lance is in the NFL so some coaches certainly missed out during recruiting.
Based on everything that the beat writers around ND State wrote about how poorly he played that was probably a significant contributor. Regardless is doesn’t matter as we have now entered two years in a row with a FCS backup QB as our starter.
No, per YOU 'Zeb is the superior QB at this point.' At no time in that article, and at no time during any of his interviews has Beamer ever made such an outlandish statement. Have you bothered to read the post Collyn Taylor posted regarding Zeb and his PFF Player Grades? Nothing in those numbers screams 'superior QB'.
According to some, we have an "ace in the hole" who has an elite arm and the "it" factor who inexplicably was unable to beat out the grad assistant we pulled off the sidelines. To say our QB room isn't what we need it to be is an understatement.
He didn't say he was A superior QB. He said he was THE superior QB meaning better than our other options, which are apparently not good. That doesn't make him a superior QB compared to all other QBs, just the ones on our roster.
This is my concern. I don't have a preference as to which backup starts. But it doesn't sound like a good situation.
The Coaches design the offense around Doty early on because of his legs so he should be the Clear number one .
He'll have an excuse. There is an excuse for everything regarding Brown. [sigh]
Because Brown came in over weight and out of shape by all reports. They offered Brown a scholarship because of his arm not his ability to run.
That's not an excuse that the truth . The Coaches identified early on that we had a Solid offenses line with great running backs and Doty with his legs was a perfect fit.
