Intelligent non assessment, especially considering what he said last year.
Under Phillip Montgomery...
Under Phillip Montgomery...
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The prediction is what the computer sees. The computer sees a team of guys who haven’t produced or didn’t produce well enough last year. Coupled with a recruiting grade over the last four years that’s lower than most of our conference (I think that Oklahoma recruits are undervalued and Texas recruits are overvalued by a lot of recruiting services because of more eyeballs but that’s changing more and more). When you put Recruiting & last year’s performance together, it makes sense. We’ll lose almost no one after this season, so if we put out 6-7 wins this year, projections would probably show us at about 8 wins the next year.Analysis is fair. Projected record is not. This is a 6 win team. Maybe with a lucky bounce or an off day for an opponent, they squeak out 8.
I just don't get the poor-mouthing of Luke Skipper as starter this year vs. Boomer, President or anyone else. What I saw last year was a QB who was pressured or on his butt a lot, WR's who ran lousy routes or dropped his throws and who improved towards end of season.
He will start this year & lead this team to at least six victories, IMO. I believe our WR's will be coached up on route running & hanging on to the ball. Our solid running game will help the passing game. Against a murderers row of opponents, we will do better than the "experts" expect & knock off at least one of the "big boys".
This team is hungry & it will be reflected in their play. Coach Monty will see to that. TU Football: 1st,last,always!
I agree with that. Given an upgraded or improved receiving corps, he could develop into an outstanding QB.Skipper's going to be good. I was kind of surprised when we got that Baylor QB. I honestly believe Skipper can be the next Dane / GJ / Smith
It felt like everyone associated with the offense threw in the towel down the stretch. Nobody had any idea what to do, we’d tried all the personnel we had available, clearly we needed a period off and some new blood to rethink things.The most interesting thing from Connelly’s preview is stats under President/Skipper
That’s not really all that close...
- Tulsa offense, first 5 games (with President as starter): Avg. points per game: 35.0 | Avg. yards per play: 5.8 | Avg. percentile performance: 47%
- Tulsa offense, last 7 games (with Skipper as starter): Avg. points per game: 25.3 | Avg. yards per play: 5.6 | Avg. percentile performance: 38%
That's the pre-snap read. I know we line up in a standard play just about every down with a "check with me" coming from the sideline, but your QB needs to be able to make his own presnap and get out of a bad play OR understand if he reads blitz his normal hot read might not be there because of the coverage called otherwise. I think those types of quick reads we got used to with Dane running the show were not quite there last season. And it may be a function of Skipper just needing more film time and game time because things always seem to move just a bit faster against a real opponent who is trying to rip your head off versus going against your own team's defense in practice and you've got the red or green "no touching me" jersey on.I still think Skipper dances around the backfield more than he needs trying to find the open route. I hope he can improve on that this year and our receivers help him out more.
Funny thing was, President was really good at those reads... he just couldn't make the throws well enough after he made the reads. I think Skipper will benefit from being the clear #1 in spring / fall camp. Monty's a great 1 on 1 tutor.That's the pre-snap read. I know we line up in a standard play just about every down with a "check with me" coming from the sideline, but your QB needs to be able to make his own presnap and get out of a bad play OR understand if he reads blitz his normal hot read might not be there because of the coverage called otherwise. I think those types of quick reads we got used to with Dane running the show were not quite there last season. And it may be a function of Skipper just needing more film time and game time because things always seem to move just a bit faster against a real opponent who is trying to rip your head off versus going against your own team's defense in practice and you've got the red or green "no touching me" jersey on.
There's a reason why Baylor took Stidham on top of President. I don't think anyone at Baylor considered President to be a QB at this level, but he does have some crazy, game changing athletic ability. I also think he has a great football IQ and he seems to be a pretty smart kid overall. He, unfortunately, does not have the arm talent to match his football IQ and understanding of this offense.Funny thing was, President was really good at those reads... he just couldn't make the throws well enough after he made the reads. I think Skipper will benefit from being the clear #1 in spring / fall camp. Monty's a great 1 on 1 tutor.