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Post by oleschoolaggie on Feb 4, 2020 9:39:57 GMT -5
i think wilds-lawing will have a chance to play as a "true freshman", he should at least get in the 4 game minimum... You and Trues agree on a QB? Oh my... this may very well be the next great Aggie QB. lol, now that's funny!! Sent from my SM-G950U using proboards
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Post by A&T-roy on Feb 4, 2020 9:41:31 GMT -5
i think wilds-lawing will have a chance to play as a "true freshman", he should at least get in the 4 game minimum... DOUBTFUL.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Feb 4, 2020 9:47:06 GMT -5
You and Trues agree on a QB? Oh my... this may very well be the next great Aggie QB. The love affair won’t last long...Fowler was a higher rates recruit yet they are ready to throw da baby out with the bath water. 🤷🏾♂️ Even though he played behind two 5th year seniors its not about ratings, raynard didn't have high ratings coming out of high school either. its about the "eye test" and the "potential" to be developed into a top notch fcs qb. i've never seen fowler run the football the way this kid did in his video and last i checked, fowler ain't 6'4" tall either. besides, if ratings meant so much, then ifedi would be our starter this year instead of fowler since he was rated a "3 star" qb coming out of high school and fowler wasn't... Sent from my SM-G950U using proboards
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Post by Maxell on Feb 4, 2020 10:21:01 GMT -5
Fowler is going to surprise some folk next year.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Feb 4, 2020 10:44:00 GMT -5
i think wilds-lawing will have a chance to play as a "true freshman", he should at least get in the 4 game minimum... DOUBTFUL. i don't see why not. he's got 4 games to play in without losing his redshirt and our season opener is against d2 shaw. no reason why he shouldn't see the field as a true freshman. as of right now, i see him at least 3rd string in the starting qb pecking order...
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Feb 4, 2020 10:46:23 GMT -5
Fowler is going to surprise some folk next year. the only way he'll surprise me is if he performs well against ndsu and liberty, and also run our offense well enough as a starter to win another meac and cb championship. if he does that, then yep, he'll pleasantly surprise me and i'll be completely satisfied with that...
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Post by Bornthrilla on Feb 4, 2020 10:51:15 GMT -5
i don't see why not. he's got 4 games to play in without losing his redshirt and our season opener is against d2 shaw. no reason why he shouldn't see the field as a true freshman. as of right now, i see him at least 3rd string in the starting qb pecking order... If the roster remains like it is now, you will enter the season with two junior quarterbacks who have started a combined total of ZERO games. We are gonna have to use the Shaw match-up as chance for both of them to get some meaningful reps in live action before the toughest two road games of the season.
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Post by aggiedad81 on Feb 4, 2020 11:07:24 GMT -5
spring ball is going to be very interesting on both sides of the ball
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Post by thewinner on Feb 4, 2020 11:17:20 GMT -5
First off I would like everyone to pray for Trues and his love for E&J. lol 2nd I think Jalen Fowler will be fine. I think Ifedi will play a lot of wildcat QB this year similar to what Jaquil Capel and Ricky Lewis did for us years ago
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Feb 4, 2020 11:30:40 GMT -5
i don't see why not. he's got 4 games to play in without losing his redshirt and our season opener is against d2 shaw. no reason why he shouldn't see the field as a true freshman. as of right now, i see him at least 3rd string in the starting qb pecking order... If the roster remains like it is now, you will enter the season with two junior quarterbacks who have started a combine total of ZERO games. We are gonna have to use the Shaw match-up as chance for both of them to get some meaningful reps in live action before the toughest two road games of the season. thing is, that shaw game should be completely outta hand by the end of the 1st quarter. to me, both fowler and ifedi should see plenty of action in that game before the end of the 3rd quarter if not sooner. i don't think cupcake games are intended for "starters" to get a long term tune up. instead, i think cupcake games are more catered to the "backups" and true freshmen. i don't see a whole lot of benefit to the starters in cupcake games other than establishing a "rhythm" and executing against opponents who don't know your plays. i wouldn't want my starters playing in a meaningless cupcake game longer than necessary, especially not the starting qb. to me, a cupcake game is intended to only give the starters a quick "tuneup" and then get them the hail out of the game as soon as necessary to avoid any "unnecessary" injuries to our starters. other than that, to me the primary purpose of an early season cupcake game is to develop your 3rd and 4th string backups in the event they're called upon to step in and play a prominent role down the road due to injuries to our 1st or 2nd string players. so for my money, whoever the starting qb is, he ain't seeing any 2nd half action against a d2 team unless its absolutely necessary. "if" the game is out of hand by the end of the 1st quarter as it should be, i'm pulling my starting qb no later than midway thru the 2nd quarter and putting in my 2nd string qb at that point and pulling him no later than the end of the 3rd. that leaves the entire 4th quarter for my 3rd string qb. that's pretty much how my rotation would work in a cupcake game even though we have 2 very challenging games coming up after that. to me, playing against shaw won't help to prepare our starters for what they'll see against ndsu or liberty...
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Post by Maxell on Feb 4, 2020 11:39:35 GMT -5
FYI. Ifedi threw for 4,052 yds his senior year of high school. The same way we initially used Carter as just a runner ... Watch, The freshman will primarily add depth his first year.
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Post by AggieMac on Feb 4, 2020 13:18:22 GMT -5
Fowler is going to surprise some folk next year. the only way he'll surprise me is if he performs well against ndsu and liberty, and also run our offense well enough as a starter to win another meac and cb championship. if he does that, then yep, he'll pleasantly surprise me and i'll be completely satisfied with that... With this statement you are basically writing Fowler off. It will be very difficult to any QB to come in and perform lights out against NDSU and Liberty with 0 starts as a starter. What is realistic is Fowler's expectation should be that he should not be caught like a deer in headlights, refrain from doing anything that would cause us to lose, and stay within the offense. We will have plenty of weapons at our disposal that can determine the outcome of those games. If he does that, you will see us back in ATL again in December no doubt.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Feb 4, 2020 13:44:48 GMT -5
the only way he'll surprise me is if he performs well against ndsu and liberty, and also run our offense well enough as a starter to win another meac and cb championship. if he does that, then yep, he'll pleasantly surprise me and i'll be completely satisfied with that... With this statement you are basically writing Fowler off. It will be very difficult to any QB to come in and perform lights out against NDSU and Liberty with 0 starts as a starter. What is realistic is Fowler's expectation should be that he should not be caught like a deer in headlights, refrain from doing anything that would cause us to lose, and stay within the offense. We will have plenty of weapons at our disposal that can determine the outcome of those games. If he does that, you will see us back in ATL again in December no doubt. hey, if he's our starter then i'll be pulling hard for him. so don't get me wrong, i'm not "anti" any aggie athlete. i never pull against any aggie players, period. i just give my honest "opinion". i'm not writing fowler off no more than i wrote raynard off when i once preferred that carter started over raynard. almost nothing makes me happier than for an aggie that i didn't have full confidence in goes out and proves me wrong. i'll never forget that i once felt the same way about andrian powell, a former aggie basketball player. i initially didn't have any confidence in his game but one of his supporters kept telling me that in time, he would prove me wrong. and guess what? he absolutely did! long story short, after that, powell became one of my all time "favorite" aggie basketball players because he obviously worked his tail off and became arguably the best player on our team. so i luv when an aggie player who i didn't initially have confidence in proves me wrong. raynard did the same thing. before he became the raynard he was during his redshirt junior year, i didn't have confidence in his game but he proved me wrong, so i quickly jumped on the raynard bandwagon. so i personally have nothing against fowler and i hope he does prove me wrong. but until that happens, i'm gonna give my "honest" opinion of him. if it turns out i'm wrong about fowller, then it won't be the first time i've been wrong about an aggie player. so i hope he proves me wrong...
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Post by A&T-roy on Feb 4, 2020 17:05:25 GMT -5
i don't see why not. he's got 4 games to play in without losing his redshirt and our season opener is against d2 shaw. no reason why he shouldn't see the field as a true freshman. as of right now, i see him at least 3rd string in the starting qb pecking order... If the roster remains like it is now, you will enter the season with two junior quarterbacks who have started a combined total of ZERO games. We are gonna have to use the Shaw match-up as chance for both of them to get some meaningful reps in live action before the toughest two road games of the season.
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Post by A&T-roy on Feb 4, 2020 17:12:35 GMT -5
i don't see why not. he's got 4 games to play in without losing his redshirt and our season opener is against d2 shaw. no reason why he shouldn't see the field as a true freshman. as of right now, i see him at least 3rd string in the starting qb pecking order... If the roster remains like it is now, you will enter the season with two junior quarterbacks who have started a combined total of ZERO games. We are gonna have to use the Shaw match-up as chance for both of them to get some meaningful reps in live action before the toughest two road games of the season. Like we've seen for several years, our 3rd string QBs get very little run unless there is some kind of injury. That also applies to the backups. And there's Khalil Gilliam...current 3rd string QB. We'll see what happens with him.
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