I know some of the back story regarding baseball did not help UA, but this is one kid I really think the UA staff dropped the ball on and assumed a little to much. FSU got one talent UA fans will hate seeing over the next 3 years.
Mack Brown and his staff are also kicking themselves.
Agree with DC Vol here. The kid dreamed of being a Longhorn and Mack Brown whiffed on him big time. Brown has missed on RGIII, Johnny Manziel and now Jameis Winston. I would be livid if I were a fan of that team.
The kid is very athletic and talented, but he's high strung and kind of all over the place with the ball. Against a middling Big East team he got away with a ton. Against a Top 20 defense?
Pitt's defense was number 17 in total defense last year and returned 9 starters for this season. Let's not act like the kid was going against a high school team. But that's what you do best, ignore the facts.
Total Defense - NCAA.com
Against this schedule:
Youngstown State
U Cinci
Va Tech
Gardner-Webb
Syracuse
L'ville
Buffalo
Temple
Notre Dame
UCONN
Rutgers
USF
Ole Miss
Against L'ville, they gave up 45 points and 460 yards of offense. Against ND, they gave up 29 points and against Ole Miss they gave up 38 points.
So their overall ranking obviously came by shutting down such juggernauts on the rest of their schedule as Gardner-Webb and Buffalo.
Face it. Pitt is awful.
I didn't say they were an Alabama or LSU, but a redshirt freshman making his first start against a statistically top 20 defense and carving them up the way in which he did is pretty impressive. I understand why you would downplay what he did, given that FSU is a rival school, but he does deserve a little bit of credit. However, like you I'm sure, I'd really like to see what he can do against a championship contender.
Agree with DC Vol here. The kid dreamed of being a Longhorn and Mack Brown whiffed on him big time. Brown has missed on RGIII, Johnny Manziel and now Jameis Winston. I would be livid if I were a fan of that team.
I didn't say they were an Alabama or LSU, but a redshirt freshman making his first start against a statistically top 20 defense and carving them up the way in which he did is pretty impressive. I understand why you would downplay what he did, given that FSU is a rival school, but he does deserve a little bit of credit. However, like you I'm sure, I'd really like to see what he can do against a championship contender.