Crompton should start against ASU

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I'm sorry, but if Ainge can't throw the ball more than 10 yards without it floating or hand the ball off right they should let Crompton start so his finger can heal before they go up against Georgia.

The pass blocking has been adequate this year (granted one doesn't need that much time when you are throwing the ball down the field in 3 yard spurts) and it is probably for the best. Seems like everytime Ainge gets touched he gets hurt.
 
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rjd970 said:
I'm sorry, but if Ainge can't throw the ball more than 10 yards without it floating or hand the ball off right they should let Crompton start so his finger can heal before they go up against Georgia.

The pass blocking has been adequate this year (granted one doesn't need that much time when you are throwing the ball down the field in 3 yard spurts) and it is probably for the best. Seems like everytime Ainge gets touched he gets hurt.
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You know, that's not a bad idea. Couple of weeks rest for the pinky would probably be good and if things go south we could always bring Erik in to right the ship...
 
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rjd970 said:
I'm sorry, but if Ainge can't throw the ball more than 10 yards without it floating or hand the ball off right they should let Crompton start so his finger can heal before they go up against Georgia.

The pass blocking has been adequate this year (granted one doesn't need that much time when you are throwing the ball down the field in 3 yard spurts) and it is probably for the best. Seems like everytime Ainge gets touched he gets hurt.
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This is going to get pounded... :no:
 
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If you dont mind possibly suffering a loss while Ainge's finger heals, then yeah, its a good idea.
 
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therickbol said:
If you dont mind possibly suffering a loss while Ainge's finger heals, then yeah, its a good idea.
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Dude, didn't ya get the part about if things go bad Erik will be waiting in the wings? Not to mention it would be great game experience for our supposed qb for next year. Now of course the ASU fans will think that's a great idea but what do they know.... :p
 
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rjd970 said:
I'm sorry, but if Ainge can't throw the ball more than 10 yards without it floating or hand the ball off right they should let Crompton start so his finger can heal before they go up against Georgia.

The pass blocking has been adequate this year (granted one doesn't need that much time when you are throwing the ball down the field in 3 yard spurts) and it is probably for the best. Seems like everytime Ainge gets touched he gets hurt.
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:shakehead:
 
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If you are predicting a loss because our quarterback waiting in the wings is not sufficient, then I am more worried about next year than this year. If Ainge is not 100%, and 2 weeks would help him then by all means they should play Crompton. Crompton has not done anything that would lead me to believe he could not beat Arkansas State. On the other hand, if 2 weeks does not help Ainge then it does not make much of a difference. It is impossible for me to tell from my armchair position if our down the field problem is Ainge's injury, bad play calling, or an inadequate deep threat at the WR position. If the problem is Ainge's injury, and only the coaches really know this, then by all means we should be playing Crompton.
 
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rjd970 said:
I'm sorry, but if Ainge can't throw the ball more than 10 yards without it floating or hand the ball off right they should let Crompton start so his finger can heal before they go up against Georgia.

hurt.
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I agree, I have total confidence in Crompton. He played well enough to beat LSU last year, our Defense lost that game.
Ainge needs to be as close to 100% as possible when we hit the rest of the SEC schools, or we could have another 2005 caliber season on our hands.(or worse)
 
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Our defense didn't really lose the game. They made several big plays throughout. The better team one last year... Crompton did play pretty well though.
 
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tvolsfan said:
Our defense didn't really lose the game. They made several big plays throughout. The better team one last year... Crompton did play pretty well though.
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I'm not saying the D didnt play pretty well overall. But we were in position to win, and they couldnt hold for one last drive by LSU.
 
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BCSsucks said:
I agree, I have total confidence in Crompton. He played well enough to beat LSU last year, our Defense lost that game.
Ainge needs to be as close to 100% as possible when we hit the rest of the SEC schools, or we could have another 2005 caliber season on our hands.(or worse)
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His two big passes in that game were just "throw them up there and hope the right guy gets them" type passes. We don't have Meachem this year.
 
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rjd970 said:
I'm sorry, but if Ainge can't throw the ball more than 10 yards without it floating or hand the ball off right they should let Crompton start so his finger can heal before they go up against Georgia.

The pass blocking has been adequate this year (granted one doesn't need that much time when you are throwing the ball down the field in 3 yard spurts) and it is probably for the best. Seems like everytime Ainge gets touched he gets hurt.
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I think if you do this then you are tanking the season. Crompton will make some good plays but he will also make mistakes that will cost games. Although I don't see it happening...we could still win the East and playing Crompton would be like the coaches saying this season is already over.

Of course...if you're only talking about one game then I guess I could see logic in that. It is only Ark. St. after all.
 
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My uncle seems to think that Crompton is the "Savior of UT Football". He has never liked Ainge but he also doesn't understand that Crompton is not very accurate. Crompton had better get more accurate by next year OR BJ Coleman might just win the starting spot.
 
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I don't think Crompton can beat Ark St. We don't have the playmakers at reciever to take a short pass and go the distance.
 
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rjd970 said:
I'm sorry, but if Ainge can't throw the ball more than 10 yards without it floating or hand the ball off right they should let Crompton start so his finger can heal before they go up against Georgia.
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Just in case anyone has forgotten, here are EA's stats.

81 for 124 passing (65+%)
796 total yards (265/g)
6 TD's
1 INT

He's the 3 rated passer in the SEC behind Tebow and Woodson.

Pretty good for a guy that can't throw a ball more the 10 yards without floating it...
 
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volinbham said:
Just in case anyone has forgotten, here are EA's stats.

81 for 124 passing (65+%)
796 total yards (265/g)
6 TD's
1 INT

Pretty good for a guy that can't throw a ball more the 10 yards without floating it...
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He's just lucky.:crazy:
 
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rjd970 said:
I'm sorry, but if Ainge can't throw the ball more than 10 yards without it floating or hand the ball off right they should let Crompton start so his finger can heal before they go up against Georgia.

The pass blocking has been adequate this year (granted one doesn't need that much time when you are throwing the ball down the field in 3 yard spurts) and it is probably for the best. Seems like everytime Ainge gets touched he gets hurt.
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Im sorry but I would like to WIN this game.
 
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I prefer Ainge too, but seriously you guys act like Crompton is some kind of dog. The kid has seen serious action in 2 fairly high profile games, and frankly all things considered I thought he did really well for a (RS) Freshman. I will go ahead and say that you always always always start you proven accurate senior QB, but if it somehow helped Erik get ready for the brunt of our SEC schedule to shut it down this weekend why not? To answer the original post again do I think we play Crompton in place of Ainge this weekend? Probably not, because it appears like it wouldn't do much to help Ainge unless he ends up falling on his pinky during the game. I'm still not sure that our down the field problem is Erik's or the WR's, but it sure would help him if we could figure out how to run the football (although i have a feeling some of our issues with it is because we can't go deeper than 15 yards on a pass to keep defenses honest).
 
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rjd970 said:
I'm sorry, but if Ainge can't throw the ball more than 10 yards without it floating or hand the ball off right they should let Crompton start so his finger can heal before they go up against Georgia.

The pass blocking has been adequate this year (granted one doesn't need that much time when you are throwing the ball down the field in 3 yard spurts) and it is probably for the best. Seems like everytime Ainge gets touched he gets hurt.
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lunacy in written form right here folks.
 
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I can see the point. If Ainge is still at the point where he can't throw 15 yards, then I would want that he gets time to heal his finger instead of throwing every play.
 
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