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He slung 14 points up in his half of the game. What did your little brother do? If JG was JUST AVERAGE, where do you grade your little brother and the 3 points he led us to? You were right JG did all you said he did WITH A BROKEN HAND. Not to bad if you ask me. Face it dude, the staff has more faith in JG than they do the other 2 QB's. They have seen a lot more of the QB's than you and I have. They have WAY MORE football knowledge than you and I do combined. I just don't understand WHY YOU THINK you know more about who should play than the STAFF does. Is your last name Maurer? Just wondering. SMHYup, he threw up two 50-50 balls which were both caught. Thank goodness for that.
And he made a couple of runs which could be seen as crucial.
Other than that, his play was pretty much average. Not counting him handing off with the wrong hand due to his injury, causing a fumble that almost cost us the game. But other than that, he had a decent outing.
What are your reasons as to why it would be best for all parties involved if JG were to transfer? Put up or shut up!I was speaking for myself, that was my first thought. If he’s “done enough for you”, then fine, post it, I won’t assume you’re speaking for me.
He played unusually well last night, helped the team win. Still hope he moves on after the season, it’ll be best for all parties involved.
Maurer didn’t play that poorly last night. Needed to shake the rust off and began to show some signs in the second quarter after 2-3 poor passes early. Of course, we didn’t have the ball at all in the first half so he virtually no chance to get in any kind of rhythm.
Pure speculation, you have no idea if that’s true. Our defense couldn’t get off the field in the first half allowing Ky to keep the ball about 21 of 30 minutes. Maurer hasn’t played since week 7/the Alabama game, so he needed to shake off the rust, which he was doing slowly but surely. Led us on an 11 play 71 yard scoring drive, then had the 34 yard hookup with Callaway before running out of time before the half. We’ve seen Maurer, in limited action, be better at throwing players open, hitting receivers in stride than Guarantano....no reason to think he wouldn’t have done the same last night to the guys we had running wide open in the second half imo.
He slung 14 points up in his half of the game. What did your little brother do? If JG was JUST AVERAGE, we do you grade your little brother and the 3 points he led us to? You were right JG did all you said he did WITH A BROKEN HAND. Not to bad if you ask me. Face it dude, the staff has more faith in JG than they do the other 2 QB's. They have seen a lot more of the QB's than you and I have. They have WAY MORE football knowledge than you and I do combined. I just don't understand WHY YOU THINK you know more about who should play than the STAFF does. Is your last name Maurer? Just wondering. SMH
I’ve noticed with most on here that “support” is an hourly rental. But you can only rent support a week at a time.Just amazing how knee jerk so many on here are. JG’s has what, 3 good halves of football this year?....Miss State, Kentucky and Scar? After atrocious play and inexcusable decision-making as a 4th year player earlier in the year that directly led to losses......but now he’s the undisputed guy over a true freshman who’s just coming back from multiple concussions, who clearly has a higher ceiling with his abilities and demeanor/attitude?
Okie dokie then.
1. We know what JG is.....moments of good play, many more of poor play that can cost you games. See: Georgia Stste, BYU, Florida and Alabama.What are your reasons as to why it would be best for all parties involved if JG were to transfer? Put up or shut up!
... And Maurer has had a couple of good halves. The position hasn't been stellar all year, but JG is clearly the better option at least until Maurer gets better with the offense and becomes more accurate. Who knows? Maybe it flip flops during the bye week. Don't know why people feel the need to be in one camp or the other. Theyve done a pretty good job of managing the QBs the last few games.Just amazing how knee jerk so many on here are. JG’s has what, 3 good halves of football this year?....Miss State, Kentucky and Scar? After atrocious play and inexcusable decision-making as a 4th year player earlier in the year that directly led to losses......but now he’s the undisputed guy over a true freshman who’s just coming back from multiple concussions, who clearly has a higher ceiling with his abilities and demeanor/attitude?
Okie dokie then.
You just never know which JG you’re gonna get. I’ll take tonight’s JG every Saturday
... And Maurer has had a couple of good halves. The position hasn't been stellar all year, but JG is clearly the better option at least until Maurer gets better with the offense and becomes more accurate. Who knows? Maybe it flip flops during the bye week. Don't know why people feel the need to be in one camp or the other. Theyve done a pretty good job of managing the QBs the last few games.
It's comical watching people on both sides minimize one guy's success so they can be right about the other guy.
Maurer hasn’t had any opportunities to develop and have more success due to his injuries and a short leash. Kid’s a true freshman and gives the team more energy when he’s in there imo vs the best teams we’ve played this year.... And Maurer has had a couple of good halves. The position hasn't been stellar all year, but JG is clearly the better option at least until Maurer gets better with the offense and becomes more accurate. Who knows? Maybe it flip flops during the bye week. Don't know why people feel the need to be in one camp or the other. Theyve done a pretty good job of managing the QBs the last few games.
It's comical watching people on both sides minimize one guy's success so they can be right about the other guy.
I agree to an extent, but it just is what it is. BM has had tough luck with injuries and it's set him back a little. I don't see the benefit in making a true freshman deal with injuries and drinking out of a fire hose as long as JG manages the position like he has the past month.Maurer hasn’t had any opportunities to develop and have more success due to his injuries and a short leash. Kid’s a true freshman and gives the team more energy when he’s in there imo vs the best teams we’ve played this year.
JG was good last night, hopefully he keeps it up the next 2 games, cause he’s clearly the guy Pruitt wants to play.
Maurer hasn’t had any opportunities to develop and have more success due to his injuries and a short leash. Kid’s a true freshman and gives the team more energy when he’s in there imo vs the best teams we’ve played this year.
JG was good last night, hopefully he keeps it up the next 2 games, cause he’s clearly the guy Pruitt wants to play.
It’s not a great scenario when your most experienced but less talented qb has his hand in a cast. He almost cost them the game with the fumbled hand off and I know almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades. On the one hand you have two freshmen that are talented but are freshmen. The only good thing about freshmen is they become sophomores. Our biggest hope at this point is JG’s hand heals up in the next two weeks and he gets some coaching to not do things to hurt the team effort. I believe the Vols can win the next to games with the new and improved bought in mentality.
That’s true but he got the ball back and it wasn’t in nut cutting time with the clock running down and the other team only behind by four points. All this conversation is fun but winning the game makes it all moot. Just have to look forward to upcoming games and hope the staff makes the best decisions for our team.Remember they brought Maurer in before the first TD in the second half and he fumbled the snap too. Ifs and buts...
Does he play better off the bench? He has earned the right to play. We probably don't win without him.