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#51
KennyMayne said:
Good point, however, I'm not sold that Mizzou has an SEC caliber D.
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OK. Then why didn't UK who everyone seems to love right now ring up the score board and stat sheet like UT did? UK had 35 points in that game which was a dog fight... UT had 28 in the first qtr. UT had 10 more points and more yardage at half than UK did for the game.

Every QB in the SEC right now has had their stats pumped by playing lesser early season competition.
 
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VolMarine1371 said:
Hooker has done more than enough to prove himself. He has 12 touchdowns(10 passing) and 1 int and competing almost 70% of his passes. What else can you ask for?
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and BEFORE people come to the table and complain about "well he did this against inferior opponents," he did it against whatever the competition was that showed up. Milton didn't and couldn't in comparison. Hooker should not be catching brickbats from anybody at this point. He's done extremely well given the bias this staff arrived at putting Milton on the field ahead of him at the beginning of the season. We have to give Heupel credit to this point in going with the productive hot hand rather than his first choice when it obviously was not working.
 
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Why is this even a discussion anymore? Why do people want to downplay Hooker's performance? You play the team that is in front of you and try to do your best and by every available metric Hendon Hooker has played well. He had one bad interception against Pitt in a game he didn't start and got put in trying to climb out of a hole and guess what, he almost did it.

The bottom line is there are still some losses on our schedule, but other than GA and Bama I think we CAN play with everyone else. Does that mean we beat everyone else, NO. Does that mean we don't have a let down game somewhere, NO.

But this team is all pulling the rope in the same direction and Heupel and staff have shown thus far, way more propensity for putting our guys in positions to make plays. Let's just enjoy that and let the man build a program without picking every single thing apart.
 
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MikeTheVol said:
Until Hooker proves differently, he is our guy. Mizzou may not be that good on D, but still . . . 62 points against anyone is good.
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And I haven't seen it mentioned because nobody cares in an epic blowout, but the refs took a TD off the board on the goal line play. They said we didn't get in. Replay showed that we did. Commentators knew it. Everyone knew it. Refs had mercy on Missouri and didn't review it.
 
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sjt18 said:
I'm not sure how you could argue that Hooker isn't "SEC caliber" at this point. He's 2nd in QBR just behind Young and just ahead of Corral in the SEC. Two QB's (Nix, Corral) haven't thrown a pick. Hooker is third in TD:INT ratio. He's 3rd in ypa. He's 5th in completion % but the caveat there is that E Jones and Rogers avg 6.5 and 6.6 ypc while Hooker is at 9.4... he's throwing the ball down field whereas they're hitting short stuff. He's 3rd in rushing among SEC QB's in spite of not starting the BGSU game.

Heupel and Golesh have given him a ton of credit for operating the O and tempo well.

I don't like what we've seen so far from Milton though he did run with more authority vs MU. I don't know what we have in Bailey. But I'm pretty sure that Hooker has played well enough to be "SEC caliber" so far... and he's improving.
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Seeing as you endorsed Hooker early on, sjt18, I will tip my cap to you based on the productivity we've now seen from him.
 
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Volprofch05 said:
Seeing as you endorsed Hooker early on, sjt18, I will tip my cap to you based on the productivity we've now seen from him.
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Did I? I think I just recognized that before Milton arrived he was leading the pack. All I've ever wanted was better QB play than we've seen for the last 4 years. I'm encouraged by how Hooker has played so far. I would have been just as happy if it had been Bailey, Milton, or Maurer.

Occasionally I dislike a player. I'm glad Salter is gone. I was really enthusiastic about him as a recruit but his attitude about the trouble he got in turned me off completely. It didn't sound like a big deal... but his flippant, arrogant response was too much.


PS- I do l like HH's personality from what we've seen in interviews. Just seems to be a solid, nice guy. The other two have a little too much ego for my taste... but if they outperform HH then I'll support them too.
 
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KennyMayne said:
There has been a ton of debate over Hooker, Milton, and Bailey. Hooker has looked better than the other two so far. However, the ugly truth is this, there have only been 2 SEC caliber QBs on the Hill since 2008, Bray and Dobbs. Worley was a warrior who played his heart out in an offense that wasn't a fit. Peterman and Ferguson never got the coaching/development they needed. Dormady wasn't a fit and didn't get developed. And well, there was JG. Not sure any of our current QBs are SEC caliber either, hopefully Jackson can come in and be QB1 right off the bat.
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We have had plenty of SEC calibur talent. Coaching has blown a55
 
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TheBigOne10 said:
This thread is a waste of bandwidth.
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I thought QBS was one of those tv shopping networks.
Oh, a tv home shopping network for QBs. Might come in handy, heck, we could have filled that program up just from our transfers this past year.
 
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Yeah Hooker looks good enough in this system to do some damage, even in the SEC. Even if Alabama and UGA slow him down, the rest of the schedule lines up pretty well for him and the offense to put up huge stats in every other game...and then if he can get it done against Alabama and UGA, all the better.
Just wish Huepel hadn't been so determined to make it work with Milton and seen the wisdom of playing the more experienced Hooker earlier on...we could've beaten Pitt
 
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jackaro said:
Dobbs is certainly smarter than Bray but I think it was more about emotional maturity, leadership and ability to take the team on his shoulders and get it done that separates the two.
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Well Dobbs certainly had that ability
 
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It appears the success of this season is tied to HH. Many are comparing him favorably to Dobbs which is understandable. Dobbs had a knack to avoid getting hit really hard when he took off running (he did get hammered occasionally on passing plays). Hooker hasn’t shown an interest in sliding and I wish he would start as everything is riding on his well-being.
 
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walkenvol said:
It appears the success of this season is tied to HH. Many are comparing him favorably to Dobbs which is understandable. Dobbs had a knack to avoid getting hit really hard when he took off running (he did get hammered occasionally on passing plays). Hooker hasn’t shown an interest in sliding and I wish he would start as everything is riding on his well-being.
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Yeah we are cooked if Hook goes down.
 
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