Offensive time of possession means very little, there’s virtually no correlation between your ability to possess the ball longer than your opponent and winning games. A few examples from last year....
-had 5 more minutes of possession than West Virginia and lost by 26 pts
-had 9 more minutes of offensive possession than Florida and lost by 26 pts
-had 17 minutes more possession than SCar and lost the game
-only had 20 seconds more possession than Kentucky and beat the snot out of them by 17 points
-in some of our other games where we were blown out (UGA, Bama, Mizzou, Vandy) we got killed in time of possession
So, all this shows there’s simply no direct correlation. Fact is, our defense was every bit as culpable for the losses, if not more so, than our offense last year. If the opposing defense is fairly rested and fresh because they held our offense to a 3 and out and got off the field quickly, nothing says that OUR defense couldn’t have been competent and done the same exact thing, so that they’d have stayed rested and fresh.
Never said he was the only problem. I don't really see how I implied it but obviously some in this thread think he is the only thing that isn't.
You mean the same guy who so many of his critics said on here “he holds the ball way too long, he doesn’t get rid of it like Chryst does, cause Chryst knows what he’s doing and is decisive”......until a reporter pointed out and demonstrated that against Alabama last year, Chryst took 2.1 seconds to throw the ball while JG took 2.2 seconds?The same guy that’s take 2.5 billion years to make a decision? Where is that stat? All jokes aside, I’m sure it is something they will address. Whole team effort
You mean the same guy who so many of his critics said on here “he holds the ball way too long, he doesn’t get rid of it like Chryst does, cause Chryst knows what he’s doing and is decisive”......until a reporter pointed out and demonstrated that against Alabama last year, Chryst took 2.1 seconds to throw the ball while JG took 2.2 seconds?
Bottom line, we have fans on here who have made up their minds and see what they want to see, despite sharp evidence to the contrary.
I for one believe jg is a big problem. Not by far the only problem, but the biggest one, and of course this is just my opinion. He can't get the team in the end zone and most of his good stats are 3rd and long and he throws a short pass to keep his stats up, He has very few downfield completions, mostly underthrown when he does have time to throw. His decision making skills are just way too slow. I hope jg improves and we score more than 20 points per game. There were many times if no receiver was open he could have at least run out of the pocket and threw it out of bounds instead of taking a sack.
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Chaney benched Sims for Bray when he needed to.
If JG continues to NOT produce (TDs, Points, Wins)...why would you want him in there still??
Don't any of you want to win again??????
He produced just fine. The main area he lacked last year was in ATTEMPTS. Zero run game help on top. Check the stats. Chryst produced what you asked for (wins, tds, etc) at Stanford. Gee, wonder why he couldn't here?
JG did what he could last year, TF do people want from the 95th (out of 100 listed) QBs in #of attempts?? Staff gave him shiz to work with. Run-run-godplzbailusoutJG&Quez!