Is TB really that good?

WVU had very little game film to go on when preparing. All they could probably figure is that he was 2nd string, so he had to be worse than Ball for many reasons. TB proved them wrong in the first half going 11/14 with 2TDs and many great passes to CJ.

The second half? Not so much. 8/15 isn't exactly lighting it up. We got 7 points. Oh sure, that's better passing than Ball would have had, but TB can't run to save his life. WVU made adjustments and TB was merely average in the second half.

I also don't believe that one good game (a bowl game for that matter) makes a QB good the rest of the time. I think LSU will have the same issue, their starting (or who should be starting) QB had a great bowl game filling in for Russell two seasons ago against Miami, but I think Duke could have beaten that dejected Miami squad. Okay, maybe not Duke, but just about any bowl-eligible team could have. It will be interesting to see how TB does with big games week after week in the ACC. Starting off at Notre Dame is no way to begin a career (I know he's had two starts, but it's his job now). Samford in week 2 should be the "warm-up" game. At that point, the conference schedule starts with BC at home, and BC is never an easy team. It just gets worse from there!

Now, to be fair: TB has had a good spring. I think between having a real Offensive Coordinator (sorry Patrick Nix fans) and a better playing field, we'll do better than last year. The defense will be good enough to win games on their own, so the offense will merely have to hold serve in a lot of games to win it. Can TB do that? We shall see. Losing CJ is going to hurt, especially when he schools some NFL corners for the millions he deserves. We all predicted Reggie would finally shine his senior season, and "we all" were wrong :)