(03-29-2015 05:17 PM)pesik Wrote: usf fans how was the spring game?
Hard to tell. They split the team's so offensively it was on and off. Defense controlled the game. Mack as expected ran well as well as Tice. QB was hard to tell, while Flowers looked better he was not on time in deep passes and there were too many of those.
We had 3500 at the game which is a nice showing and Taggart has said that he will name a #1 QB before summer practices. I'm going to say it will be Flowers since he does best in the new spread offense.
The defense will be way better than last year, it was very aggressive and hard hitting in the game.
The offense its a work in progress, I woukd have liked to have seen the first unit together, don't think we are as deep on that side to split team and be effective
Tags can't find a better QB than Flowers? USF could have a real good season if you just get a decent QB?
(03-29-2015 05:17 PM)pesik Wrote: usf fans how was the spring game?
Hard to tell. They split the team's so offensively it was on and off. Defense controlled the game. Mack as expected ran well as well as Tice. QB was hard to tell, while Flowers looked better he was not on time in deep passes and there were too many of those.
We had 3500 at the game which is a nice showing and Taggart has said that he will name a #1 QB before summer practices. I'm going to say it will be Flowers since he does best in the new spread offense.
The defense will be way better than last year, it was very aggressive and hard hitting in the game.
The offense its a work in progress, I woukd have liked to have seen the first unit together, don't think we are as deep on that side to split team and be effective
Tags can't find a better QB than Flowers? USF could have a real good season if you just get a decent QB?
Apparently not. First, I never said I thought he was the answer. I am skeptical. However the reports out of spring camp were that he was lighting it up and was separating himself from White/Bench. That didn't necessarily carry over to the spring game. He was so-so there as were all the QB's, so who knows. How much that is a facet of the Defense playing well, I don't know. That's why it's so hard to evaluate when you are playing against yourself. For every great play here, it means a negative somewhere else. I really home that someone is the answer, and I don't really care who it is, because I am sick of the non production. The positive takeaways is that the new defensive alignment looked great, and the RB position looks loaded. USF may have the best 3 headed RB tandem in the AAC this year (Mack, Johnson, and Tice). The offense in the spring game....eh. Looked like it still needed improvement, and hopefully it will.
(03-29-2015 05:17 PM)pesik Wrote: usf fans how was the spring game?
Hard to tell. They split the team's so offensively it was on and off. Defense controlled the game. Mack as expected ran well as well as Tice. QB was hard to tell, while Flowers looked better he was not on time in deep passes and there were too many of those.
We had 3500 at the game which is a nice showing and Taggart has said that he will name a #1 QB before summer practices. I'm going to say it will be Flowers since he does best in the new spread offense.
The defense will be way better than last year, it was very aggressive and hard hitting in the game.
The offense its a work in progress, I woukd have liked to have seen the first unit together, don't think we are as deep on that side to split team and be effective
Tags can't find a better QB than Flowers? USF could have a real good season if you just get a decent QB?
Apparently not. First, I never said I thought he was the answer. I am skeptical. However the reports out of spring camp were that he was lighting it up and was separating himself from White/Bench. That didn't necessarily carry over to the spring game. He was so-so there as were all the QB's, so who knows. How much that is a facet of the Defense playing well, I don't know. That's why it's so hard to evaluate when you are playing against yourself. For every great play here, it means a negative somewhere else. I really home that someone is the answer, and I don't really care who it is, because I am sick of the non production. The positive takeaways is that the new defensive alignment looked great, and the RB position looks loaded. USF may have the best 3 headed RB tandem in the AAC this year (Mack, Johnson, and Tice). The offense in the spring game....eh. Looked like it still needed improvement, and hopefully it will.
I think the biggest problem with reading too much from the Spring game is that because of the splitting of the squads it gave a bigger advantage to the defense due to the bigger talent depth on that side.
To me it made zero sense that you practice all spring with Flowers with the first string offense knowing that you are establishing a new offense with limited experienced talent on that side and then you split the squad and expect to see results from this mismatched squad playing together for first time.
(03-24-2015 01:45 AM)Kruciff Wrote: The dude that started at QB against Penn state last year is now a slot receiver. So that's a thing.
I don't hold grudges..... But he was the reason we didn't go to an access bowl. If Holman played the entire game, then we win.
However, maybe it was a good thing we didn't go to an access bowl because I don't believe our team was good enough last year to compete at that level.
Holman was the reason we didn't go to an access bowl. He sucked in the spring and quite frankly the lack of touch hurt us in games. Now the oline is why we couldn't compensate with the running game
all i was saying was that if holman played the entire PSU game, we would have won it easily. with a 2 loss record, we probably would have gone to the access bowl.
(03-29-2015 05:17 PM)pesik Wrote: usf fans how was the spring game?
Hard to tell. They split the team's so offensively it was on and off. Defense controlled the game. Mack as expected ran well as well as Tice. QB was hard to tell, while Flowers looked better he was not on time in deep passes and there were too many of those.
We had 3500 at the game which is a nice showing and Taggart has said that he will name a #1 QB before summer practices. I'm going to say it will be Flowers since he does best in the new spread offense.
The defense will be way better than last year, it was very aggressive and hard hitting in the game.
The offense its a work in progress, I woukd have liked to have seen the first unit together, don't think we are as deep on that side to split team and be effective
Tags can't find a better QB than Flowers? USF could have a real good season if you just get a decent QB?
Apparently not. First, I never said I thought he was the answer. I am skeptical. However the reports out of spring camp were that he was lighting it up and was separating himself from White/Bench. That didn't necessarily carry over to the spring game. He was so-so there as were all the QB's, so who knows. How much that is a facet of the Defense playing well, I don't know. That's why it's so hard to evaluate when you are playing against yourself. For every great play here, it means a negative somewhere else. I really home that someone is the answer, and I don't really care who it is, because I am sick of the non production. The positive takeaways is that the new defensive alignment looked great, and the RB position looks loaded. USF may have the best 3 headed RB tandem in the AAC this year (Mack, Johnson, and Tice). The offense in the spring game....eh. Looked like it still needed improvement, and hopefully it will.
I think the biggest problem with reading too much from the Spring game is that because of the splitting of the squads it gave a bigger advantage to the defense due to the bigger talent depth on that side.
To me it made zero sense that you practice all spring with Flowers with the first string offense knowing that you are establishing a new offense with limited experienced talent on that side and then you split the squad and expect to see results from this mismatched squad playing together for first time.
I think your exactly right there. With the starting Oline, I think Flowers will do better but I still think were a 6-6 team at best and I fear 5-7
(03-29-2015 06:13 PM)Cubanbull Wrote: Hard to tell. They split the team's so offensively it was on and off. Defense controlled the game. Mack as expected ran well as well as Tice. QB was hard to tell, while Flowers looked better he was not on time in deep passes and there were too many of those.
We had 3500 at the game which is a nice showing and Taggart has said that he will name a #1 QB before summer practices. I'm going to say it will be Flowers since he does best in the new spread offense.
The defense will be way better than last year, it was very aggressive and hard hitting in the game.
The offense its a work in progress, I woukd have liked to have seen the first unit together, don't think we are as deep on that side to split team and be effective
Tags can't find a better QB than Flowers? USF could have a real good season if you just get a decent QB?
Apparently not. First, I never said I thought he was the answer. I am skeptical. However the reports out of spring camp were that he was lighting it up and was separating himself from White/Bench. That didn't necessarily carry over to the spring game. He was so-so there as were all the QB's, so who knows. How much that is a facet of the Defense playing well, I don't know. That's why it's so hard to evaluate when you are playing against yourself. For every great play here, it means a negative somewhere else. I really home that someone is the answer, and I don't really care who it is, because I am sick of the non production. The positive takeaways is that the new defensive alignment looked great, and the RB position looks loaded. USF may have the best 3 headed RB tandem in the AAC this year (Mack, Johnson, and Tice). The offense in the spring game....eh. Looked like it still needed improvement, and hopefully it will.
I think the biggest problem with reading too much from the Spring game is that because of the splitting of the squads it gave a bigger advantage to the defense due to the bigger talent depth on that side.
To me it made zero sense that you practice all spring with Flowers with the first string offense knowing that you are establishing a new offense with limited experienced talent on that side and then you split the squad and expect to see results from this mismatched squad playing together for first time.
I think your exactly right there. With the starting Oline, I think Flowers will do better but I still think were a 6-6 team at best and I fear 5-7
White is transfering out of USF. This is a good sign. the kid was not a good QB and showed no growth last year. If he was the 3rd best QB on the Bulls squad it probably means good things for you guys.
(03-30-2015 02:22 PM)No Bull Wrote: Tags can't find a better QB than Flowers? USF could have a real good season if you just get a decent QB?
Apparently not. First, I never said I thought he was the answer. I am skeptical. However the reports out of spring camp were that he was lighting it up and was separating himself from White/Bench. That didn't necessarily carry over to the spring game. He was so-so there as were all the QB's, so who knows. How much that is a facet of the Defense playing well, I don't know. That's why it's so hard to evaluate when you are playing against yourself. For every great play here, it means a negative somewhere else. I really home that someone is the answer, and I don't really care who it is, because I am sick of the non production. The positive takeaways is that the new defensive alignment looked great, and the RB position looks loaded. USF may have the best 3 headed RB tandem in the AAC this year (Mack, Johnson, and Tice). The offense in the spring game....eh. Looked like it still needed improvement, and hopefully it will.
I think the biggest problem with reading too much from the Spring game is that because of the splitting of the squads it gave a bigger advantage to the defense due to the bigger talent depth on that side.
To me it made zero sense that you practice all spring with Flowers with the first string offense knowing that you are establishing a new offense with limited experienced talent on that side and then you split the squad and expect to see results from this mismatched squad playing together for first time.
I think your exactly right there. With the starting Oline, I think Flowers will do better but I still think were a 6-6 team at best and I fear 5-7
White is transfering out of USF. This is a good sign. the kid was not a good QB and showed no growth last year. If he was the 3rd best QB on the Bulls squad it probably means good things for you guys.
I wish the kid the best. He was the best passer last year and did win us some games but he did seem to hit a wall and he does have some limitations to his game that became even more apparent when the offensive style changed this year.
Same old. Same old at Tulane. Another miserable losing season and no bowl game coming up next season. Our AD is paying the coach over a million dollars a year for three wins! Crazy!
(04-03-2015 08:48 AM)mtmedlin Wrote: Bench has more confidence than his skill backs up.
White had more skill but not enough confidence.
Flowers has more athleticism and confidence but not the experience.
I swear if we could just throw all three in a blender we would have a QB. Still hoping we get a late transfer.
Agree
I would want my starter to have spring reps with his team. I think you guys are selling Flowers short.
I don't think people are comfortable because his lack of experience and what they saw last year. He might turn out to be good and improved enough to be an asset but we won't know that until fall and that have many worried
Cincinnati spring game was today: Gunnar Kiel had a very good game. He showed plenty of zip on the ball. At the end of last year, it appeared to me that he had lost velocity over the season due to injury. Was able to make all the throws today. Kiel's backup played well, but clearly not the same ability level. The runningbacks will be improved. IMHO, Boone played much better than Green or Williams. Green needs to change his running style. His stop and go style causes momentum loss and negates his enormous size. The receivers caught about everything. Tshumbi Johnson will step right in when his time comes. The offensive line was very solid.
The defensive backfield is a work in progress. The staff has not settled on a line-up. It appears certain starters are Witty, Jones, with Carter Jacobs, Tyson, Tyler Gilbert, coleman and Pinckney in the mix. Watch for Pickney to win the starting corner spot. I was impressed. Did not see enough of Murphy to make a determination. Also Edwards, Stevens, and Aaron Brown did not play. Was very surprised about how small Edwards is for a free safety.
We have size problem at linebacker. Casseus will be the mike, Leviticus Payne will play the hybrid, and Eric Wilson will probably be the other starter. Brown and Kinard will get significant burn. Brown has put on quite a bit of weight. Jenkinson will turn out to be a starter in the next year or two.
Defensive Line needs a talent upgrade other than Silverberry and pace. I would like to see Bowen flipped to the dline. I was near the sideline and was impressed with Silverberry trying to give pointers to Brazille. At halftime the new coach from Arkansas/Memphis had the absolute attention of the dline. Their eyes never left him while he was talking.
No one is ever going to mistake Geraci for Kevin Huber. Ganz was bad on kicks today. Be interested to hear what others thought.
