Running bowl thread

Many are claiming Cincinnati, which could have played for the national championship under the right set of circumstances, is a fraud, and exposes the problem with the BCS rankings.

Of course the exact same scenario applied last season, when an Alabama team that was within eight minutes of playing for the national title got destroyed by Utah in its BCS bowl.

Same song, different year.

 

Might. Or...might not. Who knows?? If we're going to do that, I guess we could change OSU & Wisco for....well, maybe no one. I'm guessing your point has something to do with Bama, Florida, the SEC in general being awesome?? Ok, fair enough. Still, doesn't take away from the original point, which is that the Big Ten has performed well above expectation.

 

What did he say on that topic? Did he think those problems could be easily fixed? I was watching the game on and off and missed this part.

 

Said he brought the ball way too low and his throwing motion basically took too long.

 

Was that something Billick said an NFL coach can easily fix?

In general, are quarterback mechanics something that can easily be fixed with an athlete who's already in the NFL? I'm not an expert on the matter, so I'm curious.

 

Billick in Friday's NY Times:

“I don’t know how you take a kid in the first round, who you are going to have to change absolutely everything he does, his drop, his delivery,” Billick said. He added: “I didn’t talk to anybody who had him in the first round. Maybe late you take a flier on him.”

 

As if blowouts don't happen in a playoff system, right? (not directed at you, but to the general idea). Because Kansas didn't absolutely smoke UNC in the Final Four a couple years back.

 

Let me guess -- the next paragraph read....

"And since I am the smartest person on the planet and the world's foremost authority on everything having to do with offensive football -- even though my offenses in Baltimore always sucked -- anybody who disagrees with my evaluation of Tebow is a jackass that doesn't know a thing about quarterback play."

 

I must admit I am going to be incredibly curious what happens to Tebow in the NFL.

He really has no business going on the first day of the draft. I suspect someone will grab him late in the first round or early in the second and then come to regret it, unless they're just using him to sell tickets (Jacksonville).

A NFL exec I've known for years said he wouldn't draft him at all.

 

Gary Danielson has been saying that for 3 years. Nothing new.

 

With quarterbacks sometimes you just have to step back and say, "Can the guy play or not?"

I can see how teams would be intrigued by Tebow. He's one of the best college players ever. But there are tons of great college players who go on to do zilch in the NFL. Then again, Tom Brady was a sixth round pick. Joe Montana went in the third round, while guys like Ryan Leaf, Heath Shuler, Todd Marinovich have gone in the first round.

 

How far did Aaron Rodgers fall because they didn't like the way he held the ball? Now the guy is one of the best young quarterbacks in the league and the guy who went No. 1 would be a backup on 25 teams in the NFL, even if he is improving.