Midseason Analysis

[zephyr]

Hey, Hud is out there hunting his next job... Dont think for A SECOND thats not the truth// S Farmer is happy where we at.. and T-RAY, T-SLOW is just trying not to make ULM/LSU mad.. We good....

I don't think its really true since his resume will do very little at this point to attract a major player in the P5 world with our success, or lack thereof, this year.

[zephyr]

No way he makes it thru the year passing that bad

He's honestly not getting much help from the receivers. They are pedestrian at best. Every time he throws, he's throwing to a receiver with a DB or two draped all over him. There is very little separation and space to throw to. Couple that with the constant pressure he's under and he doesn't have a lot of time to make great throws. He has certainly missed his fair share as well but I can't put it all on him. He's thrown a nice deep ball at times this year and hadn't made a ton of bad reads until the pick 6 against ASU. He offers more than any other QB on our roster at this point.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Weather was outstanding!!

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If our 5th year coach had his team ready to be a 5th year success that great weather would morph into attendance records.

Hud's quest for a bigger gig is doomed. He can't afford to leave, we can't afford to send him packing. This could get real ugly for both.

[ZoomZoom]

If our 5th year coach had his team ready to be a 5th year success that great weather would morph into attendance records.

Hud's quest for a bigger gig is doomed. He can't afford to leave, we can't afford to send him packing. This could get real ugly for both.

Hud = Larry Blakney

Hope I'm wrong, but it sure starting to smell that way.

[CajunEXPRESS]

He's honestly not getting much help from the receivers. They are pedestrian at best. Every time he throws, he's throwing to a receiver with a DB or two draped all over him. There is very little separation and space to throw to. Couple that with the constant pressure he's under and he doesn't have a lot of time to make great throws. He has certainly missed his fair share as well but I can't put it all on him. He's thrown a nice deep ball at times this year and hadn't made a ton of bad reads until the pick 6 against ASU. He offers more than any other QB on our roster at this point.

No doubt Haack is a more accurate passer. The line can't block long enough for him to go through progression. Hud's playing the guy with the best wheels to avoid the rush.

No intermediate passing game. So 8 in the box is good against both pass and runs. Naturally we're not likely to separate on the long balls with no time for the quarterbacks.

[zephyr]

No doubt Haack is a more accurate passer. The line can't block long enough for him to go through progression. Hud's playing the guy with the best wheels to avoid the rush.

No intermediate passing game. So 8 in the box is good against both pass and runs. Naturally we're not likely to separate on the long balls with no time for the quarterbacks.

Forget the time in the pocket. We've gotten no separation regardless of the circumstances and Haack has not shown to be any better at making reads and progressions. He's been just as locked into certain receivers when he is throwing as Nixon. As long as this offense continues to center around the zone read and establishing it first to set up the rest of our offense, Haack will be a bad fit for it and I think that's why Hud made the decision he made.

[CajunEXPRESS]

Man, my Saturday's are wide open now! What a joke from O to D? And if someone doesn't ask Hud a f'ing question like why do we suck even in the worst f'ing conference, I will lose it!

You can ask that question. Join quarterback club or go to Walk On's Thursday nights. Tuff questions we submit are morphed into cabbage ball questions by Jay on Thursday show. Cabbage ball because our softball team brings the heat every time so I don't want to disparage them with that term

[CrazyCajun]

Hud = Larry Blakney

Hope I'm wrong, but it sure starting to smell that way.

Well where are his 5 conference championships?

[BirdofParadise]

You can ask that question. Join quarterback club or go to Walk On's Thursday nights. Tuff questions we submit are morphed into cabbage ball questions by Jay on Thursday show. Cabbage ball because our softball team brings the heat every time so I don't want to disparage them with that term

Yep That's what I do.

Did you listen last night? Or did you just get your panties in a wad because I found a diplomatic way to ask the questions?

[Turbine]

I'm getting sick and tired our unwillingness to mix in other things with the zone read. Down big to ASU this week, we still continued trying to pound the ball in the middle with Eli. Thankfully, Nixon was able to break some big runs but it was obvious that ASU was not going to give that run up to Eli in the middle. We finally got him involved in the passing game when it was too late. We need to get him the ball in space a lot more than that zone read only.

You know what would have been equally effective ground wise? Nixon up the middle, Elijah to the outside.

You know what would have been doubly effective? Nixon up the middle, Elijah to the outside, Haack over the top.

[RaisingCajun08]

You have inside info from Haack or are you speculating. I can't see Nixon finishing the year at QB anyway....we will need Haack.

The only way we see Haack again in the next 2 years is if Nixon is hurt or no longer on the team.

[Boomer]

The only way we see Haack again in the next 2 years is if Nixon is hurt or no longer on the team.

---There is a positive to Nixon being a QB and not a RB---In the Zone read they have to cover the RB even with less defensive guys being blocked by more offensive guys---But yes this leaves them vulnerable for a QB that can pull the ball as we did---But the other important part of Nixon's being a Big QB is his moving the chains on 3rd and short distances---How many times has he picked up the first down after motion and maybe even a fake!!!