UL offensive coordinator: We're trying to hold it all together

[CajunT]

One of the TV guys, the color commentator kept questioning Jennings vision of what receivers were open down field. He questioned all the jump ball passes. He often commented about how much time he had.

Check downs, jump balls, and his poor running which you've explained. Davis must really suck in HUD's eyes to see this over and over.

The jump balls are what is called 50/50 balls. We throw them evey game depending upon the matchups. In his analysis he forgot to mention several other points, poor route running and dropped passes by a young group of receivers. He pretty much hit on everything else.

[KajunKrazy]

There is video of him running the Zone Read against Texas A&M. He doesn't look anywhere close to that right now.

Never saw the video but if he looked as if he could actually run it he hasn't looked like it since he's been here. He has looked slow down right scared to get hit since he been here, unfortunately what he did against TAM won't help us now.

[CajunT]

Never saw the video but if he looked as if he could actually run it he hasn't looked like it since he's been here. He has looked slow down right scared to get hit since he been here, unfortunately what he did against TAM won't help us now.

He hasn't looked like anything close to it. But I suggest you and others look at the video to gain some perspective, clearly he is not the same athlete right now.

[KajunKrazy]

He hasn't looked like anything close to it. But I suggest you and others look at the video to gain some perspective, clearly he is not the same athlete right now.

Ok so what's your point. We don't need him 2 yrs ago we need him now. We can argue till the cows come home if he was good 2 yrs ago or not. The bottom line is for huds offense to be successful we need QB who is a threat to run. AJ has not been that all year. This year he has looked very timid when he runs. Unless you can figure out a way for the runs from 2 yrs ago help us now "what difference at this point does it make".

[CajunEXPRESS]

The jump balls are what is called 50/50 balls. We throw them evey game depending upon the matchups. In his analysis he forgot to mention several other points, poor route running and dropped passes by a young group of receivers. He pretty much hit on everything else.

Don't know if the receivers were open downfield or not . He saw them open. I saw soft passes upfield. Anything over ten yards upfield I'll continue to call jump ball because I expect more than 50/50.

[Cajunsmike]

Ok so what's your point. We don't need him 2 yrs ago we need him now. We can argue till the cows come home if he was good 2 yrs ago or not. The bottom line is for huds offense to be successful we need QB who is a threat to run. AJ has not been that all year. This year he has looked very timid when he runs. Unless you can figure out a way for the runs from 2 yrs ago help us now "what difference at this point does it make".

I think the point is that the injury is slowing him down in regards to running the football.

[KajunKrazy]

I think the point is that the injury is slowing him down in regards to running the football.

Ok. And my point is still this O won't be effective if the QB is not a serious run threat. So the question is what do you do continue with a guy who can't run and his coaches obviously don't trust him to throw anything other than jump balls along the boundary. Or do we go with a guy who can run and I'd assume can throw it up for grabs as well? Either way this O is one hot mess and would appear to be in a heap of trouble next year unless they find a savior juco or graduate transfer at QB.

[CharlieK]

Ok. And my point is still this O won't be effective if the QB is not a serious run threat. So the question is what do you do continue with a guy who can't run and his coaches obviously don't trust him to throw anything other than jump balls along the boundary. Or do we go with a guy who can run and I'd assume can throw it up for grabs as well? Either way this O is one hot mess and would appear to be in a heap of trouble next year unless they find a savior juco or graduate transfer at QB.

This is 100% the issue.

[Boomer]

I think the point is that the injury is slowing him down in regards to running the football.

-------unless you talk to the team trainer/team doctor you can't tell how bad the injury is effecting not only his running but also throwing accuracy and velocity----he has gone high more than a few times and favoring an ankle injury or subconscious pain anticipation obviously can be a factor---back or front foot plants can easily cause disruption to the throwing motion and delivery!!!

[CajunT]

Ok so what's your point. We don't need him 2 yrs ago we need him now. We can argue till the cows come home if he was good 2 yrs ago or not. The bottom line is for huds offense to be successful we need QB who is a threat to run. AJ has not been that all year. This year he has looked very timid when he runs. Unless you can figure out a way for the runs from 2 yrs ago help us now "what difference at this point does it make".

My point is this, he isn't going anywhere and he is playing is butt off injured for this program right now. So going forward there is no question in my mind that he will continue play. How fast Davis can run is irrelevant, when he gets his chance it will be because Jennings failed and probably not before that time. That's 3 wins now at this point and Davis will have to a better job in practice to convince the staff he deserves a shot.

[CajunT]

I think the point is that the injury is slowing him down in regards to running the football.

That's pretty much the point Mike. The guy can't run well right now. The staff doesn't have confidence in Davis right now and I've seen nothing from him to suggest they should since spring. If we lose a couple of more games going forward, I could see Davis getting a shot. But I'm willing to bet right now that the QB for next season isn't on this roster today.

[Crawfish]

Until your post yeasterday, I was unaware of the injury to Jennings. I hope he can get healthy before the Idaho game.

My point is this, he isn't going anywhere and he is playing is butt off injured for this program right now. So going forward there is no question in my mind that he will continue play. How fast Davis can run is irrelevant, when he gets his chance it will be because Jennings failed and probably not before that time. That's 3 wins now at this point and Davis will have to a better job in practice to convince the staff he deserves a shot.