Deace made the comment in the podcast that he thought not only should CJ start, but that he believes that CJ will start against Indy. He and Jon basically said "What reason would there be for him not to?" and Jon's answer was the infamous "gut feeling". So why am I 99% positive that they will start Rudock? Battered fan syndrome? It just seems like in these situations where everyone and their brother sees one thing, Kirk finds a way to go the opposite way. Anyone else that literally can not find a way to believe that CJ will start or just me?
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deanvogs
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While the pessimist in me thinks KF trots out JR against Indiana, the logical thinker in me wonders about that. KF is fully aware that CJ brings a bigger arm and more possibilities to the table, why else keep the competition open during the spring and fall. Then when the season starts, why would you put him in for any playing time at all if you didn't think at some point CJ was gonna pass up JR? It makes zero sense at all if KF has absolutely no intentions of making a switch.
I think the Purdue game was perfect for this staff to get a look at him and evaluate an entire game. I think you look at what he did in the 2nd half and you start imagining how that will look when he does it for an entire game. There is simply too much upside to CJ to not make the move and let him either grab the reins or lose the job.
I think the Purdue game was perfect for this staff to get a look at him and evaluate an entire game. I think you look at what he did in the 2nd half and you start imagining how that will look when he does it for an entire game. There is simply too much upside to CJ to not make the move and let him either grab the reins or lose the job.
Eda
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I liked much of what CJ did during the Purdue game. There's plenty of growing pains; Which we all anticipated.
I disagree with Diesel, however, and believe that Jake brings a better command of the offense; which is what Jake has over CJ. And I believe that would be the reason why Jake would get the start versus Indiana. I'm not saying it's right, or what I think should happen, or what will happen. But, that is a possible reason it could happen. That, and Jake's proven track record, in KirFer's eyes, has earned him the right to keep the starting job... For now.
I will say the one knock on CJ is that he is a gunslinger, and it could potentially put the team in some difficult positions defensively. This defense is not good enough D to constantly be put into those positions (at least, not right now. It could develop into one).
On the bright side for CJ (besides his impressive cannon ), he has two weeks to study himself on film and correct the issues from the Purdue game.
I disagree with Diesel, however, and believe that Jake brings a better command of the offense; which is what Jake has over CJ. And I believe that would be the reason why Jake would get the start versus Indiana. I'm not saying it's right, or what I think should happen, or what will happen. But, that is a possible reason it could happen. That, and Jake's proven track record, in KirFer's eyes, has earned him the right to keep the starting job... For now.
I will say the one knock on CJ is that he is a gunslinger, and it could potentially put the team in some difficult positions defensively. This defense is not good enough D to constantly be put into those positions (at least, not right now. It could develop into one).
On the bright side for CJ (besides his impressive cannon ), he has two weeks to study himself on film and correct the issues from the Purdue game.
I think if Jake was the quarterback against Purdue (and healthy) Iowa scores more than 24 points. That's just that game though. CJ has the higher upside so I'd like to see him get the nod against Indiana but he needs to be more consistent. Sub 50% completion percentage isn't going to cut it, even factoring in the drops. Right now he's a more athletic James Vandenberg.
You do realize there genius that the only reason his comp % was so low is cause Iowa's WR dropped 10+ balls on the day and they were pathetic drops to top it off....
HawkeyeMHA
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And you do realize that even though receivers dropped a Ton of balls (I think it was 7 or 8 though not 10+), that Goldie threw some really bad passes, had some pretty bad reads, missed throwing to receivers that were open several times, at times held the ball too long and at times had bad pocket presence taking sacks, and lastly, I believe I heard had more three and outs than we've had all year long. So if we are going to discredit jake for all his flaws, and praise Goldie for all his strengths, let's be fair to both, let's be objective here with both.
PS: don't tell anyone this either. Let's Keep this a secret. The cannon under threw KMM on that deep ball and it should've been picked except KMM played defense.
PS: don't tell anyone this either. Let's Keep this a secret. The cannon under threw KMM on that deep ball and it should've been picked except KMM played defense.
HawkeyeMHA
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AND he was check down Charlie just like jake and he thew some short passes. So neither are perfect, rude **** is not near as bad as his haters like to portray and Goldie Namath is not nearly the world beater his fans think he is. The truth is somehwere in between. That's football snort
