3518techie
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We need to face reality. Having an open competiton is pretty much useless. Here's why:
1.) If Suggs does great in practice, what does that prove? How many times have we heard AJ was going to have a breakout game up through the SV Bowl?
2.) It's almost possible for a true freshmen to step in play D-1 football. I only saw one true freshmen play this year (James Banks at UT) and he was totally lost.
3.) The 4 INTS were bad but they are being blown out of proportion. The last INT was a play where the ball had to be forced the o-line was getting beat. 2 other INTS occurred when Bilbo didn't react quick enough to open receivers. That's a result of inexperience (47 pass attempts) more than anything.
4.) Bilbo's numbers also show a lot of positives. He had 178 yards passing. If he had played the whole game, he probably would have had over 300 yards. Tech did not have a 300 yard passing game all season. Bilbo also led Tech to 14 second half points. That was more second half points than the last 3 games combined.
5.) Unfortunately, Gailey's stubborness in continuing to play Suggs has led to rumors and innuendo that are unfair to Bilbo ("He doesn't know the plays",etc) There is not one fact to back this up. Teammates rallied around Bilbo and after the game Bilbo admitted he tried to force things too much. This is in contrast to Suggs.
6.) There is nothing to lose. Bilbo has more raw talented IMHO than David Greene or Shockley. If he puts it together, Tech can be the surprise team of 2003. If some of the things being said about Bilbo are true, they will show themselves in his starts. If he still making the same mistakes after 4th game, go to one of the freshmen. We gave AJ Suggs 13 starts. We should give Bilbo 4.
1.) If Suggs does great in practice, what does that prove? How many times have we heard AJ was going to have a breakout game up through the SV Bowl?
2.) It's almost possible for a true freshmen to step in play D-1 football. I only saw one true freshmen play this year (James Banks at UT) and he was totally lost.
3.) The 4 INTS were bad but they are being blown out of proportion. The last INT was a play where the ball had to be forced the o-line was getting beat. 2 other INTS occurred when Bilbo didn't react quick enough to open receivers. That's a result of inexperience (47 pass attempts) more than anything.
4.) Bilbo's numbers also show a lot of positives. He had 178 yards passing. If he had played the whole game, he probably would have had over 300 yards. Tech did not have a 300 yard passing game all season. Bilbo also led Tech to 14 second half points. That was more second half points than the last 3 games combined.
5.) Unfortunately, Gailey's stubborness in continuing to play Suggs has led to rumors and innuendo that are unfair to Bilbo ("He doesn't know the plays",etc) There is not one fact to back this up. Teammates rallied around Bilbo and after the game Bilbo admitted he tried to force things too much. This is in contrast to Suggs.
6.) There is nothing to lose. Bilbo has more raw talented IMHO than David Greene or Shockley. If he puts it together, Tech can be the surprise team of 2003. If some of the things being said about Bilbo are true, they will show themselves in his starts. If he still making the same mistakes after 4th game, go to one of the freshmen. We gave AJ Suggs 13 starts. We should give Bilbo 4.
