That was my initial thought as well, so I looked up the stats from that game. Turns out Reggie was 9/21 for 149 yds. Sims was 23/34 for 277 yds. That’s not much of a comparison at all. Sims competed 68% of his passes against a very good defense despite making a few pretty rough freshman mistakes. Just for further comparison, in Deshaun Watson’s first game as a freshman against FSU, he went 19/28 (68%) for 266 yds and lost.
I was right there with you in terms of being a naysayer, and I’m definitely still cautious with my optimism, but DAMN Jeff Sims looked pretty incredible for a true freshman.