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jabcmb said:

Thankfully, no one who matters is suggesting that. As for transferring--Tua knew Jalen was here before he signed up. Oh, joy, the football hummingbirds have returned from South America--making fussing noises with little mental acuity.

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BamaMoon said:

I'm not trying to call you out, but can you cite one example of a person on this board saying that Tua ought to start over Jalen?

Maybe your talking about what you are hearing in other places (Finebaum, other boards, etc), but I don't recall one poster on Tidefans saying this.

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CrimsonProf said:

I think there's reason to be concerned that should Jalen go down for a length period, Tua could make things tricky to resolve.


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BamaMoon said:

I really don't know what the debate is about. What you're saying is Jalen is the starter. Tua will likely play in most games. This is probably a good thing. We ought to be pretty good.

I agree and Roll Tide! :wink:

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B1GTide said:

Forget that for a second. How can a QB learn to fit a ball into a tight window during a game, while under pressure, unless he does it in a game, under pressure? That doesn't happen in practice - that happens in games. Last year it became pretty clear that the offense was designed not to put that on Jalen, so he never learned to do it. He will never learn to do it until/unless he has to do it in games.

He is a great passer against air. Example - the MSU game last season. But he wasn't even given a chance to do the same things against your other opponents. Heck, the only game that they turned him loose against was MSU. They didn't even let him try the same stuff against far lesser opponents.

I expect him to get better as the season progresses this year because I expect Daboll to make him throw those passes. But I do not expect him to be any better against FSU than he was against Clemson. He is going to have to learn to do this other stuff on the field.

Again, JMO.

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B1GTide said:

Forget that for a second. How can a QB learn to fit a ball into a tight window during a game, while under pressure, unless he does it in a game, under pressure? That doesn't happen in practice - that happens in games. Last year it became pretty clear that the offense was designed not to put that on Jalen, so he never learned to do it. He will never learn to do it until/unless he has to do it in games.

He is a great passer against air. Example - the MSU game last season. But he wasn't even given a chance to do the same things against your other opponents. Heck, the only game that they turned him loose against was MSU. They didn't even let him try the same stuff against far lesser opponents.

I expect him to get better as the season progresses this year because I expect Daboll to make him throw those passes. But I do not expect him to be any better against FSU than he was against Clemson. He is going to have to learn to do this other stuff on the field.

Again, JMO.

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uaintn said:

Also agree with those who say they are tired of talking and ready to play.

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KrAzY3 said:

Well, I'm more worried about the kicking game than I am worried about Hurts at quarterback. Having said that, he'll be on his third OC in three games, and facing another great defense. He hasn't played a weak defense since Miss. State, and I'm concerned that FSU will be well prepared to try and exploit his weaknesses.

I really think it's downhill from there though. He just needs to find away to survive that game, and I think we can expect to see some real development from him. It's just not realistic to expect much against FSU though, the deck is kind of stacked in terms of new OC/elite defense.

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