Tua should get playing time. There, I said it.

JustNeedMe81 said:

I find it amazing people are calling for Tua to replace Hurts after one game.

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I find it amazing this thread is still going.

Tide&True said:

I've come to the conclusion Jalen is the Rodney Dangerfield of college football.


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I think Damien Harris is the Rodney Dangerfield of college football.

DzynKingRTR said:

This thread should be deleted. There I said that.

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I agree 100%. I am amazed.

JaxTider said:

I find your loyalty to the starter commendable in a lot of ways. And we don't want to do anything to hurt the young man's confidence.

That said, we need to put the five star in that went 17-29 for 329 yards and 3 touchdowns the only time we ever saw him play. Fresh off the bus from high school , wet behind the ears, and still learning the playbook. And playing against the Bama 2nd team D, which is probably a top 20 defense most years.

Yet I never here anyone admit the obvious... it was the best frosh QB spring performance at Denny Stadium ever. NOT even close.

We had 80 yards passing the other night. 80. That's not a passing game.

For all we know, given some live action, Tua might be throwing for 350 - 400. Jalens had 16 games now. That's 16.

Give Tua a quarter a game and I'll bet you by Auburn we have a deadly weapon.

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We have tons of deadly weapons. All we need is someone to get them the ball and not lose the game. Jalen is that and much more. We just dominated the 3rd ranked team in the country. Perspective...

JaxTider said:

I'm not calling for Tua to replace Hurts. I'm saying he needs playing time because Hurts might not be the answer.

They made the right choice starting Hurts last year. But they bent over backwards trying to give it to Barnett, who, if you ask me, was inept and couldn't hold Tua's jock.

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Lol at "bent over backwards". I guess if two series counts as bending over backwards, then...

Barnett was never going to be the starter. It was always the plan to play Hurts.

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My last comment on this thread. We didn't dominate anyone. And our offense certainly did not.

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Just look at FSU's 2nd half possessions. What we did to them is the definition of domination. Last I checked defense is part of the team too...

I'll say this: It was noticeable that certain bad habits like giving up on plays and running/not being able to go through progressions fast enough/not pulling the trigger etc are still an issue.

BUT...The OL did Jalen pretty much no favors all night. He was under constant duress yet never made a horrible play or decision to put us in a bind. He did make 1 HUGE Pass for a TD....and another one that was dropped.

It's still a work in progress situation (the passing game) but it's a group issue...The re-worked and not finalized OL, Jalen, New WR's AND a New OC are trying to gel. Let's give it some time.

Honest to god even when I was a tad frustrated about certain plays at NO point did Tua's name even cross my mind. Jalen's the starter....he's earned it.

If we are passing for less than 100 yards every game and (especially late in the season) then we should probably revisit this topic, but right now it's ridiculous.

Some of our fans here have lost their mind. What is the #1 goal of any QB?

Lead his team to a win. Jalen has done this 15 out of 16 games. And the 1 loss we put up 30+ points and he scored a TD to put us ahead the last opportunity that he had to do anything about us winning. Some of you are hung up on stats. I have seen lots of QBs put up big stats against us to only lose because they turned the ball over too. Give me a winner every time. Screw the stats until it costs us a game. That has yet to happen with Jalen at QB.

I am holding back what I really want to say!

Mods, can we lock this thread? I don't see any purpose for it.

gtowntide said:

Mods, can we lock this thread? I don't see any purpose for it.

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Exactly. Coach has already said Tua is going to play anyway. He's gonna get plenty of work.

teamplayer said:

I think Damien Harris is the Rodney Dangerfield of college football.

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"There goes the neighborhood"

By gawd. Can you imagine the threads if we'd lost to FSU?

JaxTider said:

I'm not calling for Tua to replace Hurts. I'm saying he needs playing time because Hurts might not be the answer.

They made the right choice starting Hurts last year. But they bent over backwards trying to give it to Barnett, who, if you ask me, was inept and couldn't hold Tua's jock.

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Then what is the point? If you are saying that he should get PT against a lesser opponent then no one is against you on that argument, but thinking he should've got meaningful PT in the FSU game is just plain ludicrous.

Shutting this one down before someone gets themselves booted. Let's not get personal, guys. Remember, it's not always what you say but how you say it. And don't start it up somewhere else if you enjoy posting here.

Tua will get plenty of PT the next 3 or 4 games.Jalen will get plenty of numbers in those same 3 games.Looking forward to seeing them both flourish.