They have been saying it about Lawrence since he was in HS. And in a way they said it about Luck not in the oh this is the next big thing kind of way. I think its different especially since Tua has injury issues. Tua is more consistently accurate but Lawrence can make some throws that Tua simply can't. Specifically, watch Lawrence throw on the run or while rolling out to either side. It's incredibly impressive.
Granted he has a great team around him but if they win this game he will have played and beaten (as a true freshman and sophmore) an undefeated Alabama, Ohio State, Notre Dame and LSU. So far he has 8TDs and 0 INTs in those games.
I say this a lot but I'm not an expert. Just a fan and I didn't buy the TL hype until I watched the Notre Dame game before the NCG last year. But after watching him more I've fully bought in. Maybe I'm a fool idk.