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Mr. Ed -> RE: Gopher Football (11/17/2014 8:32:53 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Jeff Jesser
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ORIGINAL: Bradley H
The biggest difference on Saturday was at quarterback. Barrett is good and Leidner is not. After two seasons I would have hoped Leidner would be better, but it is time to give up on the kid. His decision making is brutal. Two years in, he should know when to throw the ball into the tuba section and live to see another down. Instead, he is still throwing the ball into a crowd and trying to make a play when it isn't there. In addition, he made some very poor decisions on the read option. There was plenty of times when he handed the ball off to Cobb where the Buckeye defensive end had lost containment and committed to Cobb. Instead of big gains by the QB, they turned into minimal gains for Cobb.
After two years, the kid should be better at the basics.
You and I don't disagree a lot on things. That being said, I don't "totally" disagree here but I think it's bigger than that.
I know how you feel about the Gopher QB situation. Most of us here have been down on Leidner this year. He misses some really big throws. It's super frustrating.
It's bigger than that though. He has jack-shit to throw to. He has Williams (who you'll most likely dismiss) and that's it.
He can run but he's not a runner like Barrett. They are different but effective in their styles.
The massive difference, IMO, is that teams don't respect our O-"weapons" like they have to with OSU. When Leidner breaks the pocket there is 2 yards of cushion because the whole D is 10 yards from the LOS. When Barrett breaks the pocket, half the damn team is 50 yards down field chasing home run threats.
Hard to defend that.
Jones apparently was grounded for violations for a quarter or 2, then showed up sick on Saturday. Another so-called weapon that wasn't available.
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