OK/Your QB has a season ending injury on the First Play of the First Game/What happens to your team?

[TheDayMan]

Yeah, I said they would still contend for the north. All I said is the playoffs would be off the table. Like 9-3 ish at worst?

I agree.

 

[Ojb81]

Wont matter much. We'll still beat Oklahoma's ass for the 2nd consecutive yr, I know that much

 

[romeo212000]

Wont matter much. We'll still beat Oklahoma's ass for the 2nd consecutive yr, I know that much

It minimum Im betting well give you a much better game. Will be interesting to see how well Barrett takes to Wilson's offense.

 

[Ojb81]

It minimum Im betting well give you a much better game. Will be interesting to see how well Barrett takes to Wilson's offense.

We shall see, wont we sparky?

 

[romeo212000]

We shall see, wont we sparky?

Sure thing, Bucky.

 

[socaljim242]

Realistically this season USC is going to go as far as Darnold can take them. He's good enough to hide weakness or at least make it so they don't matter as much. If he went down there's Fink and Sears who I have no doubt can run the team they just aren't Darnold ( Sears can be but he's a freshman). So with Darnold 11-1 maybe 10-2 and play in the CGC and possible playoff but without 3-4 losses probably. And it might not be that they are that much worse as a team but I think it would just be deflating to lose him.

 

[8085sooner]

I like every ones enthusiasm in our Backup QB's but come on. All the game experience and a Heisman finalist, does not get replaced without, some drop off. Kendal and Murray, might be good QB's but I doubt either will come close to Mayfield, if he goes down.

Murray is a great athlete but he's 5'9. Kendal could be a good QB but we haven't seen anything but cleanup. Murray will be the harder one to defend, if he replaces Mayfield mid game. If they come after him, he will burn anyone with his legs, but that's where it stops. He has a decent arm but he's 5'9 and a lot of the junk spread routes, he will not be able to see or read. So teams will force him to beat you with his arm, with a solid game plan. Kendal could be a solid QB but he's not Mayfiled.

A Heisman front runner going down, will cost us a game maybe two.

OU has always had a good to great running game and this year will be no different. I will not be surprised to see 2 OU RB's go for 1000 yards. RB by committee will be the game plan, with one of the best if not the best Oline in College Football. That always make it easier on any QB

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

If Rypien went down, I think our season would end the same, I just don't see Rypien as a game changer. Except when he has 5 turnovers in a game. He seems to have 2 of those a year.

We brought in Montell Cozart from Kansas and that would be a season saver for sure. Cozart wasn't great at Kansas by any means but he has experience and we have more talent at every position than he had to work with at Kansas.

Rypien has about two awesome performances a year too, the year before he actually had them in bigger games, unfortunately last year he only had them against Louisiana-Lafayette and New Mexico

 

[Boise4Life]

If Rypien went down, I think our season would end the same, I just don't see Rypien as a game changer. Except when he has 5 turnovers in a game. He seems to have 2 of those a year.

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you there. Brett Rypien is a stud. I'm sorry he's not Kellen Moore. Who is? That is an impossible standard for a Boise State QB to have to live up to. What he is is a first team all-conference QB since his freshman year and yes that includes first team over the Wyoming kid that everyone is drooling over. He's also one of the highest rated returning quarterbacks in the nation.

We have our problems and we have underwhelmed these last two seasons. I'll give you that but starting QB is not one of those problems and now that Tommy Stuart has left, if Ryp goes down we are in serious trouble.

 

[Boise4Life]

We brought in Montell Cozart from Kansas and that would be a season saver for sure. Cozart wasn't great at Kansas by any means but he has experience and we have more talent at every position than he had to work with at Kansas.

Rypien has about two awesome performances a year too, the year before he actually had them in bigger games, unfortunately last year he only had them against Louisiana-Lafayette and New Mexico

Montell Cozart? A kid who wasn't good enough to consistently start at Kansas? Come on now bro. Let's temper that.

 

[redseat]

Believe Duke has 4 QBs so just play one of them... Couldn't be any worse

 

[iowajerms]

Keep handing off to Wadley and Butler.

 

[TheDayMan]

Keep handing off to Wadley and Butler.

Isn't that the plan to begin with?

 

[ralphiewvu]

Alright @GoldRusher Let's do a side by side comparison. Now, I'll admit you have our backs beat in experience, but that wasn't the argument. You said you have the deepest and most talented running back group in the conference.

West Virginia

RB1: Justin Crawford, 247 composite 3*, #35 JUCO recruit in his class. Offers include West Virginia, Missouri, and Louisville.

RB2: Kennedy McKoy, 247 composite 3*, #642 ranked in his class and #40 RB. Offers include West Virginia, Vanderbilt, North Carolina, and NC State.

RB3: Martell Pettawat, 247 composite 3*, #477 ranked in his class and # 27 RB. Offers include West Virginia, Minnesota, and Michigan state

Oklahoma:

RB1: Rodney Anderson: 247 composite 4*, ranked 155 recruit overall and 4 at his position. Offers include Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Texas A&M

RB2: Abdul Adams: 247 composite 4*, ranked 336 overall and #16 ranked RB. Offers include, Oklahoma, Alabama, Michigan, Georgia, and Notre Dame.

RB3: Trey Sermon: 247 composite 4*, ranked 185 overall and #12 RB. Offers include Oklahoma, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, and Ohio state to name a few.

This list does not even include Marcelius Sutton and Kennedy Brooks. You scoff at the lack of in game experience. Son, those first two are men who've waited their turn behind Perine and Mixon. You can rest on that all you want, but it doesn't change the fact that you're full of shit when you claim to have the most talented RB group in the conference.

There is an absolute Grand Canyon in talent difference between Oklahoma and West Virginia, and whether you want to admit it or not, you're on the wrong side of it. You're West Virginia, they're Oklahoma. No matter how much you want it, you ain't their peers. You ain't on their level.

I am curious why you used recruiting rankings and not stats from actual game competition?

 

[romeo212000]

I am curious why you used recruiting rankings and not stats from actual game competition?

Because I've conceded that Oklahomas backs don't have the game experience, but that wasn't the argument. The argument was that West Virginia has the most talented running back group in the conference. This simply isn't true, and the data I provided bears that out. I don't give a damn that our backs don't have the game experience. They are extremely talented (significantly higher ranked than West Virginia) and they have been waiting their turn behind the best RB duo Stoops ever had. They're not a couple of nobody true freshmen. These guys were wanted by the big boys. None of West Virginia's were. They will be running behind a top 3 offensive line unit in the country. They are more talented and will be better than West Virginia. Period.

 

[iowajerms]

Isn't that the plan to begin with?

Yeah. Nathan Stanley has 9 plays, 5 completions for 62 yards. He didn't rotate in with Beathard. I think NDSU game was the only one where he went in while still a close game.

Tyler Wiegers is the back up. He might even be better. Neither did amazing in the spring game. So, I don't think injury to QBs will change a whole lot. With James Butler being a grad transfer from Nevada, I can see Iowa having one of the top duo RB combos in the country.

 

[iowajerms]

Yeah. Nathan Stanley has 9 plays, 5 completions for 62 yards. He didn't rotate in with Beathard. I think NDSU game was the only one where he went in while still a close game.

Tyler Wiegers is the back up. He might even be better. Neither did amazing in the spring game. So, I don't think injury to QBs will change a whole lot. With James Butler being a grad transfer from Nevada, I can see Iowa having one of the top duo RB combos in the country.

I kind of know one of the new WRs, Nick Easley. He led JuCo nationally in receiving yards and receiving TDs. His mother is my brother's therapist (my brother is a stroke survivor and basically has no short term memory). I have a professional relationship with her and somewhat know him.

I talked to him last week when he was home. In spring and early summer, he was hoping to get a good # of reps. Now he hopes to be the other starter, behind VandeBerg. I think Iowa's passing game will be surprising. I don't expect a great receiving corp, but a good one to compliment the running game.

Wadley is a good receiving back and it sounds like Butler is too.

 

[BoiseStateFan27]

Montell Cozart? A kid who wasn't good enough to consistently start at Kansas? Come on now bro. Let's temper that.

Not saying he's not a downgrade from Rypien, he definitely is

I think he's at least good enough to save us from an absolute disaster

 

[ralphiewvu]

Because I've conceded that Oklahomas backs don't have the game experience, but that wasn't the argument. The argument was that West Virginia has the most talented running back group in the conference. This simply isn't true, and the data I provided bears that out. I don't give a damn that our backs don't have the game experience. They are extremely talented (significantly higher ranked than West Virginia) and they have been waiting their turn behind the best RB duo Stoops ever had. They're not a couple of nobody true freshmen. These guys were wanted by the big boys. None of West Virginia's were. They will be running behind a top 3 offensive line unit in the country. They are more talented and will be better than West Virginia. Period.

GMFB, they were rated higher. News flash dumbass the college game is significantly different then the high school game. That's why you saying they will be better is hilarious and you being nothing but a dipshit homer.

 

[Boise4Life]

Not saying he's not a downgrade from Rypien, he definitely is

I think he's at least good enough to save us from an absolute disaster

If Rypien does go down, I hope we go with Constantine over the Kansas scrub. Supposedly the kid is taking some nice leaps.