The Lions' Pride

What does it matter if she's smart or not? Double D's and Pretty face are all I care about...

Thanks for posting. First time I had seen those as I missed the second quarter of that game. Gotta say, that was encouraging - good mobility, decent pocket presence, and that should-have-been a td pass was thrown right on the money while on the move. I've liked Steven from the beginning, rooting for him to win the job.

On another note, how frustrating is that Virginia game, still? Robinson had that td in his hands and dropped it - four weeks later that's a catch. All the fg's - just stunning that was a loss.

Seems to have some good leadership qualities as well.

Unless Bench (assuming he starts) takes every snap or one of the two walkons step up to take the backup spot. I think it would be pretty difficult to RS both Hack and Ferguson next year.

However there is a possibility that Hack gets the RS in 2013 and if Ferguson is number 3 going into 2014 - he could RS that season.

I don't think anything is given at this point. I think OB had one scholarship QB heading into spring practice and had a top recruit planned to join the team this summer so he went out and got the most talented guys he could that were immediately available. We needed bodies plain and simple. Where the chips fall from here is anyone's guess.

Personally, I really hope that Hack can redshirt because true freshman QBs usually don't fare well in college football, even the better one. That would put Bench and Ferg as the 2 guys that need to be ready to play. Either way, 2 guys are going to play this year (hopefully not 3) and my money is on Ferguson being one of those 2.

It's true that Ferguson could RS in 2014 if Hack beats him out, but if that were to happen, I can see him transferring. He's got his RS year to sit anyway and 2 years to play. That depends on him though and what he would want.

Yup, Robinson would've made that catch a few weeks later. Hell, he made catches that looked much harder than that one (Indiana comes to mind).

I also think Bench had several accurate passes besides that one dropped as well. It's a great problem we have at QB right now, especially compared to this time last season. I just remember hoping PJ could learn the playbook so we didn't have to see yet another pick-riddled season from McGloin. That crow sure was delicious, haha.

I really never considered that possibility Cambria! Ya got me athinkin'

Man if Fergie RS and Hack RS, then Bench is the Starter with a couple of run-ons backing him up.

So if Bench starts as a true Soph, he is likely the incumbent for 3 years. Which means that Fergie gets to compete against him for same 3 years.

Hack, if he redshirts has 4 years and if he is second fiddle to Bench/Ferguson means Hack could be a 2-yr starter (RS-JR and RS-SR)

Lot's of possibilities other than these.

The way I see it fold out is like this last season. BO'B starts the the best position QB for the job based on practice performance, precluding any injuries.

This year is especially exciting to see which QB breaks ahead of the pack for the starting job. And I'm lovin' it!

Exactly ... the best player will play. Just because XXX starts next year doesn't mean it is a given he starts the next year.

In fairness, Bench was a true freshman that didn't get on campus until the summer. That was all that was behind McGloin. While I think there was a few games where Bench should have gotten some snaps I'm not sure if that is how OB will handle the QB's in coming years. We shall see.

I wonder if OB will put in a zone read package for Bench. He did some of it in high school and is a pretty good athlete. If he wins the job I'd like to see some read option and some designed QB runs. IMO he could have some success carrying the ball and it would be something else defenses would have to prepare.

They kind of ran a zone read against Virginia (see first play of the video posted on page one). Except the OL didn't leave anyone unblocked so there was no one to read. Second play was one as well.

The play at about the two minute mark was more of a zone read with reading a defender. So yeah, I'd say they'll use that if Bench is the starter.

ZERO chance Hack is a 2 year starter. The kid will start at least 3 years.