killswitch said:
u're really starting to piss me off. Listen, I'm a student Georgia Tech. Last year, me and both my current roomates now (but not at the time), were rushing with this fraternity (which they are now brothers in, not me though)where they get gameplan every year (and all the other college packages). If you remember correctly BG competed pretty well with Oklahoma the first half and made it look like a good game. Then Oklahoma pulled away and Jacobs got a couple of his TD's in garbage time i think. In fact since GT was playing a small-*** sh*tty team that day, I didn't even go to the game. Just sat at the frat house and watched all the other games (on 3 TV's). I'd say I saw about 80% of the BG-Oklahoma (including most all of the game when it was close up untill later in the 3rd quater or something.) Jacobs held his own. At the time I didn't know how highly touted of a prospect he would come to be, but I thought he looked alright for a "small-school" QB, nothing real special though. And I'm not addressing any other comments on whether or not I've watched him, this is ridiculous.
I'm impressed with the fact that you saw that game. It was Omar's first start (as a sophomore) and I feel he held his own against one of the strongest defense's in the country. 2td's and 0 picks for your first time on the big stage is impressive
A tough Memphis D? lol, they game up over 30 points a game last year. Maybe you meant to refer to the other side of the ball for Memphis. Anyway, yeah, your right, throwing td's isn't enough for some people. Timmy Chang was only 4 TD's short of the NCAA record. Where's he now? The TD's on the stat line that Jacobs threw really dont mean much; it's how he played. and I really believe that he played an alright game; he did a good job of doing his role in the offense. He missed some throws and he made some throws, and overall he played solid. Did he look like a potential first-day pick. IMO, NO he didn't. His stats made him look like a first-day pick, but not his play.
And, please, stop pulling stuff out of your a$, how do you reckon that BG's plan was to be as aggresive as possible on offense to keep the ball out of DeAngelo Williams' hands. If their main priority was to keep the ball out of Williams' hands (which is a rash assumption anyway), theoretically they wouldv'e played ball control on offense, and not thrown the ball over 40 times. But that's beside the point anyway.
I didn't say their defense was tough but they had a decent team and it made for a big bowl matchup for them, considering the schools are of similar recuiting levels. They do run a 3-3-5 defense which was getting some decent pressure on Omar thought the game. And please don't bring up Timmy Chang, all those TD's and also the record in INT's. Omar threw 4 his first year and like 8 this year, they are not in the same leauge.
And the offensive strategy was apparent, they onside kicked, attempted fake punts, and played agressive the entire game to take Memphis's running game to a minimum. Why in hell would they play ball control on offense, that would be playing right into Memphis's strenght, in a game of ball control they win.
as far as I'm concerned, from what I've seen, his accuracy and timing is extremely overrated compared to what I've read and heard about him. And, do u still not believe that Bowling Green's spread offense generallly opens up the field more and makes the passing game relatively more manageable for a QB? The necessities of accurate passes and perfect timing are reduced in a spread offense, so in essence the QB's job is not as meticulous. BTW, I see your from Ohio... might there be some bias toward Omar?
His strength is his accuracy, anyone who has seen him play will say that. And when did I say the offenses dosn't open up the field and all that, thats why it is such a successful offense, but theres still a gap between making the the right throw and making a bad throw in it and for the most part Omar has shown a good football mind. It has been shown that a QB can make the transition, so I think that argument is moot.
I do have some bias towards Omar, but I'm not without pointing out his faults. I've seen nearly ever start he has made and have seen him play damn good football. Still I believe he has first round talent but didn't have a first round season. I don't want to be the one running around saying the dolphins should have him number 1 on their wish list but I think some team is going to end up with a fine player, but its a big of a gamble at this point. I do not have a problem with someone evaluation Omar with a statement such as " he has tools and potential, but is a gambel" but to discount him completely such as you have is plain wrong. There was a buzz about him for a reason, he has produced.
