Not to mention you can clearly see him cover the ball before contact, he just got drilled by an illegal tackle, but **** him I guess?
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C'mon man, you did it, hit me right between the eyes. Just not nice.
Yep, numbers like Rocco had this year just happen all of the time!
Last QB not named Purdy to throw for more yards in a season? Austen Arnaud 2008 - a mere 15 years ago
Last QB not named Purdy to throw for more TDs in a season? Todd Bandhauer 1997 - A scant 26 years ago
Rocco freshman year - 20 TDs, 8 INT
Brock Freshman year - 16 TDs, 7 INT
And Brock didn't play against Iowa, Oklahoma or TCU his Freshman year.
Set all that statistics aside - this team does not win 7 games with any of the other QBs on the roster leading it. Probably 4 better QBs in the Big XII this year - Ewers, Gabriel, Green and Plumlee. Some will say Howard but I am not buying that, KSU underperformed.
So I think you are right and good thing you can look at Rocco's performance with much more clarity than the Big XII coaches and see he is just another decent Freshman QB.
So you are going to totally ignore the fact that offenses particularly ISUs offense has changed from run first with 1,000 yard backs like the Davis Brothers, Ennis Haywood, Stevie Hicks, A Rob etc which there was no need to throw for as many TDs. I'm glad you pointed out what Brock accomplished in way less games. You failed to mention in those stats that in 5 of those games which is almost half he threw 1 or less touchdowns. Rocco was a great game manager who didnt lose game. That was exacty what we needed to win 7 games. We beat Ohio its 8. We won because we have an elite defense that kept us in games and Rocco did a great job of not losing us many which is commendable.
Rocco is great and JJ could be great too. It's likely that Rocco will be the starter for the next 3 years but stranger things have happened before. Maybe we need a separate thread for the future QB discussion.
A transfer portal tracker thread that’s dominated by speculation if our current qb is better than our qb from 2 years ago. Also, if our current true freshman back up will change positions.
Never change CF.
Never change CF.
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His dad will make this call ... and given his dad's coaching experience with wanna be NFL players, my guess is he will tell his son to stay with the system and coaches that have brought him this far. To switch systems now and chase money will always be there.
His analysis also ignores the wide receivers and sneior tight ends that Purdy had to throw to. Doesnt' take away from Brock's accomplishments... but the surrounding talent around Purdy was much more experienced.
Yet in your analysis you also ignore that Purdy had no tds and 1 int against texas, only 1 td against Baylor, 1 td against Drake, and as many ints as td against KSU that year.
Welp, it is clear that NIL and transfer portal are ruining college sports.
He have a shot?
He have a shot?
Brock was also true freshman not redshirt. It's a HUGE difference! Who is to say in the extra games he doesn't have better stats or plays better in those games from the earlier experience? Brock had Hakeem Butler though and I feel that helped him immensely. I'm not comparing the 2 qbs because I'm my opinion their first years aren't comparable. The eye test of watching Brock vs Rocco is night and day. When you saw Brock you felt a star was born. When you see Rocco your like ok. With some work and some more surrounding parts we might have something.
This isn’t a great take. I think Rocco did great this year, especially under the circumstances, but come on.
Well for the next 2-3 years it is Rocco, if the QB after him comes in and performs the same, I will gladly eat crow. Just looking at how long it has been between QBs that perform like this. Purdy is the only one in last 15 years and my whole point is, Rocco played at the same level Purdy did his freshman year. I'll stick with the take.
No bash on Purdy, but Brock also had a better roster around him his freshman year compared to Rocco this season.
Absolutely.
It was 1st and 10.
With plenty of time left.
You aren't going to bulldoze guys like you did in 1A Iowa football.
Take the yards, get down.
He’s got the size, will depend if he picks up any senior bowl invites or anything and how he tests. If he tests well he could sneak into the later rounds. The nfl is desperate for offensive line talent and each team has 15 OL at a minimum for training camp/early preseason.
How was Brock’s freshman Iowa State team doing BEFORE Brock was put in the lineup? We were 1-3 going into Oklahoma State game. Our lone win was over Akron. I’m not buying your BS that Iowa State had a good team that had a better roster than we have now before Brock was put in the lineup.