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In Game thread: Guins vs Terriers
penguinpower:
Here is the reality like it or not...............Talk about Wells all you want, but the fact is we are in the semifinals and he is a big part of why we are here. Webb fumbled the ball against Wofford and Wells threw a pick and got tackled out of bounds when we needed to run the clock. Everyone makes mistakes.
Wells also made some big time throws in this game. So I say STFU. He and Ricky are friends and they were celebrating with each other on the sidelines. This is out of hand already. If Wells was that bad we wouldn't be where we are being one dimensional on offense.
Montgomery must have heard a loud sucking sound when he pulled his head out of his a$$ because the games we are calling are what I have been screaming for 8 years. We are running power O with the QB under center. Wells struggles a little at reading the defense and that may be the single reason why he gets shut down in zone schemes. I wasn't able to put that together until the Wofford game. Montgomery needs to help him with that. That is the advantage an NDSU QB has. The communication system in our offense relies on our team to look at the sideline and to allow the OC to make every call. We take the audible away from our QB. May sound like a simple difference, but it is not. It is huge. If Wells was better at reading the defense he could call audible plays. Wofford ran two different zone schemes and Wells was holding on to the ball too long because he wasn't sure of where to go with it. I don't blame him here I blame Montgomery. I am happy that he is using play action from under center, because Wells can throw the long ball, especially in man coverage, so when those CB's and Safeties bite on the play action he is accurate enough to lay the ball in the bread basket.
No one on here can tell me he is a bad QB. That is simply not the case. We are a top 4 team. The QB position is as important as the guys playing around him. However, we have a disadvantage to NDSU in that we do not develop our QB's. Well is smart, so I can only imagine how good he could have been if he truly knew how to read a defense.
Arguing over the QB on a team that has had the toughest road to the final 4 is ridiculous.
FOOTBALLFEVER:
Indiana St was a very rough game for Wells, but what would you expect for not doing much of anything for a couple of months and only having a week to prepare. Since then he has completed about 66% of his passes 78-119 with 7 td's and 2 picks..I will take that any day of the week..I think there was something wrong with him last year
go guins:
--- Quote from: FOOTBALLFEVER on December 12, 2016, 10:14:03 AM ---Indiana St was a very rough game for Wells, but what would you expect for not doing much of anything for a couple of months and only having a week to prepare. Since then he has completed about 66% of his passes 78-119 with 7 td's and 2 picks..I will take that any day of the week..I think there was something wrong with him last year
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Fever, I agree. I thought he was injured most of the year. (unfortunately your "something wrong with him" should leave the haters plenty of room to work!)
IAA Fan:
Cannot fully agree Power, but good observations. Many would argue that coach M gives his QB's too much leeway. They always have several options and we are usually calling in coverage schemes. With that code our QB has the option to call a number of plays, to audible, pull the hand-off and usually 2 or 3 receivers, you are spot on that he is only recently improving on the latter. Up until this year, Davis needed every play called in. Even Mays was given at least 2 options on every play when he stepped in. Usually it was 3, as he has a bit more mobility.
I like our mix of under center vs. shotgun. In fact, if it was not so cold I would prefer more shotgun. It matches with our smaller TB's. However, like you, generally I like under center. At the DI level that is not always practical.
penguinpower:
Ruiz doesn't want a college education, he prefers to be educated as a thug
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