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24 minutes ago, Vivadiscordia said:

I love Q, but he's acting like a child. So you don't get used in the offense like you want to, it's not the end of the world. It's not even just himself he has to think about, but his daughter as well. Is it really that hard to just show up each week and earn a paycheck? The opportunity might not be ideal right now, but simply leaving means no opportunity. Add onto that how bad this looks for future teams, and how it makes him look like he's not a team player, and it's just plain stupid. 

Q is a father and a man, not a 19 year old college player throwing a fit and hitting the portal because he couldn't get playtime. 

Quietly removing yourself from a frustrating situation is much more responsible than throwing a hissy fit in the locker room. It's not like Q is going on Twitter rants. That would be acting like a child. Q knows his value. Q knows that being pulled off field two drives after scoring the team's first TD of the season is not how you grow an offense. Do I personally wish he stayed with the team this week? Yes. Is him leaving childish? No. Far from childish.

I must say.... it feels nice that Q is at the center of the biggest starting QB controversy in pro football at the moment.

Vipers are at home this weekend. Let's see how Trestman deals with three hours of "We Want Flowers" chanting from whatever crowd shows up.

29 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

This. I don't get this fascination that Q is a great qb on the pro level.

If XFL is considered "pro level", I do think Q has what it takes to impress. Or at least he has what it takes to get the chance. At RayJay. For the city that loves him.

But no, of course Q doesn't belong in the same sentence (or paragraph) as NFL MVPs.

Trestman doesn't understand Florida football, and this roster is filled with Florida talent.

Imagine if this team was coached by Orlando Apollos championship winning coach, who had a firm grasp on Florida football. What was his name again...

8 minutes ago, NewEnglandBull said:

 

Ehh... the “report” that Colin is quoting is some guy on Twitter with about 350 followers. Co-hosts an XFL podcast (that only has 81 followers). I’d wait for something more concrete.... Even the podcast host just now tweeted “he will be back” in regards to QF.

Looking over Twitter, it does seem like this could be a long-term situation.

I don't blame Q, but I don't think withdrawing like this helps his case. Again, it's lose-lose-lose. He looses too. Hopefully it's just for a couple days to make a point.

Or maybe there's actually a personal situation he needed to address. God knows he's had to deal with too many tragic personal situations in his young life.

Trestaman confirmed Q is on the team, just not practicing today for personal reasons.

So this was just more rumor mongering.

I’ll be disappointed if Q leaves. It would be a lose-lose-lose situation. For him, the team, and the fans.

If he really is gone, the team can kiss local support goodbye. Probably half the people who went to the game last weeekend were there for Q.

Our former defensive coordinator Chuck Bresnehan, from Willie's first two years, who then went to be the DC for Mickey Mouse College for their 2015 winless campaign, is an XFL officiating supervisor.

I just threw up a little.

Drive is over. Q had I think two completions for basically no gain. Made several 6+ yard runs. Drive ended on a 3rd and long. For the first time, Q got cooking, scrambling around the pocket, making eye contact with receivers, adjusting the plan three times, before being taken down around the line of scrimmage when attempting to scrable.

Vipers need to use more shotgun.

Flowers is still in the next drive.

Just cooked up a 23 yard sideline completion.

Immediately cooked up another 35ish yard completion.

Quinton Flowers runs it 7 yards, in for the Vipers first TD of the season.

QF is in

The commentators can't stop talking about Flowers. They say crowd is calling for Flowers. Booing after every incompletion from the starter. One of them just now said "The most popular guy in the world is the backup QB" before cutting to commercial. It's only 10 minutes into the first quarter, and the Vipers have a lead, but Flowers is getting a lot of love on the telecast.

2 minutes ago, usfgrad84 said:

Yeah, but Trestman still thinks he is coaching the Bears. 

He thinks he's still coaching in Canada.

ABC calling Q one of today's "impact players"

4 hours ago, Gatorbull325 said:

Maaan let them hate. CCS got us a 10 win season and unfortunately fizzled out the last 2 seasons.

Yeah, well, Strong would have gotten us 11 wins that year if he didn’t cause Hurricane Irma.

Good for him. Horrible head coach but a good man, I don’t think anyone would dispute that he has high moral character. Perhaps too high a moral character to succeed at pushing players (and coaching staffs) to their absolute max.

39 minutes ago, Brad said:

The Arizona State IPF:

Don’t the Miami Dolphins practice in the same kind of bubble on the Nova campus?

11 minutes ago, GaUSFBull said:

I expect a natty.  

You can get a 6 pack at Publix with your $5.99 sub next week.

I truly don’t believe our roster is as depleted as some believe. It’s not as bad as what Skip left us with. The issues last year were poor conditioning, lack of motivation, a carousel at QB running a cookie cutter offense. All stemmed from coaching.

Now, I’m not saying we are going to have a great year. I think we’re good for 4-6 wins. There’s a lot that needs fixing, but the underlying roster is in decent shape. The talent is there. It just needs to be trained, motivated, and utilized properly.

We’ve always done our best work when no one believes in us.

Thank you SBNation (lol) for the extra motivation.

Ah yes... the Sundome renovation year.

We should get the arena renovated more often. It’s our good luck charm.

27 minutes ago, ToroDeFuego said:

 He bought Lovie Smith's old house.

Dirk Koetter is gonna' kick Jeff out in two years.

Murray apparently suffered a lower leg injury on Sunday, hence not practicing.

Oh, yay, another thread about positive news in relation to USF football derailed by users bickering over their individual narratives.