Bulls' QB Battle Starting To Pick Up Steam

[BullDoug]

what was denson doing for the whole of last year.

he should be so tight with the playbook the it is his second skin

the experience difference should only be playing time and his "skill set"

should overcome that

he should have pulled even in the spring and well on his way to unseating PJ by now.

so i do not have high hopes for him beating out PJ so clearly that JL won't go with the devil he knows

Could be wrong but this is how I see the sitch.  CD was scout team QB in the fall of 2004.  That means zero reps with the 2 deep offense which equals zero experience with the offensive playbook.  In the spring he was coming along then he had the ankle injury limiting his reps.  And lastly the rumor is his arm strength & accuracy maybe be suspect.  Its the ability to use his feet that makes him better than PJ.

I'm guessing we are going to see a platoon at QB w/a touch of Hill come Sept. 2 which I see as a plus.  That's more unknowns for PSU defense to prepare for.  Now saying that doesn't mean the OL doesn't need to block or Hall run well.  If CDs arm in 50% better than Brian Fishers and he has a feel for the field 75% similar to Blackwell then we should be better than PJ last season.

Truthfully, PJ should be better in 2005.  How could he not be?  Not saying adequate but he's got to be somewhat better.  I saw some stats for PJs 2004 last 5 games.  They were improved but they also were against lesser teams (USC UL & USM were first half teams) and his sprained knee had healed.  Anyway, I too think Grothe should get a chance if he has the same arm strength of PJ, CD or Hill.  What would not surprize me to see a lot of Hill vs. FAMU.

[BULLfreak]

CD has more experience than Hill for the simple fact he participated in spring football and I’m sure he did not waste the 2004 football season even if he ran the scout team.

[Jake_Ryan]

Anyway, I too think Grothe should get a chance if he has the same arm strength of PJ, CD or Hill.

Grothe is not even close to PJ in arm strength.  I imagine he and Denson have similar arm strength, but I haven't seen Denson throw - just going by what I read.

Grothe will be much better off to RS and work on arm strength, adding weight, etc.  If he works hard to develop his physical tools to match his head and leadership ability, he will be awesome in 2 years when his time comes.

[beastiebull]

If Denson had any skills whatsoever he would've beaten PJ out by now.  I don't car ehow much PJ improved during the offseason, he didn't do it in front of 100000 screaming fans or on Natl TV.  When game pressure is on it's a completely different situation that off season workout playing catch.  PJ is a DI-AA QB not a BE QB.  Guess Denson isn't either.

[BULLfreak]

..... 100000 screaming fans ......................

100000 Screaming fans now that would be a great accomplishment

[Papa_Bull]

100000 Screaming fans now that would be a great accomplishment

Turning them into 100,000 SILENT fans would be a greater accomplishment.

[BULLfreak]

do we even play a team that can hold 100,000 other than PSU

[Papa_Bull]

do we even play a team that can hold 100,000 other than PSU

Nope.

PSU averaged 103,111 last year which is 96.78% of their capacity. That ranked them #4.

http://web1.ncaa.org/d1mfb/Internet/attendance/IA_AVGATTENDANCE.pdf

[Guest]

do we even play a team that can hold 100,000 other than PSU

Only 4 stadiums in college football hold 100,000 people:

Michigan Stadium - Univ of Michigan - 107,501

Beaver Stadium - Penn State Univ - 107,282

Neyland Stadium - Univ of Tennessee - 104,079

Ohio Stadium - Ohio State Univ - 101,078

Both Texas & Texas A&M are planning expansions that will increase their stadiums to 115,000 seats.  Wisconsin is planning to grow to more than 104,000...

Here is an interesting thread on the subject: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=185976&page=1&pp=20

[sdgukhsdgl]

UT has averaged 105,176 fans over the past nine seasons, drawing nearly four million patrons during that span.

;D