Throwback Thursday - Matt Grothe

[Peatearpan]

2 hours ago, Bulls On Parade said:

And yet somehow he didn't beat Pat that camp which is crazy.

He looked like atleast a sophmore his freshmen year he played a good year ahead of most freshmen qb we have had.

Shame we didn't get him a full senior year I think that season could have been really magical. 

 

Yea, that was a bummer when he went down. Weren’t we up a fair amount in that game? I remember yelling at the t.v. “Why didn’t you put in your backup qb?!?”

[Brad]

There was incredible "competition" between Grothe and B.J. and I can remember the static between the two then and the need to get B.J. some time - but it had to come at Grothe's expense.  It wasn't easy.  B.J. may have never seen the field that season if not for the Grothe injury.

[GoBulls84]

17 hours ago, Brad said:

I don't know man, a lot of people have been clamoring for throwback helmets instead of throwback coaches (like Outlaw), and the internet rumors suggest the helmet that Pres Rhea Law held in a twitter picture was "slipped" and is the new helmet.  But I really don't care at all, so I've done no follow-up to the initial rumor and reaction.   But.....some other dude from the BoT seemed to "hold" the same helmet a day later...

1 + 1 = ??

 

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[GoBulls84]

9 minutes ago, Brad said:

There was incredible "competition" between Grothe and B.J. and I can remember the static between the two then and the need to get B.J. some time - but it had to come at Grothe's expense.  It wasn't easy.  B.J. may have never seen the field that season if not for the Grothe injury.

I think we had included some wildcat-ish plays for him hadn't we? Like I know BJ played against Western Kentucky that year, but it doesn't look like he ever actually passed. IIRC he redshirted in '08, so I think he would have still gotten some garbage time PT if nothing else. But he definitely shouldn't have seen the extended action that he did get after Grothe went down

[michibull]

As great as QF was, Grothe will always be my favorite USF QB; probably because he was playing when I was going to school there. It just seemed like every season with him there were multiple magic plays and upsets. The team was exploding and the country loved our story so we got a lot of love from the national press; I don’t think we will ever see a time like that again; so it will always stand out in my mind. 

[michibull]

On 8/12/2022 at 8:59 AM, Bulls On Parade said:

And yet somehow he didn't beat Pat that camp which is crazy.

Agreed, it was insane. I remember Julmiste was so terrible in ‘05 (and he seemed like a really good guy, loved the program and I respect him for all he did for us), that every game hinged on Andre Hall ballin’ out. Going into ‘06, w/o Hall, I thought we were sunk. Grothe coming in and playing like he did really ignited the team and renewed hopes of everyone I knew at the time. Grothe was on a whole other level than Julmiste and it had to be obvious to everyone before that game; not starting Grothe from day one had to be a “senior” thing, there can be no other excuse. 

[Triple B]

10 hours ago, michibull said:

Agreed, it was insane. I remember Julmiste was so terrible in ‘05 (and he seemed like a really good guy, loved the program and I respect him for all he did for us), that every game hinged on Andre Hall ballin’ out

.... and defense. What's shocking is that year was the closest we've ever been to a NY6 bowl game and matches 2005/2017 as closest to a conf championship, if you're looking at controlling our own destiny at the end of the year.

[slick1ru2]

Might just be me but I think he deserves a statue. What a fun guy to watch play!