I have the game going on two screens AND a laptop with stats. Thomas started out a little hot - overthrowing. Yes, he's thrown some high and behind - but, he's doing just fine. 160 yards and 1 TD. Without the drops it would be more like 220 and 2 TD's. Guess you and I have a different definition of inaccurate as helll, that's all.
I agree, I think he's the better QB right now. I hope Thomas declares for the NFL draft sho Bennett can take over next year. I don't get all the Thomas praise. He's ok, but all he does is hand the ball off and hit wide open recievers. I rarely ever see him thread the ball into tight coverage. And he throws wobbly inaccurate passes.
no. In the first WA series Hill took him down solo Final stats... Polk 24 carries for 80 yards 0 TDs STOMP
All he does is touches the ball every single play and reads defenses to setup that run. Could you tell me, what Thomas' conference record is as a starter? Thanks...cuz, I forgot. If you don't get the Thomas praise (and I'm often hard on him) I would wager you're a new fan (nothing wrong with that) and haven't been around for less than stellar seasons or been around very long to watch these players develop from recruits to starters to leaders and captains for our program. A popular Oregon QB you're prob familiar with is Joey Harrington. He often got drilled by fans for his slow starts and inaccuracy. But, in the end, he was a winner and one of the many Oregon greats. I'm at the point now where I just enjoy watching these kids play and enjoy them for the short period of time while they are with our program. I respect your opinion and hopefully you understand why I'm open with my opinion when fans who were just treated to a dominant conference game on the road, against a rival who only has one conference loss and is undefeated at home, make claims that our QB who threw better than 50%, had no INT's, nearly 200 yards and lead a dominate second half, was inaccurate as hell and should be benched for a promising RS FR who is still learning.
I agree. I like Bennett better than Thomas. Darron is just a product of the system. It could have been Masoli that guided the Ducks to the title game in 2010 if it wasn't for the BSU debacle. This offense will make all quarterbacks look good.
I get the sense that Thomas is still knocking some rust off... many of his passes were higher than they should have been, and I think he just needed to settle down a bit. I like Bennett a lot, but I don't want to risk having growing pains happen in the meat of our schedule. I'm comfortable with Thomas and confident that he will be good enough to give us a chance to beat anyone. Ed O.
Thomas is going to remain the starting QB... geez he's only 19-2 as one. His play improved over last week and didn't seem to be gimpy at all. All and all the teams health seems to be doing great, certainly a lot better then Stanford. I'm feeling really good about how things are trending STOMP
So, that would make Thomas the most successful Oregon QB in the entire history of the program, correct? Yup. Time to sit him.... *cough*cough I wish fans could just sit back and enjoy the unique ride we are experiencing instead of wanting to bench the most successful QB in the history of the program. I guess this approach to college athletics comes with the new found success - the players are treated like pro-players, disposable field assets only.
I'm not suggesting we bench Thomas, but he HAS to be better next week vs Stanford than he was tonight (and the 1st half last week for that matter). He's not hitting guys in stride, or putting the ball "on the numbers". Even the big 34 yard pass to Paulson in the 3rd quarter was high and a little behind him - just a nice catch. Also in the 3rd quarter he had Hawkins WIDE open for a TD and he threw it behind him. It will go down as a drop, but it wasn't a well thrown ball. On the same drive, he overthrew a wide open LMJ on 3rd down that would have been at least a first and goal (if not a TD). They kicked a FG instead. He's just not sharp right now. One thing I did like was there were a few times that he threw the ball away when there was nothing there. TO's can kill you. Still, he's got to get better. We won't beat Stanford next week if he plays like he did against UW. I loved everything I saw in this game except Darron Thomas. LMJ is back, D'Anthony broke off a couple of big returns, the defense played it's best game of the year IMO. UW was supposed to be able to carve through the Duck Defense, and that didn't happen. The Ducks played the most physical game on the defensive side I've seen all year. They pounded Price & Polk all night. I love seeing that. It gives me hope that our D can at least slow Stanford down. Can't say enough about the defensive effort. The game vs Stanford could very well come down to how Darron Thomas plays. He needs to play well (if not great) for us to win. That said, there is now way you can put Bennett in for this game. But if Thomas stinks and we lose, I would give Bennett a look vs USC.
Solid argument. Keeping in mind this was a nasty UW atmosphere, the field and ball was wet with slight wind and it was his first real game back after some time away, I'm pretty happy with the results. I think fans tend to base 100% of a QB's value on accuracy (which Thomas was completely acceptable - above 50% completion rate) but in the option read, the QB has a monumental responsibility to properly read defenses and put the ball where it needs to be. We avg 6 ypp to UW's 3.9. I'm not sure fans understand just how valuable Thomas is to the option read.
LSU's 8-0 this year. They sat Jarrett Lee for Jordan Jefferson yesterday. This is college football, a loss means the world.
ha! I saw that and a moment later thought of the 118 speeding ticket referencing a go! pattern. I see it as just fun spirited trash talk behavior. Maybe a Safety could be watching the crouched over QB and notice the motion through the mass of humanity at the line, and maybe he quickly gets the reference to a go! pattern in time to adjust his approach to a play, but thats pretty unlikely. Guys having harmless fun making fun of their opponent's public missteps... whatever STOMP
Thomas was a different QB in the 2nd half, and I'm glad Chip didn't pull him, although I wanted to see Bennett. I loved the option TD to DAT. Great play call. I didn't love LaMike being the reciever on that open wheel route. DAT or Barner both have two good arms, yet the play is run for a guy who can't extend one arm? Hawkins also had just an embarrassing drop, as did DT on that WHOOPSIE!! pass early in the game, but for as bad as the Ducks looked last night, UW looked much, much worse.
