I think people are crazy to think Noyer is more than he was down the stretch last year. He caught lightning in a bottle early on, but teams figured him out by the end. If he's our Day 1 QB next year, we're cooked.
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Official Spring Practices Thread
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He got lucky in a weird year. He's a very mediorce QB. VERY MEDIOCRE. Frankly, he'd be QB2 and maybe QB3 on almost every other roster in the conference. Let's be real - if we play 12 games last year, Noyer probably gets replaced about game 10, those numbers are even worse and we don't sniff a bowl game.
vinniew_11
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Don’t know where to put this, so
Interesting hire considering the Athletic Department is one of the only diverse departments on CU’s campus.
Medford M.
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I honestly think Lewis is going to fly past Noyer and start gane one. Honestly think Shrout will pass him too. I got Noter as QB3.
DeNiro
My Dixie Wrecked
I would imagine part of his job is bridging some of that gap.
Hopefully the other departments will also value inclusion and diversity too.
gone native
Club Member
The internet literally broke the word literally
But what happens when person actually means it?
I got him at safety.
gone native
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Ya gotta say, that totally really truly absolutely happened. No lie. Promise.
You and every TE in the Pac12.
Basically truth. Radical concept.
And I wouldn't be so quick to bury Noyer.
People forget that he is a good enough athlete that he was able to play safety. They also forget that last year was the first real playing time he actually got at QB so in many ways he was a rookie out there.
He will be hurt by not participating in Spring practices and Lewis does look like the more talented QB but Noyer will have last years experience and now an off-season to review it, to study, and to prepare.
Lewis "should" be the starter next year but he is going to have to beat out a guy who was better than we have had recently in many ways and who will likely be better this year than last.
Best man wins based on the coaches evaluation, not on a fan vote.
gone native
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Whaaat? Not a fan vote??
I’d think his focus would be, in part, to help make the college experience better for our minority athletes in a school that is largely white.
Scrimmage today. Interested in hearing about the competition at QB and ILB the most, along with the development of the younger TEs.
I love the pedanticness of the same group of people that continue to call this conference “the PAC”, like it’s an acronym or something, or like the ACC or the SEC.
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this is a really good point, and I've been guilty of using "PAC" in written prose. looking at their website, they are consistent in using "Pac-12" in prose, but in fairness, they do use an all-caps "PAC 12" in the logo.
Just that Broussard is going to be faster without the brace, Fontenot has been full go for a while and says he'll force his way onto the field, Hagan says Clayton has elite skills, and then there's Joe Davis and Deion Smith.
Smith probably still recovering from his ACL year right?
I thought PAC originally stood for Pacific Athletic Conference.
Yeah, you're probably right, I just haven't heard much on his status. I'm not expecting much from him at this point.
I like Noyer as a leader in the QB room but he just isn't a high level P5 QB. I think he is great for the QB room and will be a great mentor regardless of what others think to Lewis and probably Strout as well. He is tough as nails and will do anything asked. However, he has proven that he struggles mightily with reading the underneath defenders and constantly makes those mistakes. You could see the frustrations with Dorrell in the bowl game because he keeps making the same mistakes. He has value to the program and team but not as the starter, IMO.
I was one that wasn't thrilled with the idea of Noyer coming back, mostly because I felt like in doing so he positioned himself as the initial QB1 where Lewis and Shrout would have to be head and shoulders better to supplant him. As time has gone on, I'm actually glad he's back as he at the very least provides veteran leadership and competent ability as QB3 (likely). How long has it been since CU has had a QB room as deep as this?
Hopefully, they all push each other and depending on the game, one is always having a breakout game. I think each one has different strengths and we will be in really good hands with a rock-solid running game that would take pressure off of Lewis and help be way more efficient than the offense was later in the season last year.
Maybe '01 or '02?
Yeah, I think most are afraid of the whole senior always plays mantra that we got with MM, but I don't get that sense at all with Dorrell. He has value in that room. If he had multiple years left then I would agree that we need to move on, but he is done after this year.