Two years ago, I thought there was no way Tyler would pan out as a D1 quarterback. Now, I am extremely confident in the young man. He's not perfect, there were a couple of throws he made that should have been picks, but these seemed entirely like exceptions to the norm.

too early lets win some games before we annouce the second coming. this offensive scheme is what ohio has needed is coach albin now a genius last yr you guys called for his job.

50 of 81, 61.7 percent, 7 TDs, 1 INT, 97 rushing yards, 3 TDs

If you gave T3 or Boo this offensive line, they would look even better today. Before the season I said that what Ohio needed at QB was someone who could make good decisions, and not make mistakes, and that they wouldn't need someone who could carry the team on his back by constantly making something out of nothing. Tettleton is doing a great job, and the entire offense is working as team. They will keep getting better as the year progresses, and they will put a lot of points on the board this year..

LC makes a great point. Much of Tettleton's success can be handed to the offensive line. He's not forced out of the pocket, or throwing off his back. The RBs look better because there are holes to run through. That offensive line makes the whole offense look better. They deserve some high praise.

Not you.....but actually there were some on the board THIS year who said he wasn't a D1 QB.

I'm sold. His poise is out of this world. Decision making is on the money. Arm gets the job done. Seems to be mature beyond his years.

Count me in the camp of people who never saw this coming. Just super impressed right now.

Dunno how seriously Bates or Vick challenged Tettleton at QB, but other than that, Snyder shot his own chances to start this season in the foot not too long before August camp:

docket.webxsol.com/athens/Last.jsp?Case_id=2011CRB01772&selection=D&type=T

I think OU's newer underage alcohol policy in the student code of conduct makes it such that Snyder could be automatically suspended or expelled with another violation or two. I doubt Solich wants to increase the chances of another year of drama and possible loss of QB availability such as what happened with Boo last year. Excellent choice, but kind of a no-brainer if you ask me.

Of course, none of this should be construed as me saying that Tettleton hasn't done great with his opportunity so far.

This, exactly, is my feeling on the matter.  I saw raw athletic potential a couple years ago, but poor decision making and a bit of needing to adjust to DI speed of the game.  I've been wowwed tremendously by Tettleton this year so far, and love having a solid, first string quarterback, no ifs, ands, or buts.

The fact that Solich announced a starter as early as he did was surprising at the time, but makes perfect sense to me now.

He de-cleated the DB on that play.  Awesome effort!  It's funny my two favorite plays of the game didn't even count.

I've said it for 3 games now, Tettleton is one of the nicest guys on the field.  LOL.  He has helped up his tackler more than a few times this year.

During the off season pretty much everybody said he just needs to not do anything stupid.  I think he got that message loud and clear...very smart player.  In his post-game comments, he mentioned how he kept changing the play to those screen passes since Marshall's defense kept giving him the easy read.  I have a feeling those will be our bread and butter this year.  Get the ball into the WR's hands and let them work in open space with a great group of down field blocking WR's in front of you....especially when you get the defense on their heals like last night!

T3, Boo, even Bates in his limited snaps, seemed to look for the home run more, fighting for extra yards, moving laterally thinking they could beat somebody to the corner to get some space before turning it up field, etc.  Often those things didn't work out (fumble at the goal line in the CMU game, extra scrambling increases the chance of a hold or illegal block, etc.)  

With Tettleton, he'll take the 5-6 yards the defensive is giving up, slide, and live another play to pick up the short 3rd down.  I think we'll see a lot more sustained drives this year.

Actually, if we don't lose any key players to injury, grades, the law, or homesickness, we are absolutely stacked everywhere next year.

OL: All we lose are the two starting tackles, Flading and Strum. Coach Lightner has suggested that Mcgrath, Prior, and Mcqueen should be able to step in without missing a beat.

QB: Everybody's back

RB: Lose Harden. Still return Boykin and Blankenship.

TE: Lose Clark. Still return Thompson, Hill, and Knight.

WR: Biggest holes to fill on the offense. We lose Brazill, Dunlop, and Bates. Foster and Bussey return as the veterans. Guys like Futtrell and Smith will have much bigger roles.

DL: All we lose is Meyers and King, the latter being more for leadership.

LB: Lose Keller and Benjamin. A JUCO MLB isn't a bad idea in the offseason.

DB: Everybody's back.

P: Lose Hershey

So 2012 will be a loaded, senior-laden team. There might be some worry in 2013, but the team will cross that bridge when it comes.

Got him.

Former Cincy LaSalle FB/MLB (6'-235)  Tim Edmond who is currently at Hutchison Kansas CC gave a verbal last week.

Hutchison  had one close game this year....they won 90-7:

http://cms.hutchcc.edu/livestats/xdefense.htm