Since this is THE most important position in football why can't we find 1 or 2 that can throw well.
I think Boo ended the year with more INT's then TD's, and we think he's good?
Phil is not the QB we all hoped, he can't pass, and I might add that we knew that about him, so there was no improvement. It is apparent that that Frank sees something in Phil that I don't. If someone else sees what Frank sees please comment.
We have real challenges in this position for next year.
I don't know much about the redshirt freshman, but I have my doubts that he was any better the Boo, cause if he was he should have been starting. So how optimistic can one be for next year.
And another thing....anyone notice that each year we have gone to a bowl game we have lost not only the bowl game but the the game before.
I know we lost our best offensive & defensive player this year, but I'm just talking about the QB position that needs to be upgraded.
Why can't we find a QB like Troy found, or Central Michigan found 5 years ago. These guys are out there so what is the problem?




GO BOBCATS

Two words: Gary Nova

He is a stud Q.B. from out here in northern  N.J.
His was going to Pitt.,but changed his mind when they fired their coach.

Actually,northern N.J. was a fertile ground for Q.B.'s this year.
So much so the coaches broke their own rules to give a bunch of
them "first team" honors.

With Rutgers' program no longer the rising star it once was,and people screaming
for the coache's head, maybe O.U. should look East a bit more.

  

I have faithfully watched each game for the last 20 years in Peden Stadium.  I have seen a ton of really good QBs come through.  Not a single one was a Bobcat.  This is really frustrating and, frankly, I do not understand why.  Almost every school in the MAC has had at least one stud QB during the past two decades, except us.  I understand the reason when we ran the option, but what about the other 15 or so years?

Ask me in a couple years how good Snyder, Tettleton, and Robak are. The problem, I think, is not the recruiting of QB's the last year or two, but 2005-2009, which then forced Ohio to rely on JUCO's and transfers like Bower, T3, Boo and Bates.

Add Tyler Tettleton to the mix.

I'm confident that one of these 3 will step it up next year if we need them.....and after watching the bowl game it looks like we could.

I think Miami's QB who made Northern Illinois look silly was their 2nd or 3rd string QB; Miami didn't start him until their starter Zach Dysert went down. Had Dysert been healthy, that kid would still be sitting on the bench.

I would rather go 0-12 with someone who can throw a pass past the line of scrimage than to have to watch another game with Phil Bates at QB. No disrespect to him as a person or athlete but he is not a QB.  Solich is fixated on Nebraska football 12 years ago. Hell, bring back Cleve Bryant he could get more yards then Phil Bates. When you score very possession I would rush 11 defensive players because OU doesn't adjust. Boo had success rolling out early in the year where he was a threat to run or pass, bootlegs, screens, all look non existant in our Bates offense which truly is offensive.

I haven't seen the Ohio QB's so I have no knowledge how good they are. Basied on the way that the coaching staff handled them, I think that I can make the following guesses:
1. Obviously none of them are as good today as Boo, which is why they weren't playing. That does not mean that they won't be better 4 years from now than Boo is today.
2. Obviously Snyder and Tettleton both have some skills because clearly the coaching staff went to great lengths to protect their redshirts, preserving an extra year of eligibility. When players don't appear to be that good the norm is to play them here and there and just let the eligibility run out in four years.

We'll just have to wait and see how things develop in 2011. I'm cautiously optimistic.

 I have not seen what I would call an outstanding QB since Coach Solich has been here. May be one hiding somewhere on the bench but if so why hasn't he played?

I know it's a long shot but whatever happened to the Cardale Jones possibility? Did it fall through? The only reason I bring this up is because I read somewhere today that Shane Wynn is possibly interested in visiting Toledo and Akron as well as the big time schools (PSU, the U, ect.). I remember them pledging to be a "package deal" earlier in the summer and I remember reading on here that Cardale had visited Ohio. Since they're still shopping for schools does anyone know if we are still pursuing them as prospects or are our hopes just dead in the water?

You guys are really overlooking the fact that the offensive line has to show up for ANY QB to have success.  The Troy QB appeared to get touched perhaps once the whole game and thus it was like throwing darts at the Harbor Inn for him. He didn't look particularly good at the two or three long throws but 10-15 yard tosses and big runs and he looks super. Kent two years in a row and Troy defenders were about ready to take the pistol snap they were in so quickly, Roman Gabrielle couldn't have withstood that onslaught.  Instead, Bates on the last play before the half learns his left tackle acted as a matador in letting Bates get cold cocked.  

Lots of Scott and Boo's success came because they zigged or zagged luckily and avoided a rush and completed BIG passes.  The last two games you didn't see that.

I don't know if Bates is a passer.  For all you critics, is one pass in the NO Bowl enough to make a judgement?  Why didn't the coaches do what we have heard by announcers when a backup is forced into a game to give  the guy an opportunity to complete some easier passes and gain confidence?  The bomb he threw was way off, however he was about to get smacked even on that play.  

My vote is for improving the offensive line.  If you cannot run the ball at all, I doubt you will be able to pass the ball at all either.  My vote is to improve the OL and all our QB's and running backs and coaches will look much better.

According to an article in yesterday's paper,one of the things that Gary Nova
is looking for is a "stable" coaching situation.
Seems like O.U. would meet that concern.
Also,out here in N.J. a lot of people talk about the MAC being a "quaterback confernece".
Hey,its worth a shot.