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CougarbibIt should. I buy into it for sure. But what I keep seeing some others say is that Jake played all of the tough teams and Riley has only played cupcakes. I buy a tiny bit of that argument this year and just the opposite last year. But only a tiny bit. Only Utah - of all of our opponents has gone forth to show any defensive prominence and they haven't played anyone like Oregon yet.
Heaps and Nelson played in UW, AFA, FSU briefly, and USU together. Same LOC. That would be one analysis.
It might also be interesting to see how Riley and Jake's PER this year game by game compares to the PER of all of the opponents of that game's opponent. I would bet a Shave Ice with pineapple icec ream at the bottom and condensed milk on top that Jake comes in below the average PER of the opponents opponents. I would bet RIley comes in higher.
Even that will probably not quite satisfy those that just do not want to accept how well RIley is playing even though he clearly has the potential to play even better as he cuts down on mistakes.
We will probably hear that Jake's receivers drop passes, and his OL can't block, and we had the wrong RB in, and Doman is a rookie, and it is a new offensive scheme, and he is just a sophomore, and he needs 4 seconds to throw, and the RBs are not picking up the blitzes, and the receivers are not getting enough separation, but that he has confidence that "his guys will step up and get things going.".
Maybe some of the skeptics could outline in this thread what PER analysis would sell them. What level of performance would get them to quit worrying about his lack of potential.
I saw posters 2 weeks ago demanding that Riley meet the 136 PER standard we expected but rarely saw from Jake in 2 seasons, or that Jake should be put back in. And Riley keeps hitting 160 - has only had to punt once in 10 quarters, and it still just isn't quite good enough for some.
Next week isn't going to answer any questions - unless we do poorly. An outpouring of yards or points will not prove anything. This one is a true cupcake. Can't wait to try and predict whether we will have mercy and run it every down in the 2nd half or play Lark the 2nd half or let Jake air it out to build confidence in the 2nd half or let RIley run up some gaudy numbers. This will be a tough game to predict.
So for TCU - what does Riley need to do to convince you skeptics that he is our best QB at this point in time.
3-0 as a reliever / starter apparently has not won everybody over yet. 4-0 won't. 5-0 ought to seal the deal with everyone but Jakes closest family members.
But what if we lose to TCU like we usually do? - Riley falls short of 160 PER? - short of 150 PER? - short of 140 PER? - or even short of 136 PER? What then?
I say if he beats Jake's 2010 TCU PER - we call anything above that gravy and reason to celebrate.
And if we beat TCU - I think we bring back the Nelson / Young comparison thread and allow anyone that was offended that Nelson's Junior year would even be mentioned in comparison to Young's Junior year - room to reconsider.
I am not saying Riley will equal Young's super bowl rings and MVP awards. I don't expect Riley to play in the NFL at all - unless he does. But he is excitng and fun to watch - and definitely a D1 QB.
Heaps and Nelson played in UW, AFA, FSU briefly, and USU together. Same LOC. That would be one analysis.
It might also be interesting to see how Riley and Jake's PER this year game by game compares to the PER of all of the opponents of that game's opponent. I would bet a Shave Ice with pineapple icec ream at the bottom and condensed milk on top that Jake comes in below the average PER of the opponents opponents. I would bet RIley comes in higher.
Even that will probably not quite satisfy those that just do not want to accept how well RIley is playing even though he clearly has the potential to play even better as he cuts down on mistakes.
We will probably hear that Jake's receivers drop passes, and his OL can't block, and we had the wrong RB in, and Doman is a rookie, and it is a new offensive scheme, and he is just a sophomore, and he needs 4 seconds to throw, and the RBs are not picking up the blitzes, and the receivers are not getting enough separation, but that he has confidence that "his guys will step up and get things going.".
Maybe some of the skeptics could outline in this thread what PER analysis would sell them. What level of performance would get them to quit worrying about his lack of potential.
I saw posters 2 weeks ago demanding that Riley meet the 136 PER standard we expected but rarely saw from Jake in 2 seasons, or that Jake should be put back in. And Riley keeps hitting 160 - has only had to punt once in 10 quarters, and it still just isn't quite good enough for some.
Next week isn't going to answer any questions - unless we do poorly. An outpouring of yards or points will not prove anything. This one is a true cupcake. Can't wait to try and predict whether we will have mercy and run it every down in the 2nd half or play Lark the 2nd half or let Jake air it out to build confidence in the 2nd half or let RIley run up some gaudy numbers. This will be a tough game to predict.
So for TCU - what does Riley need to do to convince you skeptics that he is our best QB at this point in time.
3-0 as a reliever / starter apparently has not won everybody over yet. 4-0 won't. 5-0 ought to seal the deal with everyone but Jakes closest family members.
But what if we lose to TCU like we usually do? - Riley falls short of 160 PER? - short of 150 PER? - short of 140 PER? - or even short of 136 PER? What then?
I say if he beats Jake's 2010 TCU PER - we call anything above that gravy and reason to celebrate.
And if we beat TCU - I think we bring back the Nelson / Young comparison thread and allow anyone that was offended that Nelson's Junior year would even be mentioned in comparison to Young's Junior year - room to reconsider.
I am not saying Riley will equal Young's super bowl rings and MVP awards. I don't expect Riley to play in the NFL at all - unless he does. But he is excitng and fun to watch - and definitely a D1 QB.