What surprised me the most from the offense

I was most surprised by Tanner's consistent underthrows. In many his long throws he was consistently under throwing his receivers by several yards. I can remember 1 or 2 overthrows but a lot of underthrown balls.



This is something I'll be watching for closely against LSU.

We had several near catches on those underthrown balls which would have led to 14+ more points, and then everyone is happy. Hopefully that is just in-game chemistry that will improve over time.

hawkwing wrote:

I was most surprised by Tanner's consistent underthrows. In many his long throws he was consistently under throwing his receivers by several yards. I can remember 1 or 2 overthrows but a lot of underthrown balls.



This is something I'll be watching for closely against LSU.

Ben Criddle, Cam Jensen, and Jake Kuresa all agree that the most concerning thing coming out of PSU was Tanner Mangum*.



*no one was calling for any backups, so no strawman knee-jerk rebuttals, please.

snoscythe wrote:

I was most surprised by Tanner's consistent underthrows. In many his long throws he was consistently under throwing his receivers by several yards. I can remember 1 or 2 overthrows but a lot of underthrown balls.



This is something I'll be watching for closely against LSU.

Ben Criddle, Cam Jensen, and Jake Kuresa all agree that the most concerning thing coming out of PSU was Tanner Mangum*.



*no one was calling for any backups, so no strawman knee-jerk rebuttals, please.

I want QB2 whoever he is!!! :lol:

byufan4ever wrote:

hawkwing wrote:

I was most surprised by Tanner's consistent underthrows. In many his long throws he was consistently under throwing his receivers by several yards. I can remember 1 or 2 overthrows but a lot of underthrown balls.



This is something I'll be watching for closely against LSU.

Ben Criddle, Cam Jensen, and Jake Kuresa all agree that the most concerning thing coming out of PSU was Tanner Mangum*.



*no one was calling for any backups, so no strawman knee-jerk rebuttals, please.

I want QB2 whoever he is!!! :lol:

I may not be calling for a backup QB, but I will *ahem* note that since about week three of the polling for "least confident position group" I was voting for the QB group. After Tanner's bowl-game performance, after seeing Tayson regress from how he looked against Nebraska, and with a pro-style offense that demands much more perfection from the QB in all facets, I've been very concerned about how well any QB is going to perform this season.

snoscythe wrote:

snoscythe wrote:

I was most surprised by Tanner's consistent underthrows. In many his long throws he was consistently under throwing his receivers by several yards. I can remember 1 or 2 overthrows but a lot of underthrown balls.



This is something I'll be watching for closely against LSU.

Ben Criddle, Cam Jensen, and Jake Kuresa all agree that the most concerning thing coming out of PSU was Tanner Mangum*.



*no one was calling for any backups, so no strawman knee-jerk rebuttals, please.

I want QB2 whoever he is!!! :lol:

I may not be calling for a backup QB, but I will *ahem* note that since about week three of the polling for "least confident position group" I was voting for the QB group. After Tanner's bowl-game performance, after seeing Tayson regress from how he looked against Nebraska, and with a pro-style offense that demands much more perfection from the QB in all facets, I've been very concerned about how well any QB is going to perform this season.

You just criticized two different QB1s. Mind blown! :bug:

I'm certainly not ready to call for any backups, I think it's pretty clear from what I've seen that TM is head and shoulders above the other QBs, but it is interesting that he has struggled to make some of these throws.

byufan4ever wrote:
You just criticized two different QB1s. Mind blown! :bug:

It may be worse, but between the lines I think I'm really criticizing a Heisman-winning QB1.

I think I said at the start of last year or when Detmer was hired, that he'll either be here for 20 years (or however long he wants) or he'll be gone after two or maybe three years. I think his offense is either going to work or he's quickly going to realize it's not and will say he doesn't need the stress, criticism, etc. that comes with a failed offensive system.

The underthrown balls are balls thrown late, probably because Tanner was waiting for guys to get open before letting the ball go. This offense requires timing and you are supposed to throw the ball on time. Lets hope that the timing gets better during week two, and especially week 3, I don't want to see another loss to the utes but I am starting to feel like it is going to happen again.

frdbtr wrote:

The underthrown balls are balls thrown late, probably because Tanner was waiting for guys to get open before letting the ball go. This offense requires timing and you are supposed to throw the ball on time. Lets hope that the timing gets better during week two, and especially week 3, I don't want to see another loss to the utes but I am starting to feel like it is going to happen again.

i would agree underthrown balls are more likely on balls thrown late, but not on the deep streaks such as the ones to Trinnaman or Shumway, those are the underthrows that surprised me because Tanner has the arm strength to throw it 50+ yards. He hits both of those throws in stride and cougar nation feels a lot better about him.