fish,
I read almost all of your postings on this site and in other places. I have much respect for you and for your educate opinions.
Regarding Tanner Mangum,
" gleaning from Interviews, I hear a lot of talk about Tanner M. starting at QB.’
WE WERE ALL DISAPPOINTED AND STUNED, SHOCKED, UNHAPPY, with the results of the 2017 QB, but also with the lack of ability among the WR’s and the RB’s. Yes, the Tight End was good. What happened to the OF line? Was the new Pro Style Offenses too much for us to adjust two last season? FOR WHAT EVER REASON(S),
the QB and the rest of the OF was a disaster. We got so far down, that we could not get ourselves up again as we lost to teams ranked 100 or worse and we lost to UMASS at home.
Ya, I know how bad it was as does the rest of the college football world. Having said that, I think that Tanner Mangum should temporarily start and I think that the job should be his to lose. He doesn’t have to win vs. ARIZONA, but he has to give them a heck of a fight and put the scare into them.
He doesn’t have to beat Cal at Provo, but it would certainly help to cement his job. He must look very good, even if it is looking good in the loss.
He does not have to win either Washington or Wisconsin to keep his job. He has to look like a tough competitive player that puts some fear into these two teams.
The same can be said vs Boise State and Utah.
Here is where the patience ends. He must not look sloppy, lucky, or inept for the QB job when playing McNeese State. If he does not look like a P5 QB from start to finish in this game, he should be replaced and not allowed to return to this game. He should lose his starting job to someone better prepared and with a more determined mindset.
When playing Utah State, Northern Illinois, this must be an upset win for BYU or he should be taken out of the game if we do not have a comfortable lead by the end of the first quarter.
The first sign of weakness from any of the games vs. Utah State, UMASS, New Mexico State, and Hawaii, he should be taken out and lose his job.
In summary, if we expect to be recognized as a P5 Independent team, we must look like an Independent P5 team vs A L L G5 teams and we should not even be playing FCS teams.
As far as the P5 teams, or any ranked team (1-25), I still have all the patience in the world vs these teams while we are learning to schedule and play against something much closer to a P5 schedule than we have ever had in the past. I am more concerned about the lack of effort in the 2017 season with our receivers than I am with our QB’s.
It was too easy for the receivers last season to think the ball was out of reach instead of diving for the ball, or changing direction to get the ball, or running faster to get the ball. Not nearly enough effort and a gross amount of inability was demonstrated even among those that had the ability.