Jimmy Chitwood said:
oh, one other thing is on my mind about Baylor... they inserted an "exciting playmaker" at quarterback last night. robert griffin took a lot of snaps for the Bears, and apparently "electrified" the viewing audience. griffin, who enrolled in January and practiced in the spring, completed 11 of 19 passes for 125 yards and ran 11 times for 29 yards. he also lost a fumble on a snap at the Baylor 11 that led to the Deacons' first touchdown of the second half.
what "electrifying" numbers, indeed!
"He was pretty impressive," Coach Jim Grobe said. "For a young kid to get out there and do some of the things that he did tonight, he got my attention.
you can't make that stuff up!
The agenda was so obvious. When they went to the studio at halftime, the older White guy made a fool of himself. He certainly got down on his knees' and "earned" his paycheck...
With all the hands-of-stone receivers' out there, it almost seems like these "dual-threat" QB's have become a "necessary" part of the game. Gotta try somehow to move the chains.
White QB's continue to get benched because of poor receivers. Anyhow, this farce is likely to collapse because "dual-threat" QB's have a higher risk of injury. The media builds THEM up so much and then tells us we should weep when they are inevitably injured. Ironically, this "dual-threat" nonsense has hurt the developement of black QB's and no doubt the development of some white QB's as well.
I really worry about Jake Locker. Football is a team sport. Irregardless of the personnel around him, a QB shouldn't try to be Superman. If he doesn't get himself under control, it won't be a good situation.
I worry less about Tebow because he has a more stocky, running back-like frame. He's also a good passer. Truth is, athleticism can fade pretty fast with the onset of injuries and so on, so a QB has to know how to throw and effectively scramble when necessary.
I don't want a ton of white QB's to kill themselves unnecessarily; To turn themselves into some kind of martyr. For what? I know we want to see white men running the ball, and that's where some white QB's have stepped in to give us some enjoyment. They have partially filled a niche (for us) that really should be filled by white RB's. I understand the idea of having "white athleticism" on display but, in Jake Locker's case, we have already seen that he's very athletic. He needs to protect his body, the source of his athleticism, by not trying to do too much.
Edited by: Deadlift
