DAJON TO START SATURDAY

Praise the almighty lord and jesus.

Thank the almighty baby football Jesus. We haven't had to invoke him for several years.

And just like that I'm coming out of my shame hibernation.

This is great news.

If he goes off for 200yds passing and 100yds rushing VS Nicholls (I think he could), don't get too crazy... it's just Nicholls St.

If he struggles (I don't think he will), we're in big trouble.

We'll mostly run, but DW will find some very open receivers as a result. Lots of big runs and a few long pass plays in my opinion.

according to twitter

Well, this was a good time to check in on gomeangreen.com

I know he's just a redshirt freshman and he hasn't played any meaningful snaps, but I'm predicting 7-5 at worst with Dajon, if he stays healthy, and the most passing TDs we've had under Coach Mac. I also think he's better than what UTSA and Rice have. But that's just to me and there's a lot that has to go right for all, much less any, of that stuff to happen.

I know he's just a redshirt freshman and he hasn't played any meaningful snaps, but I'm predicting 7-5 at worst with Dajon, if he stays healthy, and the most passing TDs we've had under Coach Mac. I also think he's better than what UTSA and Rice have. But that's just to me and there's a lot that has to go right for all, much less any, of that stuff to happen.

Well, at least we have a chance.

Fact of the matter is that it can't get worse than what we've seen. We could play NO quarterback whatsoever, snap the ball directly to the running backs, no handoffs, no laterals, no nothing, just run straight ahead, and get the same results we've had.

I know he's just a redshirt freshman and he hasn't played any meaningful snaps, but I'm predicting 7-5 at worst with Dajon, if he stays healthy, and the most passing TDs we've had under Coach Mac. I also think he's better than what UTSA and Rice have. But that's just to me and there's a lot that has to go right for all, much less any, of that stuff to happen.

I'll agree he is better than the UTSA QB's not the Rice one though. Dajon gives us a better chance at winning those games, but I still dont think we have a better team overall than UTSA or Rice. Those games are also on the road.

We'll mostly run, but DW will find some very open receivers as a result. Lots of big runs and a few long pass plays in my opinion.

Mostly running in this game will be pointless. We need this game to develop our passing game. We'll win this game regardless so we need to spend it developing our passing game and the chemistry between Dajon and our receivers. Running the ball and shortening the game would be killing precious time and plays that we could use to develop the passing game. Breaking in a new qb this late in the season, we need all those plays and time.

I love the zone-read threat Dajon provides us, but I'm even hesitant about calling too many of those plays. If the read key stays home on Dajon and he's forced to handoff then we could see a, let's say, 65-yard touchdown run. Good run, but that's 65 yards we could've worked with to move the ball downfield with our passing game and get that clicking even more.

Save the runs for the second half when we should be up by so much that we're only running because of football etiquette, trying to kill the clock and not run up the score.

Well, at least we have a chance.

Correct, good sir.

Its go time..

I guess Mac had to accept that winning with DJ and having to police him a bit to develop the correct habits is much better than losing to teach the kid a lesson.

Now lets see teams try to go 9 in the box and let DJ run wide

YUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

There is still hope. A chance was all we were asking for. Thank God.

I'll agree he is better than the UTSA QB's not the Rice one though. Dajon gives us a better chance at winning those games, but I still dont think we have a better team overall than UTSA or Rice. Those games are also on the road.

I've played against and watched Driphus Jackson (Rice qb) since freshman year of HS. He's a good runner, okay passer, but nothing to worry about with passes downfield. He certainly has improved a lot, but I'm more worried about his running ability against us than I am of him hitting throws downfield, like their QB Mchargue did last year to Jordan Taylor on that deep post route.

You may be right about the teams, but I am extremely interested to see how this Mccarney coached team does with a playmaker at qb.

Mostly running in this game will be pointless. We need this game to develop our passing game. We'll win this game regardless so we need to spend it developing our passing game and the chemistry between Dajon and our receivers. Running the ball and shortening the game would be killing precious time and plays that we could use to develop the passing game. Breaking in a new qb this late in the season, we need all those plays and time.

I love the zone-read threat Dajon provides us, but I'm even hesitant about calling too many of those plays. If the read key stays home on Dajon and he's forced to handoff then we could see a, let's say, 65-yard touchdown run. Good run, but that's 65 yards we could've worked with to move the ball downfield with our passing game and get that clicking even more.

Save the runs for the second half when we should be up by so much that we're only running because of football etiquette, trying to kill the clock and not run up the score.

So, this sounds like you prescribe a game plan to highlight the qualities an NFL scout might look for in a quarterback; game management, looking off receivers, hitting receivers in stride, using mobility more to extend the play than have gain yardage on the ground. If so, I like it; I really wouldn't want Dajon to run much.

Hopefully a significant amount of the running will be done by DW himself....

Exactly this. This is why I'm so excited. Even if he struggles to throw the ball, which I like what I see so far, they can't stack the box versus him. He provides another dimension.

You could see LT creep up and put 9 to 10 men in the box on 1st and 2nd down for most of the first half. Anything that forces them to change that to 7 or 8 men with one man over the top and 2 men forced wide will both open up the middle of the field to pass, but also allow the OL the ability to get to the second level inline blocking. By not having the OL have to get a hat on hat on every play and instead allow for some down hill blocking should help wear down the LB's and in turn allow the guys to actually hammer away at the center of the defense.

All this is going to be conditioned on the fact that DJ can run outside early and that teams are forced to respect the deep ball more

YES

Clearly coach Mac saw the ESPN QB stats thread...