Southern Miss to start true freshman at QB vs North Texas

[NT03]

http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-sports/2013/10/football_freshman_nick_mullens.html#incart_flyout_sports

[MeanGreenGlory]

Force him to make mistakes early!

[greenminer]

Not a typical true frosh, gents:

Mullens was the Alabama's Gatorade Player of the Year at Spain Park High School in suburban Birmingham as a senior in 2012. He passed for 3,649 yards and 40 touchdowns with just eight interceptions, leading the Jaguars to a 10-win season and a region championship.

[greenminer]

Any SMiss lurkers care to chime in on Mullens? PP or DT? Throwing motion?

[MeanGreenTexan]

Not a typical true frosh, gents:

Looks pretty typical to me.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/football/recruiting/player/_/id/151828/nick-mullens

[KingDL1]

Our defense will eat him alive.

A lamb to the slaughter

[JKvsHimself]

This'll be fun.

[UNTexas]

Blitz. A lot.

[FirefightnRick]

Dont they know Freshmen are too young and inexperienced to start at QB?

Rick

[DeepGreen]

Meh

[BillySee58]

Last year when thins got bad they started this true freshman at qb.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Anthony-Alford-118664

Kid had offers from schools like Clemson, Bama, and LSU but things got disastrous. He completed less than 45% of his passes and disgruntled fans were criticizing his play, which ticked his mom off and this happened.

http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/10/26/ma-nooo-mother-of-so-miss-qb-arrested-at-game-for-defending-sons-honor/

She ended up getting arrested at the game. Losing seasons are tough on everyone and we've been there. Putting in another true frosh this year shows they have nothing to lose. Teams with nothing to lose can be dangerous, but if you get them down their frustration can grow exponentially. Get em down early and often.

[MeanGreen61]

Our defense will eat him alive.

A lamb to the slaughter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLpJ7VIfKPU

[VideoEagle]

Last year when thins got bad they started this true freshman at qb.

http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/recruiting/player-Anthony-Alford-118664

Kid had offers from schools like Clemson, Bama, and LSU but things got disastrous. He completed less than 45% of his passes and disgruntled fans were criticizing his play, which ticked his mom off and this happened.

http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2012/10/26/ma-nooo-mother-of-so-miss-qb-arrested-at-game-for-defending-sons-honor/

She ended up getting arrested at the game. Losing seasons are tough on everyone and we've been there. Putting in another true frosh this year shows they have nothing to lose. Teams with nothing to lose can be dangerous, but if you get them down their frustration can grow exponentially. Get em down early and often.

Wow! It could have been interesting if her son had played here and heard some of our fans in the stands during the Dodge era.

[Eastwood Eagle]

This'll be fun.

Exactly what I thought.

[meangreener]

This game SCARES me.

[southsideguy]

is he mobile?

[Harry]

is he mobile?

He looks pretty damn good! I wouldn't call him a runner but he's mobile and reads pressure very well.

[UNT90]

Hit him early and often. Rattle him.

Be aggressive on offense from the 1st qtr forward.

[Eastwood Eagle]

Be aggressive on offense from the 1st qtr forward.

Please, be aggressive. We don't want another UNT90 thread.

[Sig381]

ok he can throw a good ball to wide open guys. lets see how he can do it with our D-Line all over him and has to thread a needle to complete a pass.

[UNT90]

Please, be aggressive. We don't want another UNT90 thread.

I know. It might just point out a truth that you just don't want to hear, eh?

[adman]

My concern with a more mobile QB against our D-line is that we lose containment quite a bit. Look for 50+ yards from their QB.

We've had some over pursuit issues with our D line - Tulane for sure - but these last two games it has seemed like we've corrected them.

[golfingomez]

i hope Mac uses this to motivate the D... the last thing you want is for some random spark to catch on and confuse the D all game...

let's hope it's windy and cold

[BillySee58]

We've had some over pursuit issues with our D line - Tulane for sure - but these last two games it has seemed like we've corrected them.

Last two? What about the MUTS game?

Grammar had over 100 yards rushing and over half were on pass plays were he had to scramble. Most of the scrambles were right up the middle to. He did it all game right up until Sed knocked his lid off.

Edited October 21, 2013 by BillySee58

[golfingomez]

Last two? What about the MUTS game?

Grammar had over 100 yards rushing and over half were on pass plays were he had to scramble. Most of the scrambles were right up the middle to. He did it all game right up until Sed knocked his lid off.

most of those yards (after the first drive) UNT was fine giving up... they were in third and long situations, so NT covered the receivers, but gave him 8 yards or so of running room, which would leave him 2 or 3 yards short of the first down... they weren't giving him free reign to run where he wanted to...

UNT was playing smart D that night, they knew Grammar wasn't going to beat them with his legs