Yeah, Jake can sling it. To Riley's credit, though --weak arm aside-- he saw the field very, very well.

Mar 28, 2024
12:56:47pm

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If Nelson could've learned to throw the ball away, he could've been a deadly QB even with the subpar arm. His arm-strength wasn't a whole lot worse than Detmer's — & like Detmer he generally threw to spots rather than to numbers.

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So if Slovis wasn't the problem why doesn't Retzlaff get the same benefit of

kaladin58

Mar 28, 7:35am

Retzlaff is gonna be our starter. We need to get on board with him.

Blueto

Mar 28, 7:36am

If that's the case, should we expect to see a lot of Bohanan at wildcat? I'm thinking: likely.

SinkingQuffa

Mar 28, 7:40am

Retzlaff is better runner than Bohanan

Cooouuugs

Mar 28, 8:11am

Is this your opinion?

Bullrider

Mar 28, 11:40am

Yes, that’s generally what posts on a fan message board are

Cooouuugs

Mar 28, 2:21pm

I Agree with your board assessment, but if you can substantiate your post it is

Bullrider

Mar 28, 8:32pm

Slovis was a problem, the O line run blocking was a bigger problem. Retzlaff

NOCAL_YFAN

Mar 28, 7:40am

Limited in an unfixable way, though? Some of his throws were as great as his terrible ones were terrible.

SinkingQuffa

Mar 28, 7:41am

I’m hoping a late year, first D1 experience insertion was not indicative of what

NOCAL_YFAN

Mar 28, 7:50am

I think Retzlaf will improve quite a bit this year vs last years “tough” intro

DawgHaus

Mar 28, 10:57am

Yeah this is why I don’t like the Riley Nelson comp

puntersarepeople

Mar 28, 8:12am

Yeah, Jake can sling it. To Riley's credit, though --weak arm aside-- he saw the field very, very well.

SinkingQuffa

Mar 28, 12:56pm

Probably because he made quite a few glaring mistakes.

acadian8

Mar 28, 7:40am

I heard recently that he hasn't had a single turnover in the last couple weeks of spring ball

El Jefe

Mar 28, 7:51am

Great... Our defense sucks!!

Loyal2Royal

Mar 28, 1:33pm

I’m still a little confused by the complaints about TOs

puntersarepeople

Mar 28, 8:07am

Yes but so did Slovis and many on CB sing Slovis' praises all day long

kaladin58

Mar 28, 8:39am

*sang. No one has really sung Slovis praises in many months.

NYC and Japan

Mar 28, 9:57am

That's going to happen with a kid new to D1 football. Slovis made some really dumb mistakes too and he was a 5th year

TheLoneCougar

Mar 28, 8:53am

Didn't Jake miss a bunch of practice in fall camp due to a tonsilectomy as well?

Captain Stubing

Mar 28, 7:59am

That was spring last year

puntersarepeople

Mar 28, 8:07am

ya, as I was typing it, I wasn't sure if it was spring or fall - thx

Captain Stubing

Mar 28, 10:15am

Retzlaff looked absolutely awful throwing the ball and was significantly worse

kimdaddy35

Mar 28, 8:01am

so your point being, slovis vs texas threw 2 picks, also fumbled 1...

kaladin58

Mar 28, 8:47am

No you said Retzlaff played against the top 4 teams in the Big 12 which was

kimdaddy35

Mar 28, 9:06am

ok Retlzaff didnt play texas, slovis still sucked and whose at fault? does crap

kaladin58

Mar 28, 9:08am

Do you need me to repeat myself? Slovis threw the ball much better than Retzlaff

kimdaddy35

Mar 28, 9:15am

Do you need me to repeat myself?

kaladin58

Mar 28, 9:46am

He didn't suck worse. Who did Retzlaff play as good as Texas? Answer? No one.

kimdaddy35

Mar 28, 12:36pm

I don’t think the OL gave him the breathing room to transition from the bench to starter that others in similar

hamaca

Mar 28, 8:04am

Well Retzlaff wasn’t really good during his stint

CougarCanuck76

Mar 28, 8:12am

So you go months without playing in a game, get the start at WV 4th in B12

kaladin58

Mar 28, 8:51am

I'm going into the season with no optimism nor concerns

thewaterboy

Mar 28, 8:13am

I may go down for saying this, but I really think Retzlaff will surprise many

Cougar TD

Mar 28, 8:28am

Agree with you 100%. Retzlaf will improve and surprise folks.

DawgHaus

Mar 28, 11:13am

Retzlaff is an enigma to me

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

Mar 28, 8:28am

Exactly. And two losses against the Oklahoma teams

airbug

Mar 28, 8:44am

It’s a fair argument. Doesn’t mean he’ll be good, but it’s still tbd imo.

ldssdl

Mar 28, 8:50am

I was more concerned about the poor offensive of line play to be honest.

TheWookie

Mar 28, 9:28am

Who says Slovis wasn’t the prob?Many CBers-incl me-never thought he would cut it

zerome4sooners

Mar 28, 9:47am

There are Jake haters on CB, but he played descent to start several tough games.

NYC and Japan

Mar 28, 9:56am

Bottom line, our coaches can’t get anyone better so get behind the QBs.

GilbertAZCougar

Mar 28, 10:40am

Because we need a QB who can cover for our problems and Retzlaff won’t, neither

palangi

Mar 28, 11:47am

Jake had the benefit of an improved OL at the end of the year. It seemed obvious that Funk had been relieved of his

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