A two QB system for this game might be kind of interesting to watch, just
to see how badly each plays, but it's not going to give you a fair read on
any of them.
I think it largely depends on the system that Lester tries to run. The
system that McDonald tried to run with Hunt required some talent you can
throw to and a QB who can make the throws. Was it the talent that was
the problem? Don't know, but they didn't help with their drops and
inability to create space. Was it the QB? Well, Hunt obviously has not
developed yet into a QB who can run the gameplan - that happens with
college kids, BTW. Bubble screens work, just ask the SU D, but it helps
if the secondary has to respect a deeper ball every once in awhile,
which no opponent has done to date. It also helps if the QB can put the
ball where the receivers can catch it. Add all of that together, and it's
pretty clear the gameplan could not work as envisioned. But it was
never changed. That was worse. You'd think, in the redzone, maybe a
fade to Ishmael/West/Custis, nope. That play was crying out to be made
against ND (you could easily see the chance from my five-rows-from-top
seats), but they never tried it.
So onward to the next QB(s), NONE of whom will have success unless they
rethink their gameplan, and I might suggest that maybe they take a little
more time with their play calls, if nothing else, to keep the ball away
from FSU for just that much longer.
Oh, I like Shafer commenting about AJ Long being "scout team player of
the week" and looking great against the #1 defense. That has not yet
proven to be a difficult task for the QBs SU has played against. The D
has caused turnovers and made plays for losses, but also almost allowed
a D2 QB to beat them, and allowed Golson to go for 360+ and 4 TDs. And
the Lville QB was able to make the plays he had to.
Kev
