Who was Drew Allen,

[OttoMets]

Drew Allen - the quarterback who Scott Shafer didn't realize was worse than Terrell Hunt until he put the team into a big hole to start the season.

Good memories.

 

[orangeinjersey]

Bud asks him what he's majoring in and he has to look up what it it is. (40 sec)

I remember this dude was big mad that he transferred here only to be benched for Terrell Hunt lol

 

[DoctahLexus]

All I am learning from this list is that even great quarterbacks have total disaster games. Not giving up on our guy at all

 

[donniesyracuse]

Drew Allen - the quarterback who Scott Shafer didn't realize was worse than Terrell Hunt until he put the team into a big hole to start the season.

Good memories.

Yeah, that team could have gone 7 - 5 instead of 6 - 6 in the regular season. Imagine where we would be now.

 

[swish7]

Drew Allen - the quarterback who Scott Shafer didn't realize was worse than Terrell Hunt until he put the team into a big hole to start the season.

Good memories.

Wow. I barely remember Terrell Hunt & Shafer is forgettable too. Brain fog about that era. Perhaps bc I was dealing with a 5 year old

 

[swish7]

All I am learning from this list is that even great quarterbacks have total disaster games. Not giving up on our guy at all

Definitely not giving up, but the Riverboat Gambler throws have got to stop.

Gotta stop forcing passes through keyholes.

Also, stop trying to run like you are Lamar Jackson. Stepp, slide, and throw it away if you have to.

 

[RF2044]

Literally no recollection

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From Syracuse football: Drew Allen records the 14th four-interception day in school history

Allen was a transfer QB from Oklahoma. Supposedly very good, just behind "better," higher rated QBs and was just looking for a chance to start. The Oklahoma coaches at the time lamented him leaving.

Got here and stunk it up, before getting benched.

 

[Chip]

I was at that game against Northwestern. Thankfully it was a night game, which I started "tailgating" late morning at a Wrigley bar, went to an afternoon Cubs game. So by the time the game rolled around I was having too much fun to care that our team was crapping all over themselves.

 

[RF2044]

I was at that game against Northwestern. Thankfully it was a night game, which I started "tailgating" late morning at a Wrigley bar, went to an afternoon Cubs game. So by the time the game rolled around I was having too much fun to care that our team was crapping all over themselves.

Same. Made the trek from Minneapolis. It was brutal.

 

[SWC75]

Allen was a transfer QB from Oklahoma. Supposedly very good, just behind "better," higher rated QBs and was just looking for a chance to start. The Oklahoma coaches at the time lamented him leaving.

Got here and stunk it up, before getting benched.

He was a statue of a quarterback. Unfortunately, everyone else was moving.

 

[OrangeCrush22]

Thing I remember most about Drew Allen is him being like 6’6 and not being able to throw the ball over the line of scrimmage without it being tipped or batted down

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Definitely not giving up, but the Riverboat Gambler throws have got to stop.

Gotta stop forcing passes through keyholes.

Hell no, McCord is our Rex Grossman, aka the Sex Cannon.

Sometimes, most of the time, just let it fly.

 

[OttoMets]

Thing I remember most about Drew Allen is him being like 6’6 and not being able to throw the ball over the line of scrimmage without it being tipped or batted down

THAT. It was the strangest thing, clipping his own linemen in the helmet, etc. He had the lowest point of release.

 

[OttoMets]

Yeah, that team could have gone 7 - 5 instead of 6 - 6 in the regular season. Imagine where we would be now.

I'm still unreasonably irritated about that Penn State game. It was such a bad sign that the new coach watched this quarterback all August but couldn't see he wasn't the guy until three games in.

Then IIRC Hunt came in and for one game was #1 in the country in QB rating or something like that and (ahem) certain of us were irrational in our expectations for him going forward.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

At one time or another I think all of us have questioned at one point, who really was Drew Allen?

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

Drew Allen was so disappointing to me because I asked Oklahoma super fan and HOF pro wrestling announcer Jim Ross about Drew and he told me Allen was excellent and would make the most of his chance at Syracuse. Bah Gawd was JR wrong!!

 

[C Bomb]

Should Dungey start a camp for tackling for QBs?

How about one on how to commit a personal foul on int returns?

 

[swish7]

How about one on how to commit a personal foul on int returns?

Better than watching players waltz into the end zone, IMO

 

[SUforme]

How about one on how to commit a personal foul on int returns?

Dude never backed down for better or worse.

 

[sufandu]

How about one on how to commit a personal foul on int returns?

Or cause and recover a fumble after throwing an int?

 

[Conrad13]

Same. Made the trek from Minneapolis. It was brutal.

I went with my Northwestern alum buddy. The loser had to buy the tickets. I think I paid him at half time.

 

[C Bomb]

Drew Allen was so disappointing to me because I asked Oklahoma super fan and HOF pro wrestling announcer Jim Ross about Drew and he told me Allen was excellent and would make the most of his chance at Syracuse. Bah Gawd was JR wrong!!

Did you happen to get him to create this post?

Let Me Tell You About Drew Allen, Because I Know and You Should Listen

I don't want to get your expectations too high, but I think you guys got something special with Drew Allen and you gotta understand some context to get how he ended up in Syracuse (and because I don't think the story has been well reported on and may be a big story come midseason). When OU...

syracusefan.com

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

Did you happen to get him to create this post?

Let Me Tell You About Drew Allen, Because I Know and You Should Listen

I don't want to get your expectations too high, but I think you guys got something special with Drew Allen and you gotta understand some context to get how he ended up in Syracuse (and because I don't think the story has been well reported on and may be a big story come midseason). When OU...

syracusefan.com

Haha! I vaguely remember this post happening.