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[QUOTE="SUFan44, post: 139476, member: 39"]
We all know Nassib is going to start, I don't think anyone is denying that.

As to the offense improving, highly unlikely. I think we all wish that something would change with the offense to make it more productive. And whether fans, parents, alums or donors like it or not, the starting QB is going to be the guy charged with much of the blame when the team loses. Especially when it loses 5 in a row and the QB has a TD/INT ratio of 7/5 over that stretch and failed to score more than 20 points four of the five games.

And I don't think I'm going totally out on a limb by saying that Nassib was not a difference maker at a position you need to have a difference maker at, in order to have an offense carry a team -- like SU needed last year.

[I][U][B]I think a lot of people forget that the offense was projected to carry us because the defense wasn't ready yet. We lost 8 (?!) guys who were HUGE contributors. Top two tacklers on the team, three of the top 5 DB's, and three DT's who were basically the rotation.[/B][/U][/I]

(I don't think people who blame the defense for last season truly understand this, so I'm going to bold, underline and italicize it, just to get my point across).

I'm not sure many programs not named LSU or Alabama could not suffer a severe dropoff on defense when you lose that many guys.

Whether there is someone to replace him or not is another issue for another day (recruiting, what happened with Miller's shoulder, Kinder's slow development, etc.). Nassib is and never was the answer at QB for a team that wants to win any sort of conference championship. And that will never change.
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