I saw that, too. Pretty stunning.
Perhaps his height is a factor in his delayed release time. It may be handicapping him to some extent as he's not rolling out but standing there in the face of much taller D-Linemen bearing down on him.
Not so sure Freeman would switch back to Buckner at this time.
Agreed. The way Pyne is playing? He's very nearly entrenched as the new starter already, I would say, just with these past two weeks. That's how good he's been. If he keeps it up, he's not going back to the bench. Otherwise we could have another Kizer/Zaire scenario, and everyone knows how badly that turned out....
Admirable performance yes. But You have t
The problem is we have a small sample size on Buchner. And he played during the 2 games that the offense as a whole had their worst performances. Gven the 2 sample sizes we're left with:
You don't have to talk me to about Buchner, I would totally prefer him to Pyne without hesitation. And would definitely say he has more talent and upside without hesitation. But this is reality we're living in, and he's out for the season, and it's not like he had some lock on the job, he was only starter for two games and we lost both of them.
The Oline looks and plays totally different now. So yes, TB would be the starter if healthy.
The Oline has improved since Marshall. The BYU defense is better than Marshall. This Line looks totally different.
They do have a 5 star freshman as well. Ohio state and Texas have good backup qbs.
If Pyne can win 9-10 games, the job is his next year. I don't know what that would mean for Buchner. He'd have some decisions to make.
I disagree.
Well, I think you each may be expressing the same opinion, just stated differently. If Pyne wins 9-10 games this year, then I think he’s the presumptive starter next year and it’s his position to lose. Buchner and Angeli and Carr will compete to make this happen.
That's actually a good point, and is a fair example. It's not impossible that TB could win the job back, absolutely not. And I would love to see that, assuming of course that it's entirely on the merits and he's really earned it and impressed the shit out of the coaches and all the rest of it. I'd have to look up the stats, but I'm guessing Pyne is on track for a more impressive statistical season than McNamara. But I'll go look that up.
they have no vertical game because of the receivers on the field and the play calling, not because of Pyne. You have no vertical threat, and yet Merriweather sits on the bench. This is your Grandpa's ND offensive scheme.
Calling Pyne Ian Book light is constant criticism? Similar build similar game. Book more proven and possibly better so I’m confused.
The reality is that for the foreseeable future Pyne is ND’s QB, so why not be totally supportive instead of nit picking !
It's both. Although Lenzy and Styles do have good deep speed.
Book has a bigger arm and more elusive than Pyne. Book actually had a decent deep ball, he just rarely took shots. But he didn't lack arm strength like Pyne. Ian had a much stronger arm. Some confuse short with lack of arm strength. I don't think there's a correlation. Perhaps hand size matters, but not height. Golson had a cannon. Ian has a stronger arm than Coan. What Pyne does well is stand above in a mediocre QB room. If Ian was on the team, it wouldn't be close. If Coan was on the team, Coan would start. Buchner just is not elite IMO and the drop off to Pyne is small or perhaps Pyne is even better in game.
Osu was the best defense we have played and our OL took 2.5 games to start gelling. So there are circumstances that helped Pyne. And to his credit he is taking full advantage of it. Hope he keeps it up and improves
Is this sarcasm? Because hes going to have a similar type career to Book who you loved. Hes going to win a lot of games here. Although like Book, is he talented enough to beat the elites? Probably not.
move on to what? a true freshman? The guy is 3-0, with a road win at now #25 UNC, and NG win over then #16 BYU.
