This is the first time I have ever read that UW (or any school not named Oregon) ever led for Mariota. Our version of the legend is that Mariota was pretty much unrecruited until QB GENIOUS! Mark Helfrich discovered him in between bouts of banging Spooge's ladyboys in Waikiki.
You guys sure this isn't one of those Citrus 3 bullshitteries, like "Tyner's coming to UW because ACADEMIS!"
Sark failed miserably in QB recruiting for two years but salvaged things in 12 and 13. It's not hurting now because he left three very good prospects. Three two guys in their third year, a guy in his second, and a true freshman is enough. UW is fine at QB. Everyone has to face life without a proven, senior QB at some point.
As for why UW is a preseason pick for third...well, I just don't give a fuck and can't fathom why anyone does. It means fuck all. Win the games and the conference placement kind of takes care of itself, doesn't it?
Snark didnt recruit a QB in 2010, 2011. He wiffed On Hundley, Kessler, and Mariota (All were UW leans at some point). Sark took Montana and Antavius Sims-Derrick Brown in '10 and '11 respectively. Thats why I blame Sark for fucking up the qb situation for Petersen. Complete fuckshow around here during Sark's tenure.
With Mariota or any fucking serviceable upperclassman with experience at QB and Petersen and co would be a serious contender to we in this conference. Sark flat ignored the qb situation (this from a supposed QB guru and genius.)
Update: Heaps just lost the starting QB job to a true freshman @ Miami.
According to your buddies over at Doucheman??? For the guy who is the self proclaimed "football expert" on this board, you are pretty fucking stupid when your meds get out of whack.
How is leaving 2 RS sophomores and a RS freshman, all of whom were 4 star recruits, bad QB recruiting? Not every kid turns out to be a star. You should know this given the amount of time you spend researching TBS on doogman.
The problem isn't the quality. It's the sequencing. In a perfect world, we'd be replacing our 5th year senior with a 4th year junior or 5th year senior. As is, we have a highly rated 3rd year Soph. The last 3rd year soph we had wasn't particularly highly rated but ended up ok. I think we'll be just fine.
That rarely happens, especially at the good schools. Winston was a redshirt freshman when he took over. Same with Manziel and Mariota. McCarron won a title as a redshirt sophomore. Sam Bradford won the Heisman as a sophomore. QB's that are good don't typically stick around if they aren't going to be the starter until their 4th or 5th year. The highly ranked QB recruits often commit to schools where they can get playing time by their 2nd or 3rd season.
If Peterman is worth his meat, he should be able to win even with a mediocre QB. Chip Kelly got Oregon to the Natty with a QB that didn't make the NFL.
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Heaps sucks too.
They were both still highly rated, and every one of you recruiting NAMBLA types were all over them at the time.
I'm not wasting any more time "defending" Sark, but he brought in QBs.
Check the facts.
You guys sure this isn't one of those Citrus 3 bullshitteries, like "Tyner's coming to UW because ACADEMIS!"
As for why UW is a preseason pick for third...well, I just don't give a fuck and can't fathom why anyone does. It means fuck all. Win the games and the conference placement kind of takes care of itself, doesn't it?
According to your buddies over at Doucheman??? For the guy who is the self proclaimed "football expert" on this board, you are pretty fucking stupid when your meds get out of whack.