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  • MrsPetersen
    MrsPetersen Member Posts: 724
    edited March 2015
    Interesting... he must have just started following him (Braxton Miller).
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102
    Well ...

    That would make a TON of sense because my gut says that Magna Carta and Browning aren't ready yet (plus you want Browning to RS). Makes a lot of sense to have Magna Carta be the backup this year with the Wild Swede being a jack of all trades.

    Honestly, it's probably not fair to Magna Carta to say that he is the starter this year and then going into next year be in a spot where he's got to fight off Browning for the job. Makes a lot more sense for them to be in a spot where they are competing equally for the job on the same foundation.

    Add in Braxton Miller to the offense and it would be hard to look at the 2015 season as being worse than the 2014 season. While there are areas that I expect that we may take some short term backward starts as the young boys on both sides of the line learn how to properly rumble, the instant upgrade at the QB position should mitigate and hard to see anything lower than 4 or 5 conference wins (which right now would be a distinct possibility).
  • MrsPetersen
    MrsPetersen Member Posts: 724
    One observation, I would be stunned no matter what if he transferred to UW of all places. But especially given that tOSU is on the semester system so he wouldn't be available until late.

    But it's fun to speculate (aka more fun than work on a Monday).
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102

    One observation, I would be stunned no matter what if he transferred to UW of all places. But especially given that tOSU is on the semester system so he wouldn't be available until late.

    But it's fun to speculate (aka more fun than work on a Monday).

    Unless I have my facts wrong on this, Miller couldn't transfer anyway until he's officially graduated.

    It's probably not a bad thing for Magna Carta and Browning to get a ton of reps in the Spring anyway ... the Spring is as much about building for the future as it is about preparing for the next season.

    Finally, it's not that unusual to get a late transfer in place: http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6708649. And that's a team that won the Big 10 and went to a Rose Bowl.
  • MrsPetersen
    MrsPetersen Member Posts: 724
  • GrundleStiltzkin
    GrundleStiltzkin Member Posts: 61,516 Standard Supporter
    Doesn't look like Miller has 'follow back' as the kids say. Thus, it's nothing.
  • HuskyJW
    HuskyJW Member Posts: 15,295
    edited March 2015
    Ummmm....semester schools end early....way before terms do. Finals at tOSU are the first week of May.

    Unless you're talking about him being here for spring.
  • MrsPetersen
    MrsPetersen Member Posts: 724
    edited March 2015
    HuskyJW said:

    Unless you're talking about him being here for spring.

    Yeah, I was... just thinking that Peterman would want a guy here in Spring.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102

    Lol at thinking Miller would want to come to UW. If he transfers, he will have much better options than UW. This guy was a Heisman finalist his junior year. Every school without a proven QB will be after this guy if he decides to transfer.

    UW has a new OL. The WR's have been pedestrian so far. The RB's meh. It was the worst offense in the Pac 12 last year. And Petersen has never had (or done well) with a mobile QB. Other than that, I love UW's chances.

    Please name the schools that fit that mold ... please include conference (can't go anywhere in the Big10) and coach.

    Don't disagree with you that there may be better options than UW, but I think you're probably overestimating the number of potential landing spots for him. And on top of that, when you look at a guy that has had plenty of success with a high quality coach like Urban Meyer, I would think that it may make some sense that he would also value playing for a high value coach going forward like Petersen.
  • BallSacked
    BallSacked Member Posts: 3,279
    I believe Miller has already graduated. I read he's been doing very light sideline work at OSU Spring camp.

    There was some rumblings UCLA was also looking into Miller as well, but those went dead awhile ago. I think the issue with Miller is that he's not healthy, and probably won't be fully cleared to throw until fall camp at the earliest.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102
    @RoadDawg55 I'm actually serious here ... what are the programs? I don't have a bunch of time right now to go through it, but my guess is that when you go through the list, you'll find that there are maybe 3-5 possible to probable landing spots for him.

    As @BallSacked pointed out, while I think UCLA would be a team that I would point on the list as a better option than UW, it definitely appears as if they have cooled on him. Who knows what promises they've already made to Rosen regarding the job and Slick's kid at least has game experience and they may feel comfortable with him.
  • RoadDawg55
    RoadDawg55 Member Posts: 30,142
    edited March 2015
    Tequilla said:

    Lol at thinking Miller would want to come to UW. If he transfers, he will have much better options than UW. This guy was a Heisman finalist his junior year. Every school without a proven QB will be after this guy if he decides to transfer.

    UW has a new OL. The WR's have been pedestrian so far. The RB's meh. It was the worst offense in the Pac 12 last year. And Petersen has never had (or done well) with a mobile QB. Other than that, I love UW's chances.

    Please name the schools that fit that mold ... please include conference (can't go anywhere in the Big10) and coach.

    Don't disagree with you that there may be better options than UW, but I think you're probably overestimating the number of potential landing spots for him. And on top of that, when you look at a guy that has had plenty of success with a high quality coach like Urban Meyer, I would think that it may make some sense that he would also value playing for a high value coach going forward like Petersen.
    Wow, just wow. You think Miller wants to play for a team with no shot at a title? He's not coming to UW.

    Top 25 teams without a QB: Auburn, Alabama, FSU, UCLA, Ole Miss, LSU, Georgia. I need to include the conference and coach for these schools? The true fits would be Auburn, UCLA, and LSU.

    I think graduates are free to transfer anywhere, so MIller could transfer to a Big 10 school. He'd never go to Michigan, but Nebraska or Wisconsin could be fits.

    Other schools that are more prestigious: Texas, Florida.

    Kansas State also has an opening at QB and runs an offense suited for him. I'm sure I'm missing 5-10 others.

    If/when Miller decides to transfer, schools will line up trying to get him. Many of those schools will be in a lot better position than UW.
  • BallSacked
    BallSacked Member Posts: 3,279
    edited March 2015
    Tequilla said:

    @RoadDawg55 I'm actually serious here ... what are the programs? I don't have a bunch of time right now to go through it, but my guess is that when you go through the list, you'll find that there are maybe 3-5 possible to probable landing spots for him.

    As @BallSacked pointed out, while I think UCLA would be a team that I would point on the list as a better option than UW, it definitely appears as if they have cooled on him. Who knows what promises they've already made to Rosen regarding the job and Slick's kid at least has game experience and they may feel comfortable with him.

    I believe Florida St., LSU and Houston were the publicly mentioned front runners. His OC got the head job at Houston.

    I don't know who cooled on him or simply Braxton elected to stay put. I think it's the later. Speculating: He could also elect to sit out this year and get a 6th year at Ohio State since he would have missed two to injury. By then Cardale is in the league maybe and he has less competition at QB or he could make the switch to WR. I don't think he's an exceptional QB, he has a lot of Hundley to him...athlete playing QB, not QB who is also an athlete. He may even be more of that than Hundley.
  • BallSacked
    BallSacked Member Posts: 3,279

    Tequilla said:

    Lol at thinking Miller would want to come to UW. If he transfers, he will have much better options than UW. This guy was a Heisman finalist his junior year. Every school without a proven QB will be after this guy if he decides to transfer.

    UW has a new OL. The WR's have been pedestrian so far. The RB's meh. It was the worst offense in the Pac 12 last year. And Petersen has never had (or done well) with a mobile QB. Other than that, I love UW's chances.

    Please name the schools that fit that mold ... please include conference (can't go anywhere in the Big10) and coach.

    Don't disagree with you that there may be better options than UW, but I think you're probably overestimating the number of potential landing spots for him. And on top of that, when you look at a guy that has had plenty of success with a high quality coach like Urban Meyer, I would think that it may make some sense that he would also value playing for a high value coach going forward like Petersen.
    Wow, just wow. You think Miller wants to play for a team with no shot at a title? He's not coming to UW.

    Top 25 teams without a QB: Auburn, Alabama, FSU, UCLA, Ole Miss, LSU, Georgia. I need to include the conference and coach for these schools? The true fits would be Auburn, UCLA, and LSU.

    I think graduates are free to transfer anywhere, so MIller could transfer to a Big 10 school. He'd never go to Michigan, but Nebraska or Wisconsin could be fits.

    Other schools that are more prestigious: Texas, Florida.

    Kansas State also has an opening at QB and runs an offense suited for him. I'm sure I'm missing 5-10 others.

    If/when Miller decides to transfer, schools will line up trying to get him. Many of those schools will be in a lot better position than UW.
    I know the grad transfer is not allowed between the Pac12conference schools. I'm Not sure if that's a Conf-by-conf decision.
  • BallSacked
    BallSacked Member Posts: 3,279
    edited March 2015
    Actually I take that back about the P12. Grad transfers can occur intra-conf but require a sign off from the departing school. Brennan Scarlett is grad xfer from Cal to play at Stanford with his brother. I know UCLA was blocked from taking Shirley and Westley (a SC hooper who went to Gonzaga instead). I think Brenana Scarlett sucks which is probably why Cal signed off on it. Doubt Urban would sign off on anything if faced with a similar choice.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102

    Tequilla said:

    Lol at thinking Miller would want to come to UW. If he transfers, he will have much better options than UW. This guy was a Heisman finalist his junior year. Every school without a proven QB will be after this guy if he decides to transfer.

    UW has a new OL. The WR's have been pedestrian so far. The RB's meh. It was the worst offense in the Pac 12 last year. And Petersen has never had (or done well) with a mobile QB. Other than that, I love UW's chances.

    Please name the schools that fit that mold ... please include conference (can't go anywhere in the Big10) and coach.

    Don't disagree with you that there may be better options than UW, but I think you're probably overestimating the number of potential landing spots for him. And on top of that, when you look at a guy that has had plenty of success with a high quality coach like Urban Meyer, I would think that it may make some sense that he would also value playing for a high value coach going forward like Petersen.
    Wow, just wow. You think Miller wants to play for a team with no shot at a title? He's not coming to UW.

    Top 25 teams without a QB: Auburn, Alabama, FSU, UCLA, Ole Miss, LSU, Georgia. I need to include the conference and coach for these schools? The true fits would be Auburn, UCLA, and LSU.

    I think graduates are free to transfer anywhere, so MIller could transfer to a Big 10 school. He'd never go to Michigan, but Nebraska or Wisconsin could be fits.

    Other schools that are more prestigious: Texas, Florida.

    Kansas State also has an opening at QB and runs an offense suited for him. I'm sure I'm missing 5-10 others.

    If/when Miller decides to transfer, schools will line up trying to get him. Many of those schools will be in a lot better position than UW.
    So you are basically looking at schools that have lost their QB. You aren't looking at those programs from the standpoint of whether or not they have built in options that they are prepared to head into the Fall with as their starting QB.

    Already talked about how UCLA very well may be comfortable heading into the Fall with what they have.

    Off the top of my head LSU started a number of young QBs this offseason and bringing in Miller would set off a mass exodus of their existing QBs is my guess. Probably not good for business there. I believe Ole Miss has an option that they are planning on turning things over to. I'm almost positive that Auburn had a backup QB that they expect to be better than Marshall. I think Alabama was in pretty good shape at the QB position as well.

    Normally what you find in these spots is that the guys that are leaving and going somewhere are going somewhere because not only is their an immediate spot to play, but the situation makes sense for the school. Normally there's a situation where a QB either graduated or got hurt and there's a clear 1 year gap that needs to be filled between the last guy and the next guy.

    http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/97092/grad-transfer-rule-on-elite-hs-qbs-minds
  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,560

    Tequilla said:

    Lol at thinking Miller would want to come to UW. If he transfers, he will have much better options than UW. This guy was a Heisman finalist his junior year. Every school without a proven QB will be after this guy if he decides to transfer.

    UW has a new OL. The WR's have been pedestrian so far. The RB's meh. It was the worst offense in the Pac 12 last year. And Petersen has never had (or done well) with a mobile QB. Other than that, I love UW's chances.

    Please name the schools that fit that mold ... please include conference (can't go anywhere in the Big10) and coach.

    Don't disagree with you that there may be better options than UW, but I think you're probably overestimating the number of potential landing spots for him. And on top of that, when you look at a guy that has had plenty of success with a high quality coach like Urban Meyer, I would think that it may make some sense that he would also value playing for a high value coach going forward like Petersen.
    Wow, just wow. You think Miller wants to play for a team with no shot at a title? He's not coming to UW.

    Top 25 teams without a QB: Auburn, Alabama, FSU, UCLA, Ole Miss, LSU, Georgia. I need to include the conference and coach for these schools? The true fits would be Auburn, UCLA, and LSU.

    I think graduates are free to transfer anywhere, so MIller could transfer to a Big 10 school. He'd never go to Michigan, but Nebraska or Wisconsin could be fits.

    Other schools that are more prestigious: Texas, Florida.

    Kansas State also has an opening at QB and runs an offense suited for him. I'm sure I'm missing 5-10 others.

    If/when Miller decides to transfer, schools will line up trying to get him. Many of those schools will be in a lot better position than UW.
    Awesomed because Florida and Texas got mentioned. Florida St. will also be in the running, and UCLA may still have interest. What most of us are saying, is that IF Florida St., UCLA, Florida, or Texas have any bit of interest, Braxton will take the first flight their before even taking a glimpse at UW. That's on top of the slim chance of him transferring in the first place.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102

    Tequilla said:

    Lol at thinking Miller would want to come to UW. If he transfers, he will have much better options than UW. This guy was a Heisman finalist his junior year. Every school without a proven QB will be after this guy if he decides to transfer.

    UW has a new OL. The WR's have been pedestrian so far. The RB's meh. It was the worst offense in the Pac 12 last year. And Petersen has never had (or done well) with a mobile QB. Other than that, I love UW's chances.

    Please name the schools that fit that mold ... please include conference (can't go anywhere in the Big10) and coach.

    Don't disagree with you that there may be better options than UW, but I think you're probably overestimating the number of potential landing spots for him. And on top of that, when you look at a guy that has had plenty of success with a high quality coach like Urban Meyer, I would think that it may make some sense that he would also value playing for a high value coach going forward like Petersen.
    Wow, just wow. You think Miller wants to play for a team with no shot at a title? He's not coming to UW.

    Top 25 teams without a QB: Auburn, Alabama, FSU, UCLA, Ole Miss, LSU, Georgia. I need to include the conference and coach for these schools? The true fits would be Auburn, UCLA, and LSU.

    I think graduates are free to transfer anywhere, so MIller could transfer to a Big 10 school. He'd never go to Michigan, but Nebraska or Wisconsin could be fits.

    Other schools that are more prestigious: Texas, Florida.

    Kansas State also has an opening at QB and runs an offense suited for him. I'm sure I'm missing 5-10 others.

    If/when Miller decides to transfer, schools will line up trying to get him. Many of those schools will be in a lot better position than UW.
    Awesomed because Florida and Texas got mentioned. Florida St. will also be in the running, and UCLA may still have interest. What most of us are saying, is that IF Florida St., UCLA, Florida, or Texas have any bit of interest, Braxton will take the first flight their before even taking a glimpse at UW. That's on top of the slim chance of him transferring in the first place.
    I absolutely 100% get that. I don't disagree with that per se either.

    But at the same time, I think a lot of people are writing off UW as this dumpster fire. It isn't. The difference between this team being an 8 win team last year and a team that was an 11+ win team was the QB position. Substitute Miley with a QB of Miller's caliber and you're looking at 11-2 rather easily.

    When you look at the PAC next year, Oregon should take a step back and honestly I am never that afraid of Stanford. Most of the power is in the South. The right QB could very easily come into the UW and make a difference.

    Again, don't confuse the above with saying that Miller will or should go to the UW. But it's possible.
  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,560
    Tequilla said:

    Tequilla said:

    Lol at thinking Miller would want to come to UW. If he transfers, he will have much better options than UW. This guy was a Heisman finalist his junior year. Every school without a proven QB will be after this guy if he decides to transfer.

    UW has a new OL. The WR's have been pedestrian so far. The RB's meh. It was the worst offense in the Pac 12 last year. And Petersen has never had (or done well) with a mobile QB. Other than that, I love UW's chances.

    Please name the schools that fit that mold ... please include conference (can't go anywhere in the Big10) and coach.

    Don't disagree with you that there may be better options than UW, but I think you're probably overestimating the number of potential landing spots for him. And on top of that, when you look at a guy that has had plenty of success with a high quality coach like Urban Meyer, I would think that it may make some sense that he would also value playing for a high value coach going forward like Petersen.
    Wow, just wow. You think Miller wants to play for a team with no shot at a title? He's not coming to UW.

    Top 25 teams without a QB: Auburn, Alabama, FSU, UCLA, Ole Miss, LSU, Georgia. I need to include the conference and coach for these schools? The true fits would be Auburn, UCLA, and LSU.

    I think graduates are free to transfer anywhere, so MIller could transfer to a Big 10 school. He'd never go to Michigan, but Nebraska or Wisconsin could be fits.

    Other schools that are more prestigious: Texas, Florida.

    Kansas State also has an opening at QB and runs an offense suited for him. I'm sure I'm missing 5-10 others.

    If/when Miller decides to transfer, schools will line up trying to get him. Many of those schools will be in a lot better position than UW.
    Awesomed because Florida and Texas got mentioned. Florida St. will also be in the running, and UCLA may still have interest. What most of us are saying, is that IF Florida St., UCLA, Florida, or Texas have any bit of interest, Braxton will take the first flight their before even taking a glimpse at UW. That's on top of the slim chance of him transferring in the first place.
    I absolutely 100% get that. I don't disagree with that per se either.

    But at the same time, I think a lot of people are writing off UW as this dumpster fire. It isn't. The difference between this team being an 8 win team last year and a team that was an 11+ win team was the QB position. Substitute Miley with a QB of Miller's caliber and you're looking at 11-2 rather easily.

    When you look at the PAC next year, Oregon should take a step back and honestly I am never that afraid of Stanford. Most of the power is in the South. The right QB could very easily come into the UW and make a difference.

    Again, don't confuse the above with saying that Miller will or should go to the UW. But it's possible.
    Good for you on Stanford. I think, you're the only one that feels that way about the former back-to-back Pac 12 champs.

    But yes, of course it's possible, but not likely enough for your sweatpants to tighten up.

    Braxton Miller making you an 11 win team is a sentimate shared by 90% of middle of the road FBS schools. Don't you think Minnesota is winning 11 with Braxton? How about Michigan, Oklahoma, Miami, Arizona State, Kansas St., Texas, Nebraska, etc?
  • AZDuck
    AZDuck Member Posts: 15,381
    Braxton Miller:

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  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102
    Primary reason that it's a rebuilding year is because of the QB situation.

    All of the things that you talked about regarding UW you could also say for Texas or Florida. Both have differing stages of dumpster fires to them.

    All I know about LSU is that they had a number of young QBs playing last year. My guess is that they'll prefer to continue developing them instead. I may be right. I may be wrong.

    Alabama has a 5-star waiting to take over (see the article I attached).

    There's nothing dooging about what I'm saying. I have no idea where Miller where land (fairly confidence it isn't at Ohio State). I've never said that I predict him to be at UW. The only things that I've said regarding Miller are as follows:

    1) It would make sense for us to take a transfer candidate this year like Miller as ideally it'd be best to push the QB competition to 2016 instead of 2015.

    2) Next season would not be viewed as a rebuilding year with Miller at QB and that depending on how quickly the youth develops, having a difference maker at QB in Miller could make the year very interesting.

    3) Instead of looking at all the reasons that Miller won't come to UW, challenged you on your blanket statement saying that he wouldn't come to UW. You don't know that with any certainty and didn't do much work in making the comment. Unless you've actually looked at the specific situations, you can't say with any degree of certainty that that many of the schools would take him in. Who is returning? Who is in the depth chart? Who are they recruiting? What are the ramifications of taking Miller? It's not as simple as "he'd be an upgrade this year."

    4) The closest thing that you can call me on for dooging in this thread is my belief that a) UW possesses a very strong set of circumstances to accept such a player and b) that I don't think next year will be THAT bad particularly if we get a massive improvement in QB play.
  • greenblood
    greenblood Member Posts: 14,560
    Tequilla said:

    Primary reason that it's a rebuilding year is because of the QB situation.

    All of the things that you talked about regarding UW you could also say for Texas or Florida. Both have differing stages of dumpster fires to them.

    All I know about LSU is that they had a number of young QBs playing last year. My guess is that they'll prefer to continue developing them instead. I may be right. I may be wrong.

    Alabama has a 5-star waiting to take over (see the article I attached).

    There's nothing dooging about what I'm saying. I have no idea where Miller where land (fairly confidence it isn't at Ohio State). I've never said that I predict him to be at UW. The only things that I've said regarding Miller are as follows:

    1) It would make sense for us to take a transfer candidate this year like Miller as ideally it'd be best to push the QB competition to 2016 instead of 2015.

    2) Next season would not be viewed as a rebuilding year with Miller at QB and that depending on how quickly the youth develops, having a difference maker at QB in Miller could make the year very interesting.

    3) Instead of looking at all the reasons that Miller won't come to UW, challenged you on your blanket statement saying that he wouldn't come to UW. You don't know that with any certainty and didn't do much work in making the comment. Unless you've actually looked at the specific situations, you can't say with any degree of certainty that that many of the schools would take him in. Who is returning? Who is in the depth chart? Who are they recruiting? What are the ramifications of taking Miller? It's not as simple as "he'd be an upgrade this year."

    4) The closest thing that you can call me on for dooging in this thread is my belief that a) UW possesses a very strong set of circumstances to accept such a player and b) that I don't think next year will be THAT bad particularly if we get a massive improvement in QB play.

    Again, 30 or so teams could make that same argument. What I'm saying is there's about 10-15 of those teams that have better personnel, a better location, and more exposure than UW. What can UW offer Miller that these other teams can't offer? That's why he isn't likely at all to transfer to UW.
  • Tequilla
    Tequilla Member Posts: 20,102
    How many of those 10-15 teams have a coach that is as good or respected as Petersen?
  • CuntWaffle
    CuntWaffle Member Posts: 22,499
    No wont happen. You guys realize Petersen has never touched that Twatter account once right?
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 114,028 Founders Club

    I give up.

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