Texas-Texas Tech Open Thread: Future 49ers QB on display?

by David Fucillo on Nov 1, 2008 4:17 PM PDT in San Francisco 49ers News

One of the biggest games of the college football season goes down this evening between the #1 University of Texas Longhorns and the #6 Texas Tech Red Raiders. Kickoff is scheduled for approximately 5pm pacific, 8pm eastern time, although I'd imagine it will not be right at the top of the hour. The game is being nationally televised on ABC so everybody should have the opportunity to watch it.

The significance of the game for 49ers fans rests with the two starting quarterbacks. Last Tuesday Florida Danny put together a write-up about potential QBs the 49ers might look at in the upcoming draft. Two of the QBs spotlighted were Colt McCoy of Texas and Graham Harrell of Texas Tech. McCoy has indicated he's planning on sticking around for another year, but if the Longhorns roll up a national title, I'd imagine the NFL would be pretty tempting.

As they'll be squaring off in the game of the week, I thought it would be appropriate to open up this thread to discuss what you see. I'm no scout but as I'll be watching the game, I'll try and come up with what I like and dislike about each of the young QBs in the next couple of days. If you feel like throwing out your own scouting reports, we'd love to hear them.

Additionally, make sure and check out our Texas blog, Burnt Orange Nation, and our Texas Tech blog, Double-T Nation, as they'll have plenty of info on the game and the two QBs.

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Go Texas Tech!

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by howtheyscored on Nov 1, 2008 5:41 PM PDT reply actions

Slightly OT, but since this is the resident college football thread: Woohoo Bears! Inching back to respectability, one inch at a time!

If only the QB play wasn’t so lousy.

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by howtheyscored on Nov 1, 2008 5:42 PM PDT reply actions

go gators...

…they even scored the magic number of points. :-)

by (Florida) Danny Tuccitto on Nov 1, 2008 5:43 PM PDT up reply actions

My prediction

The Bears will be ranked in the 20s after this game. They will then lose next week, and again be unranked.

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by groug on Nov 1, 2008 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions

Not quite

The Bears will climb into the top 10 after winning a few more, THEN they’ll lose a game they should win. It’s what they do best.

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by jaytierney on Nov 1, 2008 5:53 PM PDT up reply actions

I’m going on this year’s pattern only.

Trent Kline: Decentish. Also, my website is called ChatterBalks Dot Com. It's not being updated right now. Hope for more at your own risk.

by groug on Nov 1, 2008 6:22 PM PDT up reply actions

Only way they sniff the top ten this year is by beating USC….

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Nov 1, 2008 8:11 PM PDT up reply actions

Sadly, my prediction does not allow for that

But on the plus side it’s a football prediction, so I’m probably wrong!

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by groug on Nov 2, 2008 4:51 PM PST up reply actions

not a lot of interest...

…in this game apparently

by (Florida) Danny Tuccitto on Nov 1, 2008 5:42 PM PDT reply actions

Harrell and the shotgun

How much can you trust a straight shotgun QB? Any thoughts on how a shotgun QB is disadvantaged compared to more pro-style offense QBs?

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by David Fucillo on Nov 1, 2008 5:43 PM PDT reply actions

funny but...

…i read something last week (might have been on FO) about how NFL teams actually have more success in the shotgun than under center. pretty paradoxical.

by (Florida) Danny Tuccitto on Nov 1, 2008 5:44 PM PDT up reply actions

it was FO...

…on their FO basics page.

Shotgun formations are generally more efficient than formations with the quarterback under center.

In 2007, offenses gained 5.9 yards per play from shotgun, but just 5.1 yards per play with the quarterback under center. In 2006, the difference was even greater, with 6.4 yards per play from shotgun and just under 5.0 yards per play with the quarterback under center. This wide split exists even if you analyze the data to try to weed out biases like teams using shotgun more often on third-and-long, or against prevent defenses in the fourth quarter. Shotgun offense is more efficient if you only look at the first half, on every down, and even if you only look at running back carries rather than passes and scrambles.

Clearly, NFL teams have figured the importance of the shotgun out for themselves. In 2007, for the first time, every single team ran at least eight percent of their plays from shotgun, and the average team used shotgun 27 percent of the time, a huge jump over the 19 percent average of 2006. The 2007 Patriots were the first team in our records to use shotgun on more than half their offensive plays. It is likely that if teams continue to increase their usage of the shotgun, defenses will adapt and the benefit of the formation will become less pronounced.

by (Florida) Danny Tuccitto on Nov 1, 2008 5:49 PM PDT up reply actions

harrell looking good...

…good qb, good system, or bad texas pass d?

by (Florida) Danny Tuccitto on Nov 1, 2008 6:00 PM PDT reply actions

not watching

gf has a death grip on the remote. this is killing me.

Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis

by wjackalope on Nov 1, 2008 6:57 PM PDT reply actions

haha

I feel your pain

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by 49erLou on Nov 1, 2008 7:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, I wouldn’t be watching either if that was going…

Wait, do you mean the literal TV remote?

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by howtheyscored on Nov 1, 2008 8:13 PM PDT up reply actions

yes

she had it and wouldn’t give it up, nor would she watch anything resembling tolerable

Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis

by wjackalope on Nov 1, 2008 11:26 PM PDT up reply actions

yeah

E! channel most of the night for me, except for those few precious minutes when she got up to go to the bathroom. It’s already been made clear that the remote belongs to me on Sunday’s so I guess I can’t complain too much.

Simply by pulling on both ends, Patrick Willis can stretch diamonds back into coal

by 49erLou on Nov 2, 2008 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions