Might as well have put Brown in. Get about the same result.
Okay, I am open minded, what do you have to support your position? AY2.0 and Huot were not ready, and still quite are not, yet. Vidlak? His mechanics, decision making, size, were all not what a D1 QB should have, or... maybe he just hasn't been a good fit at any of the schools he has gone to. Who was left? Brown deserves respect because that man has gotten ginsued by everyone, and he has stepped up when asked, but he wasn't the guy to lead the team to the playoffs, let alone the Natty?
I have little to support my view, but as I said, "in retrospect". McDowell didn't look like he wanted to be there and he didn't play well or show anything. So, my thought is any decent qb would have given us a better chance, as, in retrospect, McDowell did nothing. My statement wasn't something special or profound. My view is that any time a qb had a bad game, or bad half (as judged after the game), another good qb may have done better and given the team a chance to do better. That's not say anyone should have pulled McDowell. All after-the-fact. If some posters hadn't kept talking about how wonderful McDowell was, I would never have made my comment.
Interesting. Stats wise he absolutely peaked against MSU. The 11th game of the season, so I’m not sure how “later in the season” you’re referencing. In the playoffs, as the games got tougher, his stats were affected (as one would presumably expect). Same thing happened to the QB’s we played against. I was at the game and didn’t witness any point where I felt he “didn’t want to be out there”. Could have missed it, my seats weren’t very good on the 45 yard line.
My info on McDowell came from observations, friends and a former longtime big sky coach, including as former head coach. With no axe to grinde. My coach friend had also played beyond first year of high school. I’m not judging by stats. I’m judging by how McDowell played. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t think McDowell’s play went done later in season. Not one of them thinks it was because of better competition, except you. Idaho, Davis and Cats were good teams and as good or better than some of the playoff teams UM played.
After having watched the playoff games live, then again to see what they did well and not so well, it's clear that the level competition greatly increased following the Delaware game. IMHO anyone who wants to say that isn't the truth, 2 OT game wins speaks for itself. Although the Furman game shouldn't have been that close. They were good but not great. The Griz shot themselves in the foot with seven penalties for 90 yards.
And 5 sacks for -34 yards sure makes the actual “rushing” stats look different. Four consecutive drops by WR’s makes the passing stats look different. Whatever…People are free to think what they want. Gillman gets that first TD across the goal line and I think that game looks a LOT different. Ce la vie…
Sacks counting as negative rushing yards is among the stupidest things the NCAA does, and that’s really saying something.
This has been brought up before
.Talk to some coaches.
Anyone who can’t see McDowell played poorly against SDS especially in 2d half doesn’t understand football.
McDowell had chance to score too.
yes, he did. And like EVERY OTHER PLAYER on the team except the kicker, he failed. Did the rest of them give up too?
We lost Mayginnes mid-season, and then Walker and Brown both got dinged late in the season to the point where they missed time? Might that have had something to do with McDowell's reduction in performance?
Mayginnes started 1 game, I believe, and was "lost" shortly after NAU. Think he only played 1 more game. Walker and Brown were hurt mid-season. I said McDowell didn't play well late in season and looked like he didn't want to be out there in the 2d half of SDS game. Stick with the facts. Oh, and what you are saying or insinuating is not correct.
You want to stick with facts? Walker was hurt in the DELAWARE game, that's game 12, not "mid season". In fact, posters on this very board were lamenting the fact that Bobby kept starters in up 30 points in the 4th in that game, both in the game thread and in post-game analysis threads. Paniloff played the entire Furman game and Walker played sparingly in the NDSU game. Walker was never 100% after that throughout the entire remainder of the playoff run. Neither was Brown. I'm no football genius but I'm pretty sure that losing your starting left tackle and guard riiiiight when the competition really ramped up probably impacted the QB's performance going forward. And remember, Brown was only starting because Mayginnes, who had started EVERY game (Butler, Utah Tech, Ferris & NAU) at LG until he stopped mid-play in the NAU game, never returned. That was game 4 of the season...unless gogriz.com is incorrect, mind you.
Brown was hurt at PSU, 10th game of season (in the middle 5 games). Yes, on Walker. He was back, tho, and played fine. MayGinnes started 3 games (not 4; didn't start against Butler; look it up on gogriz), last being NAU. I think he played in only 1 other game after that but maybe another one or two.