(09-05-2014 10:26 AM)upstater1 Wrote: (09-05-2014 09:27 AM)pesik Wrote: (09-05-2014 09:06 AM)upstater1 Wrote: (09-05-2014 07:53 AM)pesik Wrote: (09-05-2014 07:48 AM)upstater1 Wrote: Oh no, UConn's starting QB is out. He is much better than the backup.
whitmer played better than cochran vs byu and had the only scoring td drive
You are the first person I've ever heard say anything remotely like that.
Whitmer got very low ratings for his performance (never giving the team a chance, giving up on plays, scrambling for his life before pressure) whereas Casey stood tall in the pocket.
Cochran actually lead UConn to 3 victories last year and had 400-500 yard passing games. He is light years ahead of Whitmer.
i agree on last years assessment ..but as far as the byu game whitmer played better, cochran didnt look very comfortable.
even if cochran wasnt hurt, diaco would have split reps with them
and something i noticed is that if last year didnt happen and it was clean slate with no previous game film. i feel 80% chance whitmer would be starter..did you see his press conference on naming cochran the starter? in short he said whitmer is the better qb, but Cochran knows how to get the team to rally behind him and has "intangibles"
Whitmer was the same awful QB last Friday that he has been for the entirety of his time at UConn.
Whereas.. well, look at how Cochran's actually stand sin the pocket and takes a hit, surveys the field, delivers the ball quickly.
Even the numbers from the first game favor Cochran.
It's like a night/day comparison between the two.
You should this thread on the UConn board: http://the-boneyard.com/threads/next-ive...st-1050585
uconn fans hate whitmer after going winless and casey going 3-1. last year, the chance of an impartial opinion in the uconn forum is non-existent
there was 1 good drive by uconn in the entire game, it was lead by whitmer, aswell as the field goal drive was also by whimer, and whitmer also took uconn inside the 5 in the 4th quarter, despite not getting points because diaco decided to go for it because the game was already over
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11434235
..he didnt get the td as it was ran in but it was his drive... i watched the game, neither were particularly good, but whitmer looked good in in comparison..again im not talking last year just in the byu game alone...
cochran had an unforced turnover (
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11433344 ) and had almost no successful drives in the game, had 1 decent drive in the 4 quarter but that was about it
whitmer came up with all the points despite having way less drives that cochran..
you can want to argue Cochran is better..but to say "It's like a night/day comparison between the two" is ridiculousness covered in bias and pre-decided opinion..
go watch diaco's press conference when naming the starter, he openly says as far as anything physical and being a qb on a tangible level..whitmer is better..but chose cochran on "intangibles"
if cochran was healthy ..they would have still split reps...
