SC QB - Best one two punch in the nation, ESPN

[me4USC]

http://m.espn.go.com/general/blogs/b...c&id=60987&wjb

"One of the other interesting storylines this spring involving quarterbacks is at South Carolina, where Dylan Thompson will get the first-team work with Connor Shaw rehabilitating his surgically repaired left foot.

"Nobody in the SEC has a better one-two punch at quarterback than the Gamecocks with Shaw and Thompson."

Somebody on here asked me to post when there was a national article mentioning Thompson in other than a religious context. Here is it.

Kudos to both Shaw and Thompson, the dynamic duo!

[FanofCarolina1]

Your title is slightly misleading, but you correctly quote the duo by ESPN in your post.

There is only one sentence in that story talking about the QB's. I read your title thinking the whole article was dedicated to them.

Descent read though.

[me4USC]

Originally Posted by FanofCarolina1

Your title is slightly misleading, but you correctly quote the duo by ESPN in your post.

There is only one sentence in that story talking about the QB's. I read your title thinking the whole article was dedicated to them.

Descent read though.

I certainly wasn't trying to mislead anyone. Of course I didn't mean the entire article was about them, but I thought it was interesting.

What would you have entitled the thread to make it less misleading?

[FanofCarolina1]

Originally Posted by me4USC

I certainly wasn't trying to mislead anyone. Of course I didn't mean the entire article was about them, but I thought it was interesting.

What would you have entitled the thread to make it less misleading?

I would just have put what was quoted in the article. That's all.

If it says "in the nation" in the article, my apologies. Good thread, thank you for sharing.

[me4USC]

Originally Posted by FanofCarolina1

I would just have put what was quoted in the article. That's all.

If it says "in the nation" in the article, my apologies. Good thread, thank you for sharing.

I said it was a national article because it was on ESPN. Wouldn't that make it national even if the article was talking about the SEC?

[B&GSpur]

Oh, how nice it is to get back to reading the Springtime Squabbles. Keep it up boys your making my day.

[JAYBEZ]

Is the best 1-2 combo really something to boast about?

Yes, it is good to have a solid backup, but no team really wants a rotation at the QB position.

[FloydTheBarber]

Originally Posted by JAYBEZ

Is the best 1-2 combo really something to boast about?

Yep.

Ask any team who has had their starting QB injured.

[hubbarjm]

Originally Posted by JAYBEZ

Is the best 1-2 combo really something to boast about?

Yes, it is good to have a solid backup, but no team really wants a rotation at the QB position.

I think a SEC coach in the recent past won big games with alternating qb's...Oh yeah it was Spurrier.

[JAYBEZ]

Originally Posted by hubbarjm

I think a SEC coach in the recent past won big games with alternating qb's...Oh yeah it was Spurrier.

Recent? Not really.

Go through the BCS winners of late and find one with a two QB rotation. Florida with leak and tebow is the last that comes to mind. Everyone else has a true starter. Not the "whoever has the hot hand" mentality.

[BeatBamaTwice]

Originally Posted by JAYBEZ

Is the best 1-2 combo really something to boast about?

Clearly, you're not serious.

[BruceAlmighty]

Originally Posted by JAYBEZ

Is the best 1-2 combo really something to boast about?

Not sure if you're serious, but yes it is.

[BuCockyfan]

Thompson is still an unproven commodity to me....you can't cut your teeth on Clemson and mop up time and expect the next year to be slinging it against Florida and Georgia.

[hubbarjm]

Originally Posted by BuCockyfan

Thompson is still an unproven commodity to me....you can't cut your teeth on Clemson and mop up time and expect the next year to be slinging it against Florida and Georgia.

Wow. This is an incredibly asinine statement. The W over Clemson @ Clemson was a huge win over a great team (they beat LSU in their bowl game). Getting thrown into the lions den down a score very late in the fourth qaurter in Tampa with the game on the line, and throwing a dime to Ellington (maybe one of the greatest pass plays in Carolina history besides the famous "I can throw the fade" play) and he hasn't shown you enough??

[Cock Kool-Aid]

Originally Posted by hubbarjm

Wow. This is an incredibly asinine statement. The W over Clemson @ Clemson was a huge win over a great team (they beat LSU in their bowl game). Getting thrown into the lions den down a score very late in the fourth qaurter in Tampa with the game on the line, and throwing a dime to Ellington (maybe one of the greatest pass plays in Carolina history besides the famous "I can throw the fade" play) and he hasn't shown you enough??

No. It's really not assinine. He hasn't shown enough for people to assume that he is Joe Montana like so many on here have. He put up 27 against a terrible Clemson defense and performed well in spot duty against a Michigan secondary that was extremely depleted. He has performed well, but he still has not done anything against a GOOD defense. There are still question marks surrounding this guy. I like what I have seen thus far though and I hope that he continues to show out when he is called on in conference games.

[me4USC]

Originally Posted by hubbarjm

Wow. This is an incredibly asinine statement. The W over Clemson @ Clemson was a huge win over a great team (they beat LSU in their bowl game). Getting thrown into the lions den down a score very late in the fourth quarter in Tampa with the game on the line, and throwing a dime to Ellington (maybe one of the greatest pass plays in Carolina history besides the famous "I can throw the fade" play) and he hasn't shown you enough??

I agree with you.

I'll leave it at that so that I don't get another lecture for something I didn't say.

[uscjeremynca]

Originally Posted by BuCockyfan

Thompson is still an unproven commodity to me....you can't cut your teeth on Clemson and mop up time and expect the next year to be slinging it against Florida and Georgia.

He also helped us rally against Michigan in the Outback Bowl too. Clemson wasn't the only game where her performed well.

[qcgamecock]

Originally Posted by BuCockyfan

Thompson is still an unproven commodity to me....you can't cut your teeth on Clemson and mop up time and expect the next year to be slinging it against Florida and Georgia.

How long have you watched football? He already threw it around against florida do you not watch the games? He threw for over 1000 yds against
e Carolina, florida, clemson and Michigan with 10 Td's to 2 int's but he is unproven with a QB rating of 142.7.

[Mt. Lattimore]

Originally Posted by qcgamecock

How long have you watched football? He already threw it around against florida do you not watch the games? He threw for over 1000 yds against
e Carolina, florida, clemson and Michigan with 10 Td's to 2 int's but he is unproven with a QB rating of 142.7.

No need to jump on this guy.

Some people are not completely sure of THompson. All you can say is we'll see this fall.

[BuCockyfan]

Originally Posted by qcgamecock

How long have you watched football? He already threw it around against florida do you not watch the games? He threw for over 1000 yds against
e Carolina, florida, clemson and Michigan with 10 Td's to 2 int's but he is unproven with a QB rating of 142.7.

Eh, what? His stats against the ONLY stout defense in that bunch were:

8 for 20 passing for 83 yards with one interception for a QB of 64.9

How long have you watched football, guy?