I wish I cared.
Yeah, me too... Just more of the same old crap from Dan. Of course Dan will somehow justify why his boy should start. Is anyone really surprised by this? Really?
IMO, TH gets the nod, becuase of his numbers and the fact he can do things CH never will. Even with CH piling up meaningless stats at th tail end of games like Toledo, TH's numbers were substantially better. Factor in TH was playing against B 12 teams and didn't get to play against CSU, Toledo and Wyoming and the separation is more obvious. There is no argument to play CH unless it is injury or Daddy as coach...This may fly in the face of what most people think, but I think we will see very little of Cody on the field this year barring injury.
I don't believe the conspiracy theories that Hawk is somehow manipulating the competition and jerking Tyler around as an excuse to get Cody on the field at all costs. I believe Hawk truly in his heart of hearts (however misguided) believed Cody was the better option over the past few years and felt that Cody would prove him right. I think he feels guilty now, not for the decision to start Cody, but for the pressure and criticism Cody has received because of that decision.
In past spring/fall camps Tyler really did not separate himself from Cody and most of the argument to start him was because of his perceived athletic ability and "upside" but not necessarily the results he put up.
After last season and this Spring, I think it has become more clear to everyone (including Hawk) that Tyler is the better option now and despite all the "paper thin" talk, I believe this is firmly Tyler's job to lose and Cody will be ok supporting his friend.
IMO, TH gets the nod, becuase of his numbers and the fact he can do things CH never will. Even with CH piling up meaningless stats at th tail end of games like Toledo, TH's numbers were substantially better. Factor in TH was playing against B 12 teams and didn't get to play against CSU, Toledo and Wyoming and the separation is more obvious. There is no argument to play CH unless it is injury or Daddy as coach...
By the end of last season Tyler had improved to the point that I think he earned the starting job heading into Spring, and he did enough IMO to hold onto it which is why I don't think it's as paper thin as we are lead to believe.
However, up until basically the A&M game last year, he really hadn't proved to be a clearly better option than Cody which is what I meant by my results comment above.
Even today, TH's career stats are really no better than Cody:
Completion pct.
CH - 55%
TH - 55%
TD/INT ratio:
CH - 49 to 38
TH - 9 to 11
QB Rating:
CH - 2008: 118.14, 2009: 100.18
TH - 2008: 81.26, 2009: 113.58
Tyler seems to be improving which is why he'll end up getting the nod IMO.
By the end of last season Tyler had improved to the point that I think he earned the starting job heading into Spring, and he did enough IMO to hold onto it which is why I don't think it's as paper thin as we are lead to believe.
However, up until basically the A&M game last year, he really hadn't proved to be a clearly better option than Cody which is what I meant by my results comment above.
Even today, TH's career stats are really no better than Cody:
Completion pct.
CH - 55%
TH - 55%
TD/INT ratio:
CH - 49 to 38
TH - 9 to 11
QB Rating:
CH - 2008: 118.14, 2009: 100.18
TH - 2008: 81.26, 2009: 113.58
Tyler seems to be improving which is why he'll end up getting the nod IMO.
If you look at last year's stats ,instead of career numbers, the difference is glaring. Using TH's career numbers when the staff effectively took him from scout team to starter and then promptly benched him makes as much sense as looking at CH's numbers the first year he started for a current read on the situation.
Without citing the numbers themselves from '09, TH was 10% more accurate, about 10% more yards per completion, and threw more TD's than picks (CH threw more picks than TD's) on almost an identical number of attempts. TH had net positive rushing, while CH was something like -90 tards rushing net. I honestly don't know how you can make a case for CH, espcially since TH's numbers came against B 12 opponents and CH was able to fluff his numbers against CSU, UW and Toledo....