SMU's freshman quarterback wilts against Red Raiders
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"I won't be done learning this offense until the end of the year," Mitchell said. "I'm glad I've picked up what I've picked up so far. The thing is, you can only learn so much in practice. It's all about game-time decisions and getting out there and playing the games and going against a defense with another color."
Jones could not let Mitchell take the heat himself and said it also fell on him not preparing his freshman quarterback well enough for this type of road game. Mitchell led Katy to the Texas 5A Division II state championship a year ago and Jones said Saturday night's showing was nothing short of a young kid trying to do too much.
"I talked a little bit with him on the sideline already," Jones said. "In high school, he hadn't been a real passing quarterback. You scramble around - you run the ball. You can't throw it back into the middle of the field.
"You see the same things with rookies in the NFL. He's an 18-year-old kid trying to make something happen and he's just got to learn to play within himself."
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"I won't be done learning this offense until the end of the year," Mitchell said. "I'm glad I've picked up what I've picked up so far. The thing is, you can only learn so much in practice. It's all about game-time decisions and getting out there and playing the games and going against a defense with another color."
Jones could not let Mitchell take the heat himself and said it also fell on him not preparing his freshman quarterback well enough for this type of road game. Mitchell led Katy to the Texas 5A Division II state championship a year ago and Jones said Saturday night's showing was nothing short of a young kid trying to do too much.
"I talked a little bit with him on the sideline already," Jones said. "In high school, he hadn't been a real passing quarterback. You scramble around - you run the ball. You can't throw it back into the middle of the field.
"You see the same things with rookies in the NFL. He's an 18-year-old kid trying to make something happen and he's just got to learn to play within himself."
