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Halfway home and Bo only has 15. Look all we can do is keep throwing the slants, screens, out patterns, shuttle passes and deep passes especially outside the hashes. The middle of the field where QBs are measured is a Dead Zone for Mitchell. He's the worst QB I have ever seen at reading the medium deep pass between the hashes. He threw for 359 yards or so of pass yardage signifying nothing. Congratulations on hitting a guy 20 yards open. And congratulations on that Defensive Lineman swatting a ball down which was right in his hands-almost the 3rd of the season which has to be a record.

Most Passes Intercepted Season - 34 - John Eckman, Wichita St., 1966

Stallion wrote:Halfway home and Bo only has 15. Look all we can do is keep throwing the slants, screens, out patterns, shuttle passes and deep passes especially outside the hashes. The middle of the field where QBs are measured is a Deep Zone for Mitchell. He's the worst QB I have ever seen at reading the medium deep pass between the hashes. He threw for 359 yards or so of pass yardage signifying nothing. Congratulations on hitting a guy 20 yards open.

Most Passes Intercepted Season - 34 - John Eckman, Wichita St., 1966

Gee, that will be a fun stat to watch Stallion

I will make this real simple...why don't each of us simply get a subscription to Rivals and ban the Gelding from the board!

JJ should have shucked the run and shoot and kept the spread until he had the players to run his offense.

Stallion wrote:Halfway home and Bo only has 15. Look all we can do is keep throwing the slants, screens, out patterns, shuttle passes and deep passes especially outside the hashes. The middle of the field where QBs are measured is a Dead Zone for Mitchell. He's the worst QB I have ever seen at reading the medium deep pass between the hashes. He threw for 359 yards or so of pass yardage signifying nothing. Congratulations on hitting a guy 20 yards open. And congratulations on that Defensive Lineman swatting a ball down which was right in his hands-almost the 3rd of the season which has to be a record.

Most Passes Intercepted Season - 34 - John Eckman, Wichita St., 1966

I surely don't want to deflate the sense of euphoria you get by ripping SMU, but let's take a step back, shall we?

Worst QB you've ever seen passing over the middle? Congratulations on watching your first football game. Based on your 156,903 posts, I could have sworn you'd seen the game played before, but apparently not. He missed some passes - that's true - but he also hit some. How'd that 94-yarder work out? As for the outside of the field, if he can throw for 359 every week on deep out routes (the route that Troy Aikman said put him in the Hall of Fame), I'll take that every week. If he throws for 359 yards on nothing but flea-flickers, I don't care. That's a number this team can and will win with.

Did you really say he threw for "359 yards signifying nothing?" Come on. Let him put up that kind of yards every week, and we're winning the game. He has come lightyears since the guy who faced Rice and Texas State and Texas Tech. He still has a very long way to go, but he clearly is on the right track.

I'm all for it. Can BLM get it the first wuarter of next game?? Regardless, ut's a record, right? Let's go for it!

I wouldn't be bragging about that 94 yarder, that too, was underthrown and not a good pass.

I think it is fair to say that BLM's arm strength is not where it needs to be. He needs to bulk up, gain some weight, and strengthen his arm. His foot speed is not good so I doubt any weight increase will hurt him.

I think he has good throwing mechanics and this is probably what excites the coaching staff. Jimmy Clausen looked like dog crap last year during his freshman season, his arm was weak and he has seemed to turn the corner as well. However, he threw the ball much more in high school than BLM. Not trying to compare the two, but should point out that there is going to be a big learning curve. This is excacerbated by the fact that the QB is the focal point of this offense. His decision making needs to get better and I'm sure it will as he gains confidence and gets more comfortable in the system.

BLM will be fine, it will just take some time. I'm sure no one will be complaining when he puts up big time numbers junior and senior year.

He has missed some throws, but also he has had quite a few drops. Sanders has even dropped some he should have had over the middle, and Robinson has dropped more than a couple of long one.

He is not perfect, but for true freshman don't think "he is not the worst ever." Sometimes he is not getting help from his teammates.

he'll break the SMU record but not the MCAA record