Give Willis credit

ReedFrawg · Post by **ReedFrawg** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:07 am

I watched most of the 4th qtr of the SMU-USM game last night. Willis took a huge shot with about 8 minutes to go and I was impressed with how quickly he shook it off. You could tell he was hurting and didn't want to come out of the game. He did sit out 1 play but came back in and threw a nice scrambling pass to Martin for a TD a couple plays later. I know a lot of people on this board are saying that he has regressed this year, but that really showed me something about his character - particularly considering SMU was down 28-0 in the 4th quarter.

chillinfool · Post by **chillinfool** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:25 am

I agree with you. Willis doesn't give up and showed a lot of character going back in.
I also liked it when you could tell he was upset with Bennett for not going for it on that 4th down. Willis wants to win and hasn't given up on this season.

MustangStealth · Post by **MustangStealth** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:29 am

He is definitely a competitor and he wants to win every game. Nobody can deny that.

ponyboy · Post by **ponyboy** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:49 am

And not just a competitor -- I'm a competitor but I doubt you want me taking snaps -- but a great talent too. He would start at a lot of places and is still very young.

davidsmu94 · Post by **davidsmu94** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:00 am

I think most of us can agree that Justin is a great competitor and the best QB we've had here in a long time. My only criticism is that he needs to let others around him share the load instead of doing it all himself.

That being said, I'm really thankful he's here.

jkflamebo · Post by **jkflamebo** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:33 am

ponyboy wrote:And not just a competitor -- I'm a competitor but I doubt you want me taking snaps -- but a great talent too. He would start at a lot of places and is still very young.

where would he start?

ponyboy · Post by **ponyboy** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:08 pm

Auburn comes immediately to mind.

Pony94 · Post by **Pony94** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:23 pm

I too give JW a lot of credit. He is the face of the team and wants the team to win so badly. He is a great competitor and this must be killing him. I don't condone him throwing his helmet, but I understand his frustration. I am more than willing to look the other way at this incident than I would be for Sam Bennett's helmet throwing in the UTEP? game.

Keep it up JW, it can get better!

perunapower · Post by **perunapower** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:56 pm

Pony94 wrote:I too give JW a lot of credit. He is the face of the team and wants the team to win so badly. He is a great competitor and this must be killing him. I don't condone him throwing his helmet, but I understand his frustration. I am more than willing to look the other way at this incident than I would be for Sam Bennett's helmet throwing in the UTEP? game.

Keep it up JW, it can get better!

Uncalled for. What makes you think that Sam doesn't give as much as he can for this team? Just because he doesn't have a prominent position doesn't mean he doesn't give all he can. Sam was upset with himself, Justin was upset with his team and his coaches. BIG difference.

ALEX LIFESON · Post by **ALEX LIFESON** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:49 am

I wish DeMyron had the "will" of Justin. Martin pulls an eyelash, and takes himself out.

SMUFAN2006 · Post by **SMUFAN2006** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:25 am

ponyboy wrote:Auburn comes immediately to mind.

You can't be serious. JWill is a decent QB in our conference, but let's face it, he doesnt have a strong arm, he's not very accurate, and he is way to antsy in the pocket. I think he has a lot of room for improvement. I think he has potential and is a lot better than anybody else we have had around here, but no way he is starting at any Big 12 or SEC school.

ponyboy · Post by **ponyboy** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:31 am

I am serious. Have you seen Cox at Auburn?

Another place Willis would start is at TCU.

chillinfool · Post by **chillinfool** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:08 am

On another thread they posted where JW is involved in almost 70% of the plays, most in the NCAA which shows his heart.
I love it when people say he is "antsy" in the pocket, wouldn't you be if you were blitzed constantly because your team is playing from behind or has never established a running game? Not to mention the "genius" offensive coordinator doesn't put the blocking RB on the blind side like every other team does? If I was Willis after that hit at Southern Miss when Martin was assigned to block the strong side, I would have went to the sidelines and slapped Burns! BTW, Willis did sustain a minor concusion on that play.
Willis has a better arm than people give him credit, he has underthrown a few long balls but it's more because he waited to long to throw than distance.
I'll still argue he is just as good or better than Chase Daniel, I have followed both of their careers and they were mirror images of each other in high school, and Chase has one more year of NCAA experience since he didn't get redshirted, next year will tell.

jtstang · Post by **jtstang** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 9:11 am

chillinfool wrote:On another thread they posted where JW is involved in almost 70% of the plays, most in the NCAA which shows his heart.

Why does that not just show the lack of talent around him?

OR-See-Nee · Post by **OR-See-Nee** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:07 am

I give Willis a lot of credit. I like him alot and he can be the guy to lead this team to glory.

I give the coaching staff a lot of blame for not surrounding Willis with adequate protection, talent, and poor game-time decisions.

I also blame the model.