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Topper wrote:The most popular person in every city is the 2nd string QB. We have had some very high level college QBs at SMU over the past several seasons. Mordecai is a tough kid with a good arm who has proven that he can perform in the clutch. By all accounts Preston has the potential to be even better but, given the reports coming out of practice, it would be insane to bench Tanner at this point in time.

Hoss wrote:I looked up his bio. In his FIRST season at SMU, he:

ΓÇó Set the school record with 39 touchdown passes
ΓÇó Threw for 3,628 yards (12th NCAA, 1st AAC, 3rd SMU)
ΓÇó Completed 308 passes -- second at SMU
ΓÇó Posted eight 300-yard games
ΓÇó Had five games with 4+ passing TDs
ΓÇó Had six games with 4+ total TDs
ΓÇó Threw seven passing TDs in the season opener against ACU set the SMU single-game record
ΓÇó Had a 75% or better completion rate in three games (ACU, at LaTech, Navy)
ΓÇó Ranked in the top 10 nationally and led the conference in points responsible for (248, 6th NCAA), points responsible for per game (20.7, 6th NCAA), completions per game (25.67, 8th NCAA), passing yards per game (302.3, 10th NCAA) and total offense (319.2, 10th NCAA)…
ΓÇó His 41 TDs responsible is a single-season record for SMU
ΓÇó Finished with 3,830 yards of total offense (4th SMU)

... and it sucks that he's coming back?

I get that a lot of people like Stone -- I'm in that group, too. But it's impossible to find full with Mordecai.

Speaking of which, when is the last time the Mustangs had 2 quarterbacks this talented?

ponyboy wrote:I don’t know that anyone is suggesting benching Mike Ford for Lance McIlhenny, er, Tanner Mordecai for Preston Stone. I’m just excited to see what Preston can do, and worst case, hope we get two full years out of him before he graduates.

CBpony wrote:

Hoss wrote:I looked up his bio. In his FIRST season at SMU, he:

ΓÇó Set the school record with 39 touchdown passes
ΓÇó Threw for 3,628 yards (12th NCAA, 1st AAC, 3rd SMU)
ΓÇó Completed 308 passes -- second at SMU
ΓÇó Posted eight 300-yard games
ΓÇó Had five games with 4+ passing TDs
ΓÇó Had six games with 4+ total TDs
ΓÇó Threw seven passing TDs in the season opener against ACU set the SMU single-game record
ΓÇó Had a 75% or better completion rate in three games (ACU, at LaTech, Navy)
ΓÇó Ranked in the top 10 nationally and led the conference in points responsible for (248, 6th NCAA), points responsible for per game (20.7, 6th NCAA), completions per game (25.67, 8th NCAA), passing yards per game (302.3, 10th NCAA) and total offense (319.2, 10th NCAA)…
ΓÇó His 41 TDs responsible is a single-season record for SMU
ΓÇó Finished with 3,830 yards of total offense (4th SMU)

... and it sucks that he's coming back?

I get that a lot of people like Stone -- I'm in that group, too. But it's impossible to find full with Mordecai.

Speaking of which, when is the last time the Mustangs had 2 quarterbacks this talented?

Yeah he padded his stats on weak September competition. His November stats tell a different story

Charleston Pony wrote:

CBpony wrote:

Hoss wrote:I looked up his bio. In his FIRST season at SMU, he:

ΓÇó Set the school record with 39 touchdown passes
ΓÇó Threw for 3,628 yards (12th NCAA, 1st AAC, 3rd SMU)
ΓÇó Completed 308 passes -- second at SMU
ΓÇó Posted eight 300-yard games
ΓÇó Had five games with 4+ passing TDs
ΓÇó Had six games with 4+ total TDs
ΓÇó Threw seven passing TDs in the season opener against ACU set the SMU single-game record
ΓÇó Had a 75% or better completion rate in three games (ACU, at LaTech, Navy)
ΓÇó Ranked in the top 10 nationally and led the conference in points responsible for (248, 6th NCAA), points responsible for per game (20.7, 6th NCAA), completions per game (25.67, 8th NCAA), passing yards per game (302.3, 10th NCAA) and total offense (319.2, 10th NCAA)…
ΓÇó His 41 TDs responsible is a single-season record for SMU
ΓÇó Finished with 3,830 yards of total offense (4th SMU)

... and it sucks that he's coming back?

I get that a lot of people like Stone -- I'm in that group, too. But it's impossible to find full with Mordecai.

Speaking of which, when is the last time the Mustangs had 2 quarterbacks this talented?

Yeah he padded his stats on weak September competition. His November stats tell a different story

While it's true he had better stats against the weaker teams he faced on the front end of the schedule, he did throw for 305 yards and 3 TDs at Houston and for 377 yards and 3 TDs vs UCF. His only really poor performance was vs Cincy when he threw for only 66 yards, although that season ending game vs Tulsa was not pretty when he had 2 picks vs only 1 TD

PNW_Stang wrote:I would imagine 100+ D1 schools would take Tanner as their QB.

peruna81 wrote:Ford and Lance were two very different and very gifted quarterbacks at SMU.


We are in a great place going into the season in the QB room

.Found it interesting that DCTF predicted TCU beating us. While I can see a competitive game, I don't see that one coming to pass in "He who shall not be mentioned 2"'s first year there...not with what he left in the QB room here.

"It's August...we got a room full of quarterbacks, a new coach, and eager fans..."

"Hit it"

Terry Webster wrote:

peruna81 wrote:Ford and Lance were two very different and very gifted quarterbacks at SMU.


We are in a great place going into the season in the QB room

.Found it interesting that DCTF predicted TCU beating us. While I can see a competitive game, I don't see that one coming to pass in "He who shall not be mentioned 2"'s first year there...not with what he left in the QB room here.

"It's August...we got a room full of quarterbacks, a new coach, and eager fans..."

"Hit it"

Not to mention that tcu will be facing as hostile a crowd as they have faced in a long time. Just hope that the admin doesn't squash the students.