Plenty of this. For many admittedly. Many of the ones high on the horns last preseason are many of the same ones down on them this time around.
I remember coming in here after a closed scrimmage, after many were riding high on the team after the summer, stating that what i saw that August, especially the offense, was not good and needed a lot of work. It was dismissed until after Arkansas when many changed their tune.
I can say this confidently. What i saw yesterday was much MUCH better than what i saw last August. What that means this season, not sure. I hear the rest of the B12 is down.
Sark's number one qualification for a QB is protecting the ball. Card at this point does that better. Sark's number two qualification is deliver the ball down field. Quinn far and away does that better. It will be interesting to see what Sark will choose but my bet is Card starts with a short leash and then Quinn comes in and quickly takes over and his flash/momentum excuse all the rookie errors.
RB's look good 1-4.
Whittington Neyor and Worthy look good. (Washington, Dixon and Harrison don't.)
JT looks good. Gunnar is serviceable.
oLine was serviceable. Sark has stated, recently, he is expecting freshman to come in and play. I hope they are that good.
Dline looked slow early and better late.
LB's are not that much better. JB still sucks. It was his gap that Roschon ran the long play for. Granted the freshman DB also let him escape from his tackle.
Again, we didn't look great yesterday but we look way better than last August. I could easily see 8 or 9 wins. If they grow up in a hurry they could be a really good team by the end of the season. Is it likely no, but very possible. Again, I'm not as down as i was last season. Oh and I'd go with Quinn asap. Like game 1 mid first quarter. We'll see.