Do your hopes come crashing down...

[Mr. Scot]

...if the player of your dreams (Luck, Newton, Mallett, whomever) has a bad bowl game?

They shouldn't :nonod:

Plenty of college guys - at all positions - don't finish their career on high notes. Likewise, plenty of pro guys have games where they look completely incompetent.

It happens, but you judge on the body of work, not a single game.

By the end of his college career, Peyton Manning was still "the guy who couldn't beat Florida" and there were people who believed he'd never succeed because of it. More than one pundit proclaimed Ryan Leaf as the better pro choice (Leaf also finished his college career in a loss, but had a decent outing) because they said Peyton would always choke in big games.

Think anyone still sees things that way? :sosp:

You've heard me complain plenty about people going nuts over guys who have one good game. It's just as silly to go sour on a guy just for one bad one.

Until it becomes a trend, you shouldn't worry.

So for those getting prepared to watch the bowl games, by all means do so, and enjoy them.

But if your favorite guy doesn't light it up, don't go nuts.

(I'd say don't go nuts if he does either, but that's a whole other discussion and I'm done for the night)

[frash.exe]

i'd say the real problem i'd have with Luck having a bad bowl game is it might discourage him from declaring

[pantherpain]

No, it just a bad day to have a bad day.

[PhillyB]

i'd say the real problem i'd have with Luck having a bad bowl game is it might discourage him from declaring

i'd be surprised if he doesn't already know what his decision is, now that he knows the picking order in the draft.

[sarah_dermoid]

it is one of the worst news I heard today

[PantherBrew]

Its about skill set, Mr. Scot. Its about skill set.

[Davidson Deac II]

I remember the college QB who had a great career, then had an amazingly bad Sugar Bowl. Really messed up his Psyche. Didn't really get his head straight until he was called in as a replacement during a work stoppage. Name was Falco I think.

[Nicbsbll2]

...if the player of your dreams (Luck, Newton, Mallett, whomever) has a bad bowl game?

They shouldn't :nonod:

Plenty of college guys - at all positions - don't finish their career on high notes. Likewise, plenty of pro guys have games where they look completely incompetent.

It happens, but you judge on the body of work, not a single game.

By the end of his college career, Peyton Manning was still "the guy who couldn't beat Florida" and there were people who believed he'd never succeed because of it. More than one pundit proclaimed Ryan Leaf as the better pro choice (Leaf also finished his college career in a loss, but had a decent outing) because they said Peyton would always choke in big games.

Think anyone still sees things that way? :sosp:

You've heard me complain plenty about people going nuts over guys who have one good game. It's just as silly to go sour on a guy just for one bad one.

Until it becomes a trend, you shouldn't worry.

So for those getting prepared to watch the bowl games, by all means do so, and enjoy them.

But if your favorite guy doesn't light it up, don't go nuts.

(I'd say don't go nuts if he does either, but that's a whole other discussion and I'm done for the night)

Lol... That's held true for Peyton for a while. I'd say with the exception of the 2008 (I think that's when their Super Bowl win was?) season that Peyton for the most part has choked in big games.

[Mvp2014]

I remember the college QB who had a great career, then had an amazingly bad Sugar Bowl. Really messed up his Psyche. Didn't really get his head straight until he was called in as a replacement during a work stoppage. Name was Falco I think.

^ ^ Keanu Reeves as a Qb, that was a laugh

[err456]

Good post Mr. Scott. A bad game by Luck would make for very interesting reading.

[HSCBandit07]

I remember the college QB who had a great career, then had an amazingly bad Sugar Bowl. Really messed up his Psyche. Didn't really get his head straight until he was called in as a replacement during a work stoppage. Name was Falco I think.

:rofl:

Matt Moore's new nickname

(though seriously, is there anyone here that would take Clausen over Moore as backup next year?)

[Davidson Deac II]

I don't think a bad game by Luck would really mean all that much. If he is that good, one game will not mean he is not ready. But it would at least shut some of the fanboy's up for a little while.

Then again, it would be his second consecutive failure when traveling to the east coast.

[TheRealDeal]

Mr. Scot now I know why Catdaddy was accusing you of stealing your posts!!!!!! I said something like this a few times in the past and got flamed because everyone said I was just a Luck homer and knew he would do bad and was preparing for that. You might have said it more eloquently so damn you for that!

I'd like to echo Bruce and say with Luck it's never really been about the numbers but more so the tools he brings with him to the league, that's what people should look for.

And no HSC, no rational person would take Clausen over Moore as a backup.

[Mr. Scot]

Why does everyone assume this is just about Luck? Is he the only guy who might have a bad game? :sosp:

I'm talking about any number of players here, and it doesn't even have to be limited to quarterbacks.