Watch Pop kill it at a different school and we wonder why Monty never gave
Him a shot
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7mo
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7mo
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7mo
He’ll be back in the portal next year.
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7mo
Its the business, and the players are looking for the best opportunities and after 1 year not well see ya. Like the NBA. Also, schools are having end of year evaluations, and they will determine if they want to keep the current player NIL, reduce it based on performance, or raise it to try to keep him.
Football coachihg staffs are doing the same.
So, judging does no good,l The college game is booming, big ratings for the big schools, other programs have choices 1) invest and get better and compete, or 2) fade away.
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7mo
However I do agree that we should have him given him a chance. We were a three win team. Why not give the kid a shot.
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Fatman
7mo
But let’s be honest, he couldn’t earn PT over drones.
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7mo
With who started? I see Watson is 5’11”’201 now, so he’s been drinking his milk and hitting the weight room.
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TomA
7mo
Pava-like player
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7mo
You mean he's going to whine and ***** if he doesn't win an award?
Seriously, he's averaged 1.5 YPC, completed 57% of his passes with 1 TD, 2 INTs.
Pavia has averaged 5 YPC, completed 62% off his passes with 86 TDs, 27 INTs
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7mo
Or FCS. But being compared to a Heisman finalist …lol no
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7mo
at the next level down . He , IMHO, needed to slow down and show some discipline in his "reads" before running. Good Luck where ever he goes
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seacain
7mo
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RJHokie
7mo
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7mo
... who wasn't better than Watson, and close to Drones.
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RJHokie
7mo
Never played a down…….
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7mo
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7mo
I don't care if Pop is the QB. It would be on us. I don't see it happening.
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7mo
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7mo
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7mo
Will remember him.
But with no time to pass (see Duke & Minnesota in 2024) & without Drones size in the run game where would we get offense?
Could he hold up?
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7mo
and I mean NO ONE has more motivation to win than the coaches. If Pop showed the coaches that he provided a better opportunity to win, then he would have played more. I wish him luck, wherever he lands. But he was given an opportunity at VT.
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7mo
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7mo
Our receivers couldn't get open and had the drops frequently. Offensive scheme (tight end anybody?) wasn't helping much. Pop would have been hurt running and a turnover machine dropping back. Not necessarily his fault but we saw enough to know these are facts.
** Edited by crazylane at 12/26/2025, 9:52:28 PM
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7mo
I’m sure he gave it hell but he is simply not equipped to be QB1 in the FBS.
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drc1956
7mo
I believe NIL was in play.
The only way Drones was going to be benched was if he just couldn't play.
No special knowledge, just one man's opinion.
** Edited by drc1956 at 12/26/2025, 9:39:57 PM
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7mo
No coach, no where would guarantee QB1 status as a part of NIL. It just didn’t happen and people should quit saying it. Accept Pop has no business being QB1 on a P4 team and move on. So you are correct he was never going to see the field unless Drones couldn’t go but only because he wasn’t a viable option.
What we do know about NIL is Bowen made sure Pop got more to keep him just before he bailed. Another brilliant move by that waste of space in developing QBs.
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7mo
any more evidence than those with the counterpoint, your argument is as hollow as theirs.
Unless you have information you'd care to share that comes from inside the building...
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7mo
Best player on the team myth in the NIL era. We’ve seen him play. And the coaches see him play every day. He’s an FCS talent that has failed to perform in competitive games save vs a neutered UVA. Oh, yeah the new staff said thanks but no thanks confirming the judgement of Monty and Pry. He was an emergency only QB.
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7mo
But Drones failed to break 120 yards passing in how many games? A lot of other staffs would have given someone else a shot. Circumstantially it seems like something else was going on.
I'll take your answer as you don't have any more direct evidence than anyone else so it's all just theory at this point. You have yours, other have theirs
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7mo
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7mo
This isn’t complicated
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7mo
and pulls together information that has not been shown to be related.
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7mo
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7mo
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7mo
He has physical tools but regressed. That's on him and the staff. As I said before, very few quarterbacks would have thrived in our system this year. It wasn't very QB friendly for obvious reasons.
** Edited by crazylane at 12/26/2025, 9:57:07 PM
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7mo
or was he just the fortunate beneficiary of a better supporting cast and a system that was a better fit?
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7mo
Since Tyrod Taylor was a star
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7mo
The good news is that it is all changing.
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