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Denard "LLL" Robinson (an excellent driver)

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Here is my wish. Hoke is planning to use Denard all along, thinking that Ohio State will get a real shock when he trots out onto the field and they run some new plays.

Months later, TSUN fans finally have something to celebrate when Denard's body cast is removed with the prognosis that he has complete use of all of his limbs.
 
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People who think that Gardner is a better QB that Robinson are crazy.

1. If he was a better QB, he wouldn't have been playing WR all year.
2. He has Minnesota and NW. Minnesota has two conference wins -- Purdue and Illinois. It took OT to beat NW and its horrible secondary. He hasn't exactly been going against great defenses.
 
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OmahaBeef;2254877; said:
People who think that Gardner is a better QB that Robinson are crazy.

1. If he was a better QB, he wouldn't have been playing WR all year.
2. He has Minnesota and NW. Minnesota has two conference wins -- Purdue and Illinois. It took OT to beat NW and its horrible secondary. He hasn't exactly been going against great defenses.
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1. I'm not sure I completely buy the "the staff decided Robinson's better, therefore he is" argument, when the staff in question also apparently believed that Russell Bellomy was a better option than Gardner.
2. What "great defenses" has Robinson had success against this year?
 
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OmahaBeef;2254877; said:
People who think that Gardner is a better QB that Robinson are crazy.

1. If he was a better QB, he wouldn't have been playing WR all year.
2. He has Minnesota and NW. Minnesota has two conference wins -- Purdue and Illinois. It took OT to beat NW and its horrible secondary. He hasn't exactly been going against great defenses.
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It took Fitzgerald not playing the right QB for them to win. He made one really nice throw that Denard couldn't-the deep out. Everything else was shit luck or being bailed out by PI calls.

I know who I'd rather see back there, and it isn't even close. Gardner can run, but he isn't an instant punt return like Robinson.
 
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zincfinger;2254884; said:
1. I'm not sure I completely buy the "the staff decided Robinson's better, therefore he is" argument, when the staff in question also apparently believed that Russell Bellomy was a better option than Gardner.
2. What "great defenses" has Robinson had success against this year?
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1. Gardner hadn't even practiced at QB all season. You can't just throw a kid out there and tell him to run the offense.

2. I don't know about this year, but over the course of his career he's a player almost everyone agrees is dangerous and explosive. To say that he's not is crazy.
 
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OmahaBeef;2254877; said:
People who think that Gardner is a better QB that Robinson are crazy.

1. If he was a better QB, he wouldn't have been playing WR all year.
2. He has Minnesota and NW. Minnesota has two conference wins -- Purdue and Illinois. It took OT to beat NW and its horrible secondary. He hasn't exactly been going against great defenses.
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Couldn't be because Robinson is infinitely more mobile and they were short handed on decent WRs?

If you've watched them play, you know Gardner has a better touch and eye for the pass. Robinson is the bigger threat for the big play though.
 
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Shoelaces should be happy that he's been able to play two of our weakest defenses in over a decade. If he had to go up against that 2002 D or the 2005 linebacking group, his fragile ass would be spending the rest of his life steering a chair through a blowtube.
 
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zincfinger;2254884; said:
1. I'm not sure I completely buy the "the staff decided Robinson's better, therefore he is" argument, when the staff in question also apparently believed that Russell Bellomy was a better option than Gardner.
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I don't think they ever decided that Bellomy was a better QB than Gardner. Rather, they decided that Gardner was a better WR than the other chumps they had at that position.
 
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Crump's brother;2254885; said:
It took Fitzgerald not playing the right QB for them to win. He made one really nice throw that Denard couldn't-the deep out. Everything else was shit luck or being bailed out by PI calls.

I know who I'd rather see back there, and it isn't even close. Gardner can run, but he isn't an instant punt return like Robinson.
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I'm not saying Gardner is a fantastic quarterback. I'm saying I'm not sure it's "crazy" to believe that, overall, the UM offense may not suffer all that much from replacing Robinson with Gardner. For, as dangerous as Robinson is carrying the football, he has his deficits. And while Gardner hasn't been fantastic, he's probably been more competent than most would have expected.

OmahaBeef;2254886; said:
I don't know about this year, but over the course of his career he's a player almost everyone agrees is dangerous and explosive. To say that he's not is crazy.
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You're arguing against an assertion of your own invention. No one has said Robinson is not a very dangerous ball carrier.

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I don't think they ever decided that Bellomy was a better QB than Gardner. Rather, they decided that Gardner was a better WR than the other chumps they had at that position.
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I agree that was the decision last spring. But when Robinson went down against Nebraska, they certainly felt Bellomy was a better option at QB at that moment (unless you would argue they put a higher priority on WR than on QB, which seems unlikely). Given the circumstances, it wasn't an irrational belief, to think Bellomy was better prepared. But in retrospect, it was probably the wrong one.
 
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I'm just Sayin.....:biggrin:
 
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ORD_Buckeye;2254891; said:
Shoelaces should be happy that he's been able to play two of our weakest defenses in over a decade. If he had to go up against that 2002 D or the 2005 linebacking group, his fragile ass would be spending the rest of his life steering a chair through a blowtube.
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whoa, what movie is that sig gif from?
 
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