MC_Cat said:

Lujan called one of the worst end of game calls I've ever seen. To those saying Wright could've thrown it away may be wrong because the refs like to call intentional grounding on those bailout plays and the receivers were mostly blocking. The call is what did us in.

Wright has zero touch on his throws. It's like everything is a fastball. The missed screen pass to Henning in the 4th quarter on 3rd down at around the Duke 40 would've been a huge gain and he zipped it far over Henning's head. Henning looked at him like, what was that?!? Also the would be TD pass to Kirtz in the right corner of the end zone. We left so many points on the field tonight. Duke did too but only at the end, and they really should've and would've won in regulation had they not dropped an easy TD in the closing seconds.

Wright also does not stand in the face of pressure well. Bails out instead of stepping up in the pocket so there's little chance to really go downfield or across the middle much. Yeah the OL is again not doing well but when there were opportunities to step up he often instead pivoted and ran backwards/sideways.

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cedricmelons said:

Back in Evanston tonight for the football game versus Dook.

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Sheffielder said:

I'm not ready to throw in the towel on Lujan. Two games, and yes, maybe some bad calls tonight.

It's two games, guys.

Fitz infamously took points off the board (against Duke...in case there was any chance you forgot!) and he worked out okay for a while.

To be clear, I'm not saying Lujan is the next [insert our last great offensive coordinator], I'm just not ready to burn the place down, no matter how god awful those last two plays were...to me, those were as much on the QB on the field as anyone.

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Eurocat said:

Loss also belongs to Wright and the OL (but more to Wright). Twice he had guys wide open in the end zone, Once right in the middle and he throw an odd ball 30 yards away. Maybe he got hit in the arm which would explain it. The second time we had an open guy running free in the end zone and he massively overthrew him when he should have lobbed it in.

And how many of his passes landed at the feet of the receiver.. Actually the Duke QB was doing the same thing, was that because of the wind? Is it the lighting in the stadium throwing them off?

Oh boy this might be a very long season unless we fix this stuff asap.

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Medill '03 said:

The problem of starting Wright is that he can’t get better. He is what he is at this age. And he’s not good enough. His two games look like his film. Not good enough to start for the worst teams in the SEC. Maybe Lujan is also terrible. I have no idea. I know his call was fireable it was so stupid. I don’t know what he can do this year to show improvement let alone match last year’s offense. So far he’s shown nothing at all. Nothing. Not a single interesting wrinkle or reliable offensive strategy. Of course it’s hard to do anything with a QB who can’t throw.

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