Game 1- Bennett & Mariota

[Ghost Pepper]

Well I played OLB and SS in my years and I can tell ya where Marcus is putting those passes on inside left shoulder like the one he threw DAT in the enzone? That's a pass that's almost undefendable without a PI call! Further it's his FIRST GAME!!!! That said he's probably rolodexing the play book, thinking of his fundamentals and dealing with a pretty loud crowd, I think we can all agree with that.... fair? What is he 19 years old? I think he did AMAZING under those conditions and we haven't seen anything yet!! Wait till he gets comfortable out there... my favorite play of the game wasn't a TD he threw it was when he scrambled out and just somehow knew where the 1st down line was and right before dumped a pass off to pick up more yardage... Freshman don't have that kind of field awareness, this kid does.

I think the only thing that may snag Marcus up is he may be to creative like when he almost threw a perfect seemed ball into tripple coverage and the reciever dropped it. I'll tell ya what though? Had he made that play? ESPN would be calling him Mr. Mariota right now!

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Well I played OLB and SS in my years and I can tell ya where Marcus is putting those passes on inside left shoulder like the one he threw DAT in the enzone? That's a pass that's almost undefendable without a PI call! Further it's his FIRST GAME!!!! That said he's probably rolodexing the play book, thinking of his fundamentals and dealing with a pretty loud crowd, I think we can all agree with that.... fair? What is he 19 years old? I think he did AMAZING under those conditions and we haven't seen anything yet!! Wait till he gets comfortable out there... my favorite play of the game wasn't a TD he threw it was when he scrambled out and just somehow knew where the 1st down line was and right before dumped a pass off to pick up more yardage... Freshman don't have that kind of field awareness, this kid does.

I think the only thing that may snag Marcus up is he may be to creative like when he almost threw a perfect seemed ball into tripple coverage and the reciever dropped it. I'll tell ya what though? Had he made that play? ESPN would be calling him Mr. Mariota right now!

To be sure, some of those passes were indeed right where they needed to be. But he's young and also made some mistakes that i have no doubt will be corrected. I think he'll have a great career here. And I mean, great.

 

[Wheels]

Well I played a fair bit of NCAA Football 13 for Xbox... and I can say, that I couldnt do in the game... what he was doing that 1st quarter

 

[Natebishop3]

I think some of you are turning this into more than it is. A few of us were getting our first look at MM and we were just pointing out an observation. Nothing more. I have no complaints about the kid. He looks pretty damn amazing for a freshman. I think he could possibly go down as the best QB in Oregon history (if he stays healthy).

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I played QB in high school, so let me give you a little lesson, rookie. There's a substantial difference between "touch" and throwing soft and/or aiming a pass. There is also the trajectory of the ball in certain passes. Moriota threw some soft aimed passes and some on poor trajectories. That's just a fact you have to accept- or go and learn something about throwing a football. But he'll get better.

Was the forward pass even legal when you were in high school?

 

[ppilot]

I played QB in high school, so let me give you a little lesson, rookie. There's a substantial difference between "touch" and throwing soft and/or aiming a pass. There is also the trajectory of the ball in certain passes. Moriota threw some soft aimed passes and some on poor trajectories. That's just a fact you have to accept- or go and learn something about throwing a football. But he'll get better.

Not sure sure if it was intentional, but this is one of the funniest posts I've read in a long time considering you went all Uncle Rico. Anyway, you realize when a qb is aiming, his accuracy decreases significantly due to break downs in mechanics, footwork, and as a result, timing. Those issues were not present at all during the game. Also, Mariota's been "throwing soft" with amazing success against Oregon's starting defense and has been receiving rave reviews about this passing ability from actual coaches who watched him in the closed practices (a couple of whom I know personally) since he stepped onto campus.