Roberson
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Anyone check the portal potty…..?
If he bailed, then that may be a good indication he lacked the mental toughness to be a Big 10 QB and why he didn’t get a shot.
And also an indication that Clifford could be healthy. Or maybe Roberson got beat out for the #2 spot by Villeaux.
Really stupid if he bailed. Clifford is so banged up TR could go in at any moment. He would get playing time here far faster than any where else. And all he needs to do is get in and look good for a couple quarters. He would then have better options after the season is over.
For all we know there may have been more than practice that factored into not seeing him Saturday
Or it could be that he saw the writing on the wall in terms of how QB2 is regarded in Franklin’s program.
There is absolutely no way a coach would tell a player that during the football season. Especially given that Roberson is a critical link to gaining that important "sixth win" to become bowl eligible. I get the sense that Frankiln has lost this locker room and we are going to watch things fall apart these next five weeks. Where there is smoke, there is fire.
Given the fact that Roberson is a run first dual threat with a very similar skillset to Trace McSorley, it is surprising he didn't hit the portal after MY was hired. He lacks the skills to operate in the current offense. Why he was the 2nd string QB is the big question. The next big question is why didn't Franklin bring in a transfer. They were there.
Maybe he quit because he saw CJF spit on the sideline.
Very few football players at any level are 100% healthy by the last weekend in October, any year. It’s the very nature of the game!
Clifford coming back to the bench in the 3rd quarter during the OSU game and Franklin yelling “SIT DOWN ROBERSON! Cliff still gives is the best chance to win”
I'm not venturing over to the new site unless you bring this level of insight with you.
Al Davis mantra has to be getting airplay in the OSU locker room.
No way he does that mid season with the starting QB so banged up he couldn’t practice. Just . No. Way.
If I was Sandy I'd call the repeated spitting in public a violation of the "public conduct clause" in his contract and fire him for cause..
I'm not venturing over to the new site unless you bring this level of insight with you.
It's going to be harder for Franklin to retain depth at QB with his track record displaying reticence playing backups and developing depth. Roberson has been with the program for 3 years and is incapable of playing? Didn't Purdue play 3 QBs against Iowa? I like and respect Franklin but his penchant for sticking with the starter at all costs seems extreme. It was the same with McSorley.
Yes it could. But why wait for the official word and spoil the fun for some on here whi want to engage in rank speculation and assume the worst?
So you think a head coach with a struggling offense, a badly banged up starter, about to face one of the toughest teams in all of college football is gonna tell his top back up QB that he just doesn’t have what it takes? Seriously?
Now maybe they moved Veilleux ahead of him and he saw the French writing on the wall. Still stupid to bail now as he would still have a better chance of playing this season and redeeming his pitiful display in Iowa.
Maybe he has disciplinary issues. Or Academic. Or tested positive for the Wuhan virus. Or has a hangnail. But no coach told him he doesn’t have what it takes.
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I think the problem is QB recruiting more than playing backups
That was discussed in another thread by Dub.If I was Sandy I'd call the repeated spitting in public a violation of the "public conduct clause" in his contract and fire him for cause..
Possibly the product of having a former QB as HC?
But even so, he’s still one hit away from playing. If he wants to transfer, great but you don’t bail when you’re that close….it’s called being a quitter. And you also must be forgetting that the backup QB got a starting role last year after the starter got benched….I know, that was such a long time ago that it’s tough for you to remember.
Actually the QB recruiting has been pretty good. Two kids, Stevens and Levis, left via the portal and became immediate starters at SEC schools.
Did you not watch them last year? He benched the starter. But keep sticking with your story.
Stevens and Levis got to play a good bit and not just in garbage time. If Roberson had any skills then he might have played more.
Do you realize that you're the only poster in this thread engaging in emotionally-unhinged shameless speculation?
Maybe we’re reading into it a bit too much that TR wasn’t at one practice. Maybe he was sick, needed to study for a test he needed to maintain eligibility, etc. If Villauex or whatever his name is can throw a deep ball, maybe we can beat Ohio State by just chucking it deep every play.
