[Husker] Joe Ganz (Long, but hopefully informative)

[Mike Jaixen]

When you look at his first half performance...against
a top ten football team...for his first start... that
was one hell of a perfomance Joe Ganz turned in
against Kansas.  Did he force a few throws in the
second half?  Yep. But we were in desperation mode at
that point for the most part.  And again, it was his
first start and first meaningful playing time since
high school.

As for Keller, I'll throw some numbers at you.  If Sam
Keller definitely was not part of the offensive
problems, then please tell me definitively what was:

USC 42, Nebraska 10 (middle third quarter)
Missouri 41, Nebraska 6
Oklahoma State 38, Nebraska 0 (halftime)
Texas A&M 36, Nebraska 14

In all those games, Sam Keller did not play well.  The
whole team did not play well.  At the very least, you
put Joe Ganz into those games if only to keep from
getting Sam Keller hurt late in the game (exactly what
ended up ending his season at Texas, though in that
case, Nebraska did have a shot to win that game).  And
maybe you find a different combination that works.

I think the last two weeks have shown that while Sam
Keller did the best he could as a first year starter
in this offense and has better physical tools than Joe
Ganz, he was not the right quarterback for this team.

--- Skylar Dodds <sklarbodds at cox.net> wrote:

> A man is often times defined by what he does when he
> was wrong, this is one of those times for me.
> 
> I was one (if not THE one) who was very critical of
> Ganz after the KU game (and I still maintain that
> was not a good performance).  That being said, Ganz
> was excellent today.  His passing was very accurate
> (minus 3 deep balls he missed, can you imagine he
> could have had 100 more yards ☺).  Joe showed he's
> more than just an average arm with decent legs.  He
> can legitimately play QB in this offense and is more
> than just 'capable'.
> 
> I still don't think Ganz should have been put in for
> Keller this season (without the benefit of
> hindsight) as Keller was NOT the problem for the
> most part.  He had a couple tough games, but had
> Ganz played through that awful stretch he would have
> had struggles too.  To be fair, this is a shell of a
> KSU team.  Most KSU fans I've talked to really
> didn't think they'd win this game.
> 
> Those who say Keller's not accurate are insane.  He
> finished with a 63% completion rate AND had a TON of
> dropped balls and often times in 'drive killer'
> situations.  If we had the 'normal' amount of drops,
> his percentage would be up near 70%.  If that's not
> accurate, I don't get what it is you're looking for.
>  As for the deep ball, that was Keller's forte. 
> Time after time he just dropped a gorgeous ball in
> from 30-40 yards out.  The ONLY knock on Keller I
> can come up with is I think he checks down a little
> too quickly and doesn't let the play develop all the
> way.  Sometimes I wonder if that's not from being
> beat up all the time.
> 
> Last point:  As for Ganz throwing to Purify.  You're
> missing one very important fact.  Up until recently
> Purify was never on the field for more than 50% of
> the plays.  It's hard for Keller to throw to Mo when
> he's sitting on the sidelines.  That's the biggest
> crime of them all.  Keller probably could have
> thrown him the ball more, but the fact that Mo never
> saw the playing field was downright criminal. 
> 
> --
> Skylar
> mailto: sklarbodds at cox.net
> 
> 
> 
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Mike Jaixen
Blog: http://huskermike.blogspot.com

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