Topic: Cole Pennington

[MicDrass1]

If Herd stinks it up this year ... must replace OC.  Offensive woes and ppg has been dismal. 

[Herd72]

  If he has anywhere near the football IQ his father had you would not see him making bad reads and ill advised throws into triple coverage. I am sure Chad taught him well. I vividly remember a comment made by a broadcaster during one of the bowl games when Chad was here. He said that is the smartest QB I have ever seen, whatever the defense does - he makes them wrong. Cole may not have the ability his father has but you can bet his fundamentals, mechanics and football IQ are up there. I hope he gets a chance at least.

[herd2win]

At this point you have to give Cole or one of the others a shot.  Need to be more productive.

[BigJimslade]

If Fancher is the best QB we have then Huff has done a TERRIBLE job recruiting and coaching QBs

This garbage O in Year 3 is totally unacceptable

Boring AF to watch and can't win championships like this

Totally agree

[MCA23]

And if Tom Brady was going to be a great quarterback he would have been taken in the 1st round. And if Chad Pennington was going to be a Heisman finalist he would have been 4 stars and recruited by U Tenn.

That's not even the same thing.  This staff watched and evaluated each QB during camp and practice.  You think they're willfully overlooking other players on purpose?

[MCA23]

Bloodlines - groomed by a pro Qb.  He?s the answer.  Put in a pro style offense and let?s go.  This other read option **** offense is for the birds. Either under center or in the gun and play football.

lol.  So why are all all-time great players' children just as good as they were? 

[2xBison]

So our coaches don't know %^&* OR they are not playing him for some other reason, politics, don't want to be proven wrong, Etc?

Politics?  In D1??  And to the extent anyone thinks it is politics, it seems that question would come up if he's the #1 qB.  Not 4th.  Doesn't his dad have some pull? 


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[s1uggo]

FWIW: Pennington had offers from MU; Akron; Ball State; EKU and TN Martin out of high school, not exactly offers from great football programs.
https://247sports.com/player/cole-pennington-46100618/

If someone is going to bring up his father having no offers, remember Chad attended two years at Jim Donnan's  MU football camps so Donnan had seen him play. Jim was good at recognizing talent, John Wade was another of Donnan's under the radar player recruits who ended up having a nice long NFL career of about 10 years.

Huff is ambitious and looking to move to a P5 program. To think he wouldn't play the best player is laughable. Huff does seem to be committed to a running style QB and that is not Chad's strength. It would difficult to change the offense during the season.

I would like to see the player from Rice inserted into a game to see if he has the ability to improve the offense.

I am pretty sure Jim Donnan tried to bury John Wade

[FilmJunky]

Herd fans would rather see a Pennington under center than a QB who has won 6 straight games.

[elginherd]

Herd fans would rather see a Pennington under center than a QB who has won 6 straight games.

This QB didn't win six games in a row...the defense really had more to do with that. He was more carried along than being responsible for the wins.

[herdorbust2]

This QB didn't win six games in a row...the defense really had more to do with that. He was more carried along than being responsible for the wins.

Well he is part of the team that has won 8 of last 9.

[HoPPy785]

Maybe Cole will be better. Maybe he will step in during a bad game and ball out and never look back. Maybe he will be a legend one day, but as of right now he must not be better in practice or Huff would have him out there. The idea that Cole is sitting just for the sake of it is silly.

[whf]

Maybe Cole will be better. Maybe he will step in during a bad game and ball out and never look back. Maybe he will be a legend one day, but as of right now he must not be better in practice or Huff would have him out there. The idea that Cole is sitting just for the sake of it is silly.

I personally think Cole has more challenge than skills competition.  I think Huff is very concerned to give him even a fair, unbiased chance, or anything that might appear to ANYONE to favor him. Honestly, if Cole is any good, he should leave as I don't think he'll ever play under Huff.

[HoPPy785]

I personally think Cole has more challenge than skills competition.  I think Huff is very concerned to give him even a fair, unbiased chance, or anything that might appear to ANYONE to favor him. Honestly, if Cole is any good, he should leave as I don't think he'll ever play under Huff.

I really don't understand where you are coming up with that. Fans haven't even seen Cole practice. He could be terrible for all we know. Huff wants to win, he has no ties to Huntington and likely gives zero crap what people think of favoritism. He wants to coach a major program and a Pennington won't stop that ambition.

[herdfan429]

Politics?  In D1??  And to the extent anyone thinks it is politics, it seems that question would come up if he's the #1 qB.  Not 4th.  Doesn't his dad have some pull? 


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I honestly think that?s part of the problem. Huff or someone else doesn?t want to be outshined by chad

[HoPPy785]

I honestly think that?s part of the problem. Huff or someone else doesn?t want to be outshined by chad

How could a players dad outshine our HC if he played Cole? Y'all are really out there. You know it's possible we just don't have any good QBs because we didn't recruit well?

[svherd]

Yes, it's a conspiracy against Cole. Huff would rather lose games than put in a legends son. Lol! 😆😆😆😆😆

[goherd24]

I saw him in practice, he looks like Fancher does. Fancher makes throws in warm ups and practice too. But he can't in games, he sucks. We don't know if Cole has "it" or not but you'd have to put him in a game to find out.

[HoPPy785]

I saw him in practice, he looks like Fancher does. Fancher makes throws in warm ups and practice too. But he can't in games, he sucks. We don't know if Cole has "it" or not but you'd have to put him in a game to find out.

We were in a fight for our lives in our first game against an FCS school. Probably not the best time to see what you have in your true freshman QB. I think Cole would have played had we gotten a big lead.

Can you imagine the backlash right now had we lost that game by playing not our backup but our 3rd string QB?

[goherd24]

We were in a fight for our lives in our first game against an FCS school. Probably not the best time to see what you have in your true freshman QB. I think Cole would have played had we gotten a big lead.

Can you imagine the backlash right now had we lost that game by playing not our backup but our 3rd string QB?

Not sure if you noticed, but cole warmed up and was ready as our #2 on the sidelines and stayed ready during the game.

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[HoPPy785]

Not sure if you noticed, but cole warmed up and was ready as our #2 on the sidelines and stayed ready during the game.

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I didn't notice. That's great but my statement still stands. You don't make a switch in that game unless Fancher is throwing picks left and right.

[goherd24]

I didn't notice. That's great but my statement still stands. You don't make a switch in that game unless Fancher is throwing picks left and right.

I would have made a change at half. Our offense was absolutely dog %^&*. It couldn't be much worse. Had Ali not gotten going, we'd lost. If you ever have to rely on fancher to throw you back into the game, you're losing. His pick was almost a back breaker. Only reason he only had 1 was we threw it down the field twice.

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[HoPPy785]

I would have made a change at half. Our offense was absolutely dog %^&*. It couldn't be much worse. Had Ali not gotten going, we'd lost. If you ever have to rely on fancher to throw you back into the game, you're losing. His pick was almost a back breaker. Only reason he only had 1 was we threw it down the field twice.

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It most certainly could get worse. You have no idea what a true Freshman who has never played a down would do in that scenario. Maybe he throws 3 picks. You do exactly what Huff did and put the game on Ali's shoulders and get out of there with an ugly W. Cole will have his chance. I've been one of the more vocal Fancher doubters and my mind hasn't changed on that yet.

[herdorbust2]

It most certainly could get worse. You have no idea what a true Freshman who has never played a down would do in that scenario. Maybe he throws 3 picks. You do exactly what Huff did and put the game on Ali's shoulders and get out of there with an ugly W. Cole will have his chance. I've been one of the more vocal Fancher doubters and my mind hasn't changed on that yet.

Or even 6 picks like his dad did as a freshman at UTC. You also run the risk of destroying a kids confidence if you don't feel they are ready. Maybe Huff knows he isn't ready yet and would hate the fans to end up coming down on a legends son like they are doing Fancher.

[Grazing Marco]

Did any of you watch the spring game?

Pennington made some good throws. He made some bad throws. I remember he had one very boneheaded play - an interception on a screen pass. Not saying he has not improved since then, but he did not give me confidence that he would be a good QB this particular season.

That said, I would not mind to give McMahon or Pennington a shot. Fancher has not taken the job and run with it. I just would not have high expectations if anyone else took over. This is more an indictment on the coaching staff than any of the QBs.