Arch

[OTFBrandon]

Arch is still not performing up to standards. Sure his standards are extremely high, but he isn’t even playing up to 20 percent of that right now. The only glimpse we’ve seen of his true potential was flashes in the 4th quarter against OSU, and the second quarter against SJSU. It seems like the pressure gets to him before every game and every series when the offense isn’t rolling. This is a big problem. The solution in my opinion is make him throw that ball 50 times next week. Make him be uncomfortable. Make him be so uncomfortable it’s not uncomfortable anymore. He has to get used to the fact that he isn’t going to be perfect and just play his game, because when he does, he’s a hell of a quarterback. Sure there’s a lot of other problems with the offense right now, but when your main contributor isn’t doing anything to help those problems you got to fix the biggest problem first. The line will mesh as the season goes on. The running backs will be fine especially with Wisner and God willing Baxter back healthy. The younger guys showed flashes today of what they can do especially Simon. Now the receivers just need that game with Arch to get in their groove. Once this gets figured out hopefully the execution and mental errors drift away. Hook’ Em!

[Roy Hinojosa]

It would be nice to give Arch a little cushion, but yes he needs to exorcise some demons.