Turner already getting scrutinized

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:13 pm

CFN has 20 questions for the Spring. #3 is "Ten Things to watch for this Spring" and the very first issue is about Turner taking over for Jacobs. http://www.collegefootballnews.com/2006 ... ns_3_1.htm

dduncan · Post by **dduncan** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:28 pm

Is Turner ready? He struggled when Omar Jacobs was knocked out for a stretch last year, and now he has grow into the type of high-octane passer to keep the Falcon offense going. Anthony Glaud and Tyler Sheehan are big recruits who fit the mold, so Turner has to show this spring that the job is his. His development is one of the big keys to the MAC race.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but are either Glaud or Sheehan already enrolled? Even if either are, Turner is the QB for the year, unless he gets hurt. One of the 2 will get redshirted. My guess is Sheehan.

Even if Turner is not ready, they will have to let him develop on the field, by default.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:30 pm

Turner will be fine. He's got spring practices and next fall to get ready. He knows he's the man, so he's going to be ready for that. Honestly, if you backed up Omar Jacobs would you expect to be starting?

Warthog · Post by **Warthog** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:30 pm

Interesting point from what you said dduncan. Glaud and Sheehan are not enrolled so they will not even be involed in Spring workouts. Since the story is about questions for the Spring, Glaud and Sheehan are really irrelevant since they aren't even around.

BGDrew · Post by **BGDrew** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:34 pm

Freddie Barnes will probably be the #2 QB this year.

1987alum · Post by **1987alum** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 2:36 pm

Turner will start. Period. No way Brandon turns over the offense to a true freshman out of the gate.

Folks seem to forget that our offense veered more toward the air with Omar, but we ran plenty with J5 at the helm. Once the offense is tweaked back toward that direction, it will play to Anthony's strengths.

I'm so fired up for football already!

Falconfreak90 · Post by **Falconfreak90** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 3:35 pm

1987alum wrote:Turner will start. Period. No way Brandon turns over the offense to a true freshman out of the gate.

Folks seem to forget that our offense veered more toward the air with Omar, but we ran plenty with J5 at the helm. Once the offense is tweaked back toward that direction, it will play to Anthony's strengths.

I'm so fired up for football already!

Totally agree, '87. When I see AT on the field, he looks almost identical to J5, IMO. I figure Brandon will go back to that style offense with AT now.

Only 2 months til the spring game!

Jacobs4Heisman · Post by **Jacobs4Heisman** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:08 pm

Turner will be the best QB in the MAC before it's all said and done.

orangeandbrown · Post by **orangeandbrown** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:05 pm

I have said before, I think AT will be All-MAC before he graduates.

Falconboy · Post by **Falconboy** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:29 pm

Jacobs4Heisman wrote:Turner will be the best QB in the MAC before it's all said and done.

Not to be a downer here , but from what I've seen of Turner thus far , ther'es no chance of that. I think AT could develop into a decent option qb if we get a dominating O-line and can run the ball almost a will. But I can't see Turner becoming a prolific passer for us. I did't see the "it" factor in that part of his game last year. So unless AT gets miraculous new understanding of the game I dont' see him averaging more than 250 yds passing at best.

Flipper · Post by **Flipper** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:36 pm

Ummmm...250 yds a game is 3000 yards in a season even if you don't make a title game or a bowl game. That would be a really good total for a "option" QB....maybe even a good enough total to be an all MAC QB.

Anyway...we haven't seen AT run the offense yet. He looked really good in the spring game. He played well enough against Akron to win, but the rest of the team didn't do likewise.

I think he's going to be good....very good.

RossfordFalcon · Post by **RossfordFalcon** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 11:42 pm

falconboy wrote:
Jacobs4Heisman wrote:Turner will be the best QB in the MAC before it's all said and done.
Not to be a downer here , but from what I've seen of Turner thus far , ther'es no chance of that. I think AT could develop into a decent option qb if we get a dominating O-line and can run the ball almost a will. But I can't see Turner becoming a prolific passer for us. I did't see the "it" factor in that part of his game last year. So unless AT gets miraculous new understanding of the game I dont' see him averaging more than 250 yds passing at best.

You have to keep in mind that AT was only a freshman. How much would we have expected out of Harris or even Omar in their freshman seasons. I think he will develope into another great QB in BGSU history.

Falconboy · Post by **Falconboy** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:12 am

RossfordFalcon wrote:
falconboy wrote:
Jacobs4Heisman wrote:Turner will be the best QB in the MAC before it's all said and done.
Not to be a downer here , but from what I've seen of Turner thus far , ther'es no chance of that. I think AT could develop into a decent option qb if we get a dominating O-line and can run the ball almost a will. But I can't see Turner becoming a prolific passer for us. I did't see the "it" factor in that part of his game last year. So unless AT gets miraculous new understanding of the game I dont' see him averaging more than 250 yds passing at best.
You have to keep in mind that AT was only a freshman. How much would we have expected out of Harris or even Omar in their freshman seasons. I think he will develope into another great QB in BGSU history.

A RS Fresman not a true freshman as I would've expected very much the play of Turner last year if he was a true freshman but he had been in our system for a year already and he still looked lost and confused as all get out. I see AT more of a possible 100 yds a game rusher and maybe 175 200yds tops passer. One thing better be for certian for AT to even have a fighting chance and that is too have a much better offensive line play than what we had last year. Our boys of front better dominate or AT will neither rush for 100 yds or pass for 200 in game.

With which I hope is the 2 rb system , we can maybe establish a really good option offense with TE's in the mix with some play action fake rollouts. If we can get that going , we have a good chance of having a strong offense year.

Yeah, the D better get dominate too or we'll have more of the same like last year.

BGSU Falconz · Post by **BGSU Falconz** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:12 am

I think AT is a diamond in the rough. Similar to what Jacobs was when he was backing up J5. I remember plenty of people on here saying how Omar didn't look good in his mop-up duty during the 2003 season (there was actually a time where J5 and the O had gotten far enough ahead of Ball State that they put Jacobs in, only to have to put J5 back in as Omar wasn't getting anything done and was letting the lead get away), and I think EVERYONE was apprehensive about him before the start of the 2004 season.

Anthony Turner didn't have the luxury of making appearances only in mop-up time as a backup, as Omar did. We're all making judgements based on a short period in which the poor kid was completely thrown to the lions.

Based on what I've seen of AT in high school, he is going to surprise a lot of people around here.

Bleeding Orange · Post by **Bleeding Orange** » Sat Feb 18, 2006 12:13 am

RossfordFalcon wrote:
falconboy wrote:
Jacobs4Heisman wrote:Turner will be the best QB in the MAC before it's all said and done.
Not to be a downer here , but from what I've seen of Turner thus far , ther'es no chance of that. I think AT could develop into a decent option qb if we get a dominating O-line and can run the ball almost a will. But I can't see Turner becoming a prolific passer for us. I did't see the "it" factor in that part of his game last year. So unless AT gets miraculous new understanding of the game I dont' see him averaging more than 250 yds passing at best.
You have to keep in mind that AT was only a freshman. How much would we have expected out of Harris or even Omar in their freshman seasons. I think he will develope into another great QB in BGSU history.

That, and we must bear in mind that Brandon himself, for whatever inexplicable reason, has said that he held Turner to running about 40% of the playbook in his starts last year. After what I saw of him in the Spring Game last year, I am excited as heck to see him play with 100% of the playbook at his command.

Speaking of last year's Spring Game, my dad and I were just recollecting the other day that there were times when we couldn't tell who was quarterbacking which unit - Omar or Anthony. In our estimation, he was that good.