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D.J. Dunson said 10/13, 03:52 PM
I've watched my fair share of Illinois football games this season and was on the bandwagon before it had wheels and a paved road but something became transparent to me before their loss to Iowa earlier today. The Freshman McGee nearly led Illinois to an upset over Missouri in the season opener when he threw for 257 yards in what was the best offensive output for Ron Zook's team this season and in the final drive against Iowa was more productive than Juice Williams was all game. Despite, the loss today, Eddie McGee Should Be Named the Starting Quarterback for the Illinois Fighting Illini over Juice Williams

D.J. Dunson said 10/13, 04:53 PM
Read my whole argument b4 you jump to conclusions.
Stats aren't the only prognsticator for success. In the games Illinois has won Williams has made shaky decisions and the passing game has been nn-existent. To put it into context, Rex Grossman took the Chicago Bears the Super Bowl, but that doesn't make him a great qb.
McGee adds an element that Juice Williams has not displayed. A 102 rating in the NFL is fantastic, unfortunately this is college football and a 102 rating is beyond horrible.
The final drive he orchestrated would never have had to happen if Juice had been productive in the first 3 and a half quarters and if McGee's 83 yard TD pass on his 1st pass hadn't been called back by a fluke penalty.
Juice Williams' incompetance in the passing game has been masked by the defense and the running game.
When you actually watch the game, McGee can scramble, and can throw on the run with pinpoint accuracy and velocity. and is already a more accurate passer than Juice. Case in point, Juice Williams has yet to thrown for over 120 yards in a game to date and has thrown under 100 yards on 4 occasions.
McGee's INT was ill-advised but he's not perfect but he's better than Williams.

StLDieHard said 10/13, 05:23 PM
1) It seems to me as if you have an excuse for every point I made. Whatever though.

2) For you to compare Juice Willams to Rex Grossman is idiotic. NEVER EVER compare a NCAA QB to an NFL QB only because there is a humongo difference from NCAA - NFL.

3) You say a 102 QB Rating is bad BUT McGee is not much better. The big thing here is that McGee has a ton less attempts... so his rating will continue to go DOWN.

4) McGee has only 37 NCAA attempts in his entire NCAA career. Dont you think that it is a bit early to make such big statements? McGee is a freshman and as proven MANY times... you very rarely have a good team with a fresh-meat QB. Very rarely.

5) I noticed that you stressed Williams not throwing for that many yards. Did you ever think that it might be that way because he averages only 15 attempts per game?

6) You state that McGee has better accuracy along with many other things, when McGee has again only 37 attempts. But in reality, Williams has better accuracy. He has better comp%, plus, he has thrown the ball 3x more than that other fool.

Give it a little time before you start playing that regular blame game on QBs.