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Spring game roll call - BostonCard - 04-09-2014

Who is going?  I will try to take my son, and if she will let me, my daughter.

That being said, the spring game is a bit of a bad omen for us.  Four years ago when it was held in Kezar stadium, my car was totaled when it got rear ended as I stopped on Kezar drive to let someone exit their parking spot so I could take it.

BC

Re: Spring game roll call - terry - 04-09-2014

I'll be there.

Re: Spring game roll call - Class_of_75 - 04-09-2014

I'll be there, too.

Re: Spring game roll call - theashwineffect - 04-09-2014

Will be present.

Re: Spring game roll call - yvonne - 04-09-2014

You didn't really have to ask me, did you?

Re: Spring game roll call - CompSci87 - 04-09-2014

I'm planning to go.

Re: Spring game roll call - GaryT - 04-09-2014

I'll be there (just look over your shoulders)

Re: Spring game roll call - Hank 91 - 04-09-2014

I won't be there, but I have a request for those who will be. I'm curious about Ryan Burns, and it appears we'll get a long look at him on Saturday. The biggest hurdle any Stanford quarterback must clear is mastery of the playbook, and the Spring Game is no place to judge that, but I'd love to have a few accounts of his physical game. We've heard lots about his tools and size (I was stunned to see how big he looked on the sideline at the Rose Bowl), so much that I might be looking forward to his era even more than Keller Chryst's.

So if you're there, and you're so inclined, I'd love to hear all about Burnsie's performance.

To be clear -- I'm not pushing Hogan out the door, just interested in what the future might hold.

Re: Spring game roll call - BostonCard - 04-10-2014

I would beg to disagree.  I first saw Andrew Luck in his first spring game, and it was obvious to everyone there that he was going to be a star.  Hell, I saw him make one throw and I was convinced.

Now, Andrew Luck is special in a way that almost no QB could ever match.  But some things are obvious even to the untrained eyes.

BC

Re: Spring game roll call - Hank 91 - 04-10-2014

(04-10-2014, 12:35 AM)Boston Card link Wrote:I would beg to disagree.  I first saw Andrew Luck in his first spring game, and it was obvious to everyone there that he was going to be a star.  Hell, I saw him make one throw and I was convinced.

Now, Andrew Luck is special in a way that almost no QB could ever match.  But some things are obvious even to the untrained eyes.

BC

Are you disagreeing with the fact that I'd like to hear a report on how Burns looks? I didn't really make any assertions of any kind.

Re: Spring game roll call - BostonCard - 04-10-2014

No, I just disagreed with the clause that stated "the spring game is no place to judge that".  It was an anecdotal example, and arguably the exception that proves the rule.  We've had plenty of examples of QB's that looked good in the spring game and then never panned out (I think Nottingham, for example).

BC

Re: Spring game roll call - CompSci87 - 04-10-2014

I really don't see how fans can judge mastery of the playbook from the spring game, which is what that clause referred to.  We see each QB run only a few plays, and we don't know whether he did the line calls, checkdowns, etc. correctly. So I don't think your disagreement is well founded.

Re: Spring game roll call - BostonCard - 04-10-2014

I'm one of the biggest skeptics of the eyeball test out there, and I can tell you, that it was immediately obvious that Luck had both the physical tools and the mental makeup  to know that he was going to be a star.  Even if he didn't know the entire playbook and was only displaying a portion of it, it was clear that he mastered the portions that he did show.  Balls were thrown to where the receiver was going to be.  He was hitting his second and third receivers.  He was checking down when the play wasn't there.  He probably had a more complete handle of the offense than any other player out there.

BC

Re: Spring game roll call - StanFan88 - 04-10-2014

Not I.  Will be camping with my boys and our scout troop.