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Fresno State QB Mikey Keene Enters Transfer Portal After Two Seasons With Bulldogs

On the surface, this is shocking.....but I think this is just him covering his bases if he doesn't like their new hire.

He would not get a starting P4 gig, he would be best off staying where he is.
 
On the surface, this is shocking.....but I think this is just him covering his bases if he doesn't like their new hire.

He would not get a starting P4 gig, he would be best off staying where he is.
I didn’t realize that Tedford stepped away before the season. He’s really who shaped him into a decent qb.
 
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Visiting Tulane.......their job is wide open (like ours is) as their top 3 QBs left the Easy

Probably the right level for Mikey, and an upgrade over Fresno, he doesn't have a P4 level skillset. Sumrall can move him along in his last year.
 
Visiting Tulane.......their job is wide open (like ours is) as their top 3 QBs left the Easy

Probably the right level for Mikey, and an upgrade over Fresno, he doesn't have a P4 level skillset. Sumrall can move him along in his last year.
How many games did he win for us under Gus?
 
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Visiting Tulane.......their job is wide open (like ours is) as their top 3 QBs left the Easy

Probably the right level for Mikey, and an upgrade over Fresno, he doesn't have a P4 level skillset. Sumrall can move him along in his last year.
How many games did he win for us under Gus?
Not sure what you are getting at, but we were an AAC team at the time.....If you saw 90% of his games the last two years like I did you would agree he is a solid G5 QB and nothing more. Otherwise he doesn't use up visits on G5 schools.
 
Visiting Tulane.......their job is wide open (like ours is) as their top 3 QBs left the Easy

Probably the right level for Mikey, and an upgrade over Fresno, he doesn't have a P4 level skillset. Sumrall can move him along in his last year.

Not sure what you are getting at, but we were an AAC team at the time.....If you saw 90% of his games the last two years like I did you would agree he is a solid G5 QB and nothing more. Otherwise he doesn't use up visits on G5 schools.
I think he would have won more games for us than the QBs Gus played with exception of perhaps Rizk who I believe has real potential.
 
I think Rizk will be starter but I think the only game he won was Arizona? Maybe 1 more. Gus sucked. Winning wasn’t happening this year with anyone back there.
Nope, won only the one game where everything fell into place for some strange reason like Ok St the year before. Have NO idea what some of you saw in him.....his fundamentals were awful, and go look at his stats for the last two games of the year when opponents knew he was starting and prepared for him.

And Frost making a pitch for a 1 year only guy in Morris underscores that he and MM are seeing the same thing. It may actually be that they see more potential in Brown, where if you go back to his Miami tape there is something there that last year's staff did nothing for him. Otherwise, my guess is that he would be in the portal already.

It would be nice if both guys stayed around to compete, but be prepared that Frost probably wants to bring in "his" guys.
 
Nope, won only the one game where everything fell into place for some strange reason like Ok St the year before. Have NO idea what some of you saw in him.....his fundamentals were awful, and go look at his stats for the last two games of the year when opponents knew he was starting and prepared for him.

And Frost making a pitch for a 1 year only guy in Morris underscores that he and MM are seeing the same thing. It may actually be that they see more potential in Brown, where if you go back to his Miami tape there is something there that last year's staff did nothing for him. Otherwise, my guess is that he would be in the portal already.

It would be nice if both guys stayed around to compete, but be prepared that Frost probably wants to bring in "his" guys.
Same people that said EJ did great in his start. Dude had -6 passing yards and 6 running but he looked great? I saw him looking like he was scared. Throwing to a spot no matter who was in that spot. Not saying he wouldn’t get better, he just wasn’t close to ready and Gus started him.
 
As he should, Frost will try to upgrade the QB position by bringing in someone to compete.

A coach once said to his players, "My job is to bring in someone to take your job. Your job is to make sure he doesn't."
 
Same people that said EJ did great in his start. Dude had -6 passing yards and 6 running but he looked great? I saw him looking like he was scared. Throwing to a spot no matter who was in that spot. Not saying he wouldn’t get better, he just wasn’t close to ready and Gus started him.
Yep, Colson was tiny and scared....clearly not ready to play. He really should have stayed in HS this year.
 
As he should, Frost will try to upgrade the QB position by bringing in someone to compete.

A coach once said to his players, "My job is to bring in someone to take your job. Your job is to make sure he doesn't."
But if he really thought he had something already here he wouldn't be hosting 1 year rentals. Those guys are coming in to start and make more money than say North Texas could pay.
 
I think he would have won more games for us than the QBs Gus played with exception of perhaps Rizk who I believe has real potential.
If Gus changed his plays to keep MK here and happy. MK is an accurate passer and won many games in spite of Gus. If that all happened we probably Have 1 more Conference Championship, make the Cotton Bowl, and we are in a bowl this year. If Gus could have adjusted to passing QB with DG. We may be back to back BIGXII champs and headed to the playoffs. Heres to hoping Frost adjusts the plays to the players and uses the whole field Like he did in 2017. Hungry, scrappy, and Fast is what we need to be. together
 
If Gus changed his plays to keep MK here and happy. MK is an accurate passer and won many games in spite of Gus. If that all happened we probably Have 1 more Conference Championship, make the Cotton Bowl, and we are in a bowl this year. If Gus could have adjusted to passing QB with DG. We may be back to back BIGXII champs and headed to the playoffs. Heres to hoping Frost adjusts the plays to the players and uses the whole field Like he did in 2017. Hungry, scrappy, and Fast is what we need to be. together
Or at least bring guys in that can play in your offense. Gus recruited guys that don’t fit his offense, just because they were best available and helped his recruiting ranking higher. There are a bunch of kids in Florida that can run and not pass great. They were 2 stars and he didn’t want to make class look bad so he didn’t offer them. They could run his high school offense though.
 
Mikey just keeps proving this forums' talent evaluators don't know anything about "poor mechanics" , "noodle arms" or what a good QB looks like.

Mikey was offered and signed by one of the historically best college football programs in the country to play the premier position on the field for their team.

This is a program which year in and year out only offers and signs the elite players in the country and expects to compete for national championships every single year. They offer and usually get whomever they want.....Yet they offered that "bum" so many on this site evaluated as "terrible" and claimed that "any walk on would be better."

Mikey still has to earn the starting job, but the fact that The University of Michigan's Blue Blood program believes he can be their starting QB shows that the kid has talent, doesn't have "poor mechanics", doesn't have " a noodle arm" , has been a good QB all along and that the evaluators on this site don't know anything about evaluating a qb .

Happy for this classy kid who gave his all for UCF and gave fans one of the most memorable victories in UCF history vs UF.
 
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They have the best QB recruit coming in. Underwood. Keene may not be starting for long. They paid a lot to get the 5 Star guy. If he’s ready , he’s starting.
 
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They have the best QB recruit coming in. Underwood. Keene may not be starting for long. They paid a lot to get the 5 Star guy. If he’s ready , he’s starting.
Could very well be he doesn't start, but the fact that the University of Michigan pursued Mikey alone speaks volumes of what an elite program..... who can practically get anyone they want..... thinks of Mikey's abilities.

He'll have to earn the job and prove he's their best QB ....just like he had to and did at UCF and Fresno. Michigan doesn't pursue what they evaluate as mediocre talent. They get the pick of the litter from HS and college transfer players. They obviously already think he can compete with their plethora of 5 and 4 Star QBs.
 
Michigan has the top ranked quarterback in the nation in Underwood and has Kirk Herbstreit son as well. In their class.
 
I think this is the result of the new 105 rule for schools that do revenue sharing. The 85 scholly limit was lifted to 105 next year. Meanwhile total team size is cut down from like 128 players to 105, sacrificing walk-ons.

We'll see a concentration of the best players to rich schools and their walk-ons trickle down non-rev sharing schools. As we see with Mikey, Michigan has the resources to keep more scholarship QBs than before, choking out the less affluent schools. With $22MM to be distributed, the kids will likely prefer taking the money over a chance to play at a poorer school.
 
Michigan has the top ranked quarterback in the nation in Underwood and has Kirk Herbstreit son as well. In their class.
I have a feeling he’ll be like KJ here for us after he was pulled. Just helped QBs and was a cheerleader. He realizes he won’t get nfl money so he may as well get NIL to help other QBs. Maybe he goes into coaching in 2 years.
 
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I have a feeling he’ll be like KJ here for us after he was pulled. Just helped QBs and was a cheerleader. He realizes he won’t get nfl money so he may as well get NIL to help other QBs. Maybe he goes into coaching in 2 years.
That’s what I was thinking Think coaching is a future. Great guy to have in QB room

KJ ugh !!!! KJ really screwed this team this year.
 
Mikey just keeps proving this forums' talent evaluators don't know anything about "poor mechanics" , "noodle arms" or what a good QB looks like.

Mikey was offered and signed by one of the historically best college football programs in the country to play the premier position on the field for their team.

This is a program which year in and year out only offers and signs the elite players in the country and expects to compete for national championships every single year. They offer and usually get whomever they want.....Yet they offered that "bum" so many on this site evaluated as "terrible" and claimed that "any walk on would be better."

Mikey still has to earn the starting job, but the fact that The University of Michigan's Blue Blood program believes he can be their starting QB shows that the kid has talent, doesn't have "poor mechanics", doesn't have " a noodle arm" , has been a good QB all along and that the evaluators on this site don't know anything about evaluating a qb .

Happy for this classy kid who gave his all for UCF and gave fans one of the most memorable victories in UCF history vs UF.
💯

I do not know why UCF fans do not hold him in the same esteem as Milton.
 
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