Tom Herman's Weekly Press Conference Updates

[Jameson McCausland]

On Heard at QB-"His usage is always going to be dependent on the health of the other two QB's"

 

[Jameson McCausland]

"When both quarterbacks are cleared to play, we are able to play Jerrod at WR and have him run more wildcat stuff"

 

[Jameson McCausland]

On Shane Buechele-"He knows he can do more. He knows that he can play better. This is a guy that has some experience and is a guy that has played well in meaningful games"

 

[Jameson McCausland]

More on Buechele-"He's never too high and never too low"

 

[Jameson McCausland]

"I obviously did not expect the struggles offensively. I did know that this is a banner year in terms of depth in the Big 12."-Herman on if he expected the season to play out the way it has

 

[Jameson McCausland]

That's all from Tom Herman.

 

[North Texas Golfer]

On Tim Beck and play calling-"Naashon Hughes has seen 33 different assistant coaches come through here. Continuity and consistency with your staff is one of the most important things in college football.

There are very, very few fans and posters on Texas websites who get this. 

And, in case you didn't know it, Tom Herman gets this. 

 

[DBut82]

When asked about Jerrod Heard and the possibility of him getting more snaps at QB, Herman points out that a lot of his usage is dependent on how healthy Sam Ehlinger. He does not want to risk losing his only backup QB if Ehlinger is not available.

This only makes sense to me IF he's concerned about Heard's contribution to the team as a WR. And I can't imagine he would be considering WR is the deepest group on the team. He could easily start Heard and have Shane as backup. With Sam hurt and Shane not being able to perform consistently due to the OL, why wouldn't Tom at least give it a shot? It's not like Heard hasn't won games as QB...and imo he'd at least be as efficient as Sam...

 

[dillohorn]

I could play QB on this team. I am able to take a TFL every snap behind this OL..