Unconquered

EJ does run...I dont know if you saw Ward play but in his JR year there were times when he looked like Big Time Crap...EJs JR Yr was just as good as Wards..Not to mention Ward did not get hurt and our OL was not beat up like last year..Wards OL was one of the best in the nation..

Thanks for the downvote by the way....EJ doesn't like to run. He doesn't utilize his talent well. If a play is broken he should realize it and make something happen because he can. I does not read situations well. EJ is a RS senior making freshman mistakes like staring down receivers. I like EJ's talent as much as anyone else and I want him to succeed but he just does not play well in this offense and I don't think this year will change that. OL aside, I think he is a good QB. He will not become great until the basics are fixed. But like I said his stats mean nothing to me. When you are a Junior I expect you to make better judgement calls on 3rd and 3 and equivalent situations where a broken play could have been bounced out at least to get the 1st.

Now you get my downvote......I guess someone else did not agree with you..

Dub...maybe better RBs....Do yo know who they were in 92....They were better...at that point...EJ is by far our best QB...

Dub...I agree we should play more to his strengths..It drives me crazy he does not run more..FSU is not getting the hype like they did last year and I love it...This team wil be great next year..

I remember running before he got hurt. Maybe I was hallucinating that????
Look at his numbers last year......then get back to me about him being worse than Coker/Trickett.

Comparisons to Ward are just silly for two reasons. First, Charlie CLEARLY turned the corner in his junior year, EJ at the end of his junior year captained the biggest stinkfest on offense I have ever seen with an FSU team (UF Game) and secondly, the offense Charlie was in threw downfield a lot more than the offense we run now. We dink and dunk a lot more so the stats are going to look better. What the stats do not show are how many "game changing" plays the QB is responsible for. If they measured a stat like that it wouldn't be close between Ward and EJ.

G&G its not silly and you must not have seen Ward play..He threw short passes all the time..Ward looked like crap in his JR YR......Wards line was much better than EJs...If the OL stays heathy they will be good..

My pucker factor peaks everytime EJ loads up and chucks it down the middle. I'll give him probably being a tad gunshy due to his OL, but dang it man, read the D dude!

I have been a huge Coker proponent but the only series (granted it was only one) I saw him in he couldn't hit the field, let alone a target. Nerves I'm sure, but I have to say Trickett, given a summer, may not be out of the question for us.

No matter what, that D will keep us in every game this year. Nasty is about all that can be said about them.

Think about this too he took what 2-3 sacks in the game all were 1 to 2 hand touches ej is 6foot 5 240-250 one or two hands isn't gonna bring him down u need your whole body to do that. One of those sack was a tap and he completed a perfectly thrown 50 yard pass for a touchdown what will ej be able to do if he can be touched and step up in the pocket a deliver a dime if they were playing legit he wouldnt have been getting the ball out of his hands so quickly trying to avoid being touched by a finger just give it time if he stays healthy the offense will be great with options and the threat for him to run. JUst hope to god he stays health

Bmaster,
I'm not sure if you saw Charlie play because after the GT game he simply blew up. The guy finished 6th in the heisman voting his junior year. Did EJ get a heisman vote? Charlie was the best QB in FSU history and everyone knew that at the end of his junior year. You can't compare Charlie stats since he didn't finish most games his junior year. If you take away the early picks prior to the fast break offense, his stats standup to anyone in the country. Are you really saying Charlie wouldn't have scored more points in the swamp last year then EJ? What about against an average UVA team? What about against an average ND team?

CJ

An elite OL can make an average QB look elite- Leinheart
A poor OL can make an elite QB look average.
I believe EJ threw 20 TD's and had 8 Int's last year, not bad at all.

As far as Charlie Ward goes, he had the one of the keenest instincts on when exactly to run I've ever seen. Average but accurate arm. I'll disagree with one of the above posters, after the first 4-5 games of his redshirt junior year And 16 Ints thrown...a lot...A LOT of fans wanted Ward benched. The shotgun/fastbreak offense saved him and FSU that year.