Comments on The Only Game That Matters: Juice Williams: Purveyor of Pain

You didn't exactly address my points B2... I'm not...

2008-10-08T18:23:00.000-04:00

You didn't exactly address my points B2...

I'm not trying to rip on him, I'm just not willing to fawn all over Juice Williams because he can complete a pass behind the line of scrimmage or that he made an accurate downfield throw... I feel that the numbers were a result of one of the worst defensive efforts of recent memory and not of superior play on his part.

That's my point, Champ. I wasn't as visually impr...

2008-10-07T23:20:00.000-04:00

That's my point, Champ. I wasn't as visually impressed, but damn, the numbers are there "impressive" or not.

And before people say "most of his yardage was on a screen" we've yet to see sustained accuracy from Threet on those little passes - maybe a little more credit due to Juice and all QB's who make their living on "easy" throws.

Statistics may not convey the "wow" factor that Dixon had, but the numbers in this case aren't lying.

Ok, there's no way anyone will interpret this corr...

2008-10-07T17:03:00.000-04:00

Ok, there's no way anyone will interpret this correctly, but... I disagree. Lies, damn lies, and statistics. This is a classic case of the statistics not conveying the true story of the football game.

Juice Williams was hardly spectacular, in fact he was nowhere NEAR as impressive as Dixon was last year.

The levels of incompetence that the Michigan defense displayed on Saturday were not because Williams is some supreme talent who was having his coming out party, sorry fellas. Williams racked up his yards thanks to HORRIFIC tackling, terrible assignment football, and just plain outright god-awful execution.

Williams' performance, while certainly impressive for the numbers, did not leave me with the same "WOAH" impression that Dixon or Troy Smith or even Vince Young did. It simply wasn't even in the same ballpark.

Agreed, Frank.

2008-10-07T12:34:00.000-04:00

Agreed, Frank.

Simply an amazing performance by Juice, especially...

2008-10-07T11:30:00.000-04:00

Simply an amazing performance by Juice, especially since there's always some type of supernatural hex on Illinois every time that we play Michigan. I don't think the Illini are as good as last year's Rose Bowl team (the defense has slipped substantially), but I still think a New Year's Day game is still a reasonable goal.