I watched the thing on TV at 4:30 this morning.
My observations:
1) Kerryon Johnson and Sean White are made of spun sugar. Breathe on them and they break. I felt bad for Johnson because he was having a great day.
2) Hard to tell what the defense is going to do because they were so limited.
3) At least our defense didn't cause the game to be stopped and generate the first ejection for targeting in the history of spring games. Looking at you, Mississippi State. How stupid can you possibly be.
4) Crowd was fair. I'm sure we'll be roundly ridiculed for only having 45,000 or so in attendance. It's a spring game, not a test of loyalty.
5) For the first time that I can remember we have a quarterback that actually LOOKS like a quarterback. He's got fluidity, his release is quarterbacky, his trajectory is right, his footwork is spot on and I even saw him check down a few times. I saw him throw with touch and on a line. I saw him lay balls over the defense and thread needles. I like Sean White, I really do. I hate it for him, but Stidham has the look and feel of an honest to goodness legit quarterback. I tried to think back to a time when we had a QB who had a full bag of tools and the same kind of polish Stidham does. I couldn't find one in my memory banks. For as long as I can remember we've either had a kid playing his guts out and above his head (White, Brandon Cox, Ben Leard, Randy Campbell, Chris Tood, Daniel Cobb), somebody with insane talent that made things work (Cam, Nick Marshall, Dameyune) or we've had a clusterfuck (Fraztrotersly, Kodi). The closest I guess we've come to having a "quarterback quarterback" is either Jason Campbell or Jeff Burger unless you dip all the way back to Sullivan. I know I've only seen a half, and a spring game half at that, but Stidham aced the eye test. He looks in command and in control.
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