Silver Lining: Philo redshirt in tact

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Agree.

But I wonder if we would have won if he plays last night. Either with 1 minute to go in regulation (with two timeouts!) to get us into field goal range.

Or as a change of pace in any of the OTs...

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GTBandit22 said:
Haynes had 400 yards of offense. You dance with the one that brought you. Just came up short
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I love the game HfK played. He was outstanding.

But he might have suffered a concussion with 2 minutes to go. Philo has the better skillset to optimize the last minute of regulation.

In hindsight, I wish we could have used Philo situationally. That is not intended as a slight against King in any way.

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So what do we make of HK ? He looked done last night at press conference. At some point the injuries get to you. Not sure he has another surgery/recovery/season in him?
 
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I knew this would happen .
For some reason some of you guys will always love the backup more than the starter . King played his best game of the year and y’all still can’t avoid the temptation of bringing up your favorite player ,The backup QB .
We lost. To a more talented team, in a gut wrenching way no doubt . Out played them but one or two plays can beat you in a game on the road against a team like that. I think for some reason most people don’t understand how big King is from a leadership standpoint on this team. Philo is gonna be good but let’s enjoy the best QB we’ve had in a non triple option system since Godsey.
 

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gtee91 said:
So what do we make of HK ? He looked done last night at press conference. At some point the injuries get to you. Not sure he has another surgery/recovery/season in him?
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Go watch keys presser. He looks emotionally exhausted and said the rest of the team was the exact same way. They put it all on the field. We have about 3 weeks of recovery.

Why aren't we talking about Haynes Kings performance last night. He's getting national attention for his warrior playing
 
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wvGT11 said:
Go watch keys presser. He looks emotionally exhausted and said the rest of the team was the exact same way. They put it all on the field. We have about 3 weeks of recovery.

Why aren't we talking about Haynes Kings performance last night. He's getting national attention for his warrior playing
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Yes, and everyone is different, sometimes people make "business decisions " about what is best for them personally - who knows - anything is possible
 
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gtee91 said:
So what do we make of HK ? He looked done last night at press conference. At some point the injuries get to you. Not sure he has another surgery/recovery/season in him?
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I look done this morning and I’m not the one that got hit 30 times last night, nor am I the one who worked years for a game like that to see it taken away by a combination of officiating, injuries, and play calling. He’s a warrior and I fully expect he’ll be back next year.
 

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He was being sarcastic. Every Tech fan knows Haynes King turned in the most heroic performance by a Tech quarterback in decades last night. Just sucks it came in a loss.
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King is hurting harder than any of us. He has to be in physical pain as well.
Watching the game last night I said jokingly that was the greatest recovery in history or the biggest “rope a dope” in history. I think the truth is that he still isn’t 100% and he put it all out there last night. An unreal gutsy performance and I really hope he can get healthy this offseason. I would not be shocked if we don’t see him at all in a bowl game.
Every person who has ever played or coached has uttered the cliche of leaving it all on the field… Haynes King just personified it
 
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AUFC said:
He was being sarcastic. Every Tech fan knows Haynes King turned in the most heroic performance by a Tech quarterback in decades last night. Just sucks it came in a loss.
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I thought he was being sarcastic too until he doubled down on it
 

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Natehosch said:
I knew this would happen .
For some reason some of you guys will always love the backup more than the starter . King played his best game of the year and y’all still can’t avoid the temptation of bringing up your favorite player ,The backup QB .
We lost. To a more talented team, in a gut wrenching way no doubt . Out played them but one or two plays can beat you in a game on the road against a team like that. I think for some reason most people don’t understand how big King is from a leadership standpoint on this team. Philo is gonna be good but let’s enjoy the best QB we’ve had in a non triple option system since Godsey.
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The announcers were saying this was probably the best game of his career. Kings leadership and decision making are top shelf - he’s an amazing football player.
 

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Fatmike91 said:
Agree.

But I wonder if we would have won if he plays last night. Either with 1 minute to go in regulation (with two timeouts!) to get us into field goal range.

Or as a change of pace in any of the OTs...

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King threw the ball very fast in many cases which I am not sure a freshman would pick up. Also he hung in the pocket with players all around him. Both of those take a lot of experience.
 
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