The Buff's Montez is as senior a QB one will see in college. Tons of experience and a super solid performer. They were averaging about 35 PPG, until playing the Ducks. He completed just 56% of his passes, no TDs and four INTs.
Modster has his first start for us, 15 throws the prior two weeks, 79 passes with UCLA a couple years ago, yet our offense and the Buffs managed the same pathetic 4 yards per play against Oregon. And we scored a TD, the only ones to do so since Auburn in week 1.
If Modster ramps up to the 68% completion rate and overall effectiveness we saw in CG's last couple games or Bowers too for that matter (last few games), the offense will pick-up, again. Once our QBs reached such effectiveness, they were no longer available.
From another thread, CG's numbers for his last two games (Ole Miss and ASU):
Completion rate = 68%
TD/INT = 5:1
Yards/attempt = 10+
Rating = 180+
That, especially with this D, will win plenty of games.
Modster doing 36 and 50% and more INTs than TDs is a radical drop in performance. With his prior experience and apparent talent, let's hope he is a quick study.
