Mike Barber Reports Kansas State QB Transfers to JMU
Mike Barber from the Harrisonburg Daily News reported that QB Bill Cosh is transferring from Kansas State to JMU. Mickey Matthews had indicated that he’d be open to bringing in a transfer QB in the offseason and I guess he was serious.
As Barber points out, the move leaves JMU with 4 QB’s on the roster. Former CAA Offensive Rookie of the Year, Justin Thorpe, wild-cat wonder Dae’Quan Scott, Jace Edwards, and now Cosh. Thorpe has the most experience, but has yet to throw the ball consistently on the college level. He’s an outstanding runner though. The same can be said for Dae’Quan Scott. Edwards is a dual threat who supposedly throws the ball a bit better than Scott or Thorpe. Cosh on the other hand, sounds like a pure passer. He set all sorts of records in the state of Maryland, tossing for over 3,900 yards and 56 touchdowns in 2009!
This certainly makes things interesting for JMU. Obviously after struggling on offense this past year, changes had to be made going forward. We could be looking at a complete change in the offensive philosophy however. Rumor had it that Edwards was in the running for the starting job and that he has the arm to be a real passing threat. He ran for over 900 yards his senior year in high school though, so chances are he’d fit with the Dukes typical offense. This Cosh kid sounds like he can just sling it though. Even Mickey Matthews wouldn’t bring him in and not air it out, would he?
I know recruits always sound great on paper, but I’m beyond excited for Cosh anyway. Watching JMU’s offense was just brutal last year. The team had so many weapons that they just couldn’t utilize consistently. Thorpe has the most experience of the four QB’s on the roster, but Todd and I have long been in favor of playing more a slash role. He’s such a talent that he could play tailback, wide receiver, or QB. Same thing with Dae’Quan Scott. Maybe now Mickey can let Edwards and Cosh battle it out at QB and utilize the other two elsewhere. The Dukes could be awfully tough to prepare for and even harder to stop, if Matthews gets creative with all these weapons.
Someone needs to get to work on an Aaron Corp-esque web site!
Looked at some of the K-State web sites and the news seems legit. He’s the son of K-State’s Defensive Coordinator, for what that’s worth. His other offers out of HS weren’t as big (East Carolina, Kentucky), but he seems to have a rocket for an arm. Seems to be a pure pocket passer, and we’d certainly have to move away from the read-option with him at the helm. Found a recruiting video on him from the Post, too. Redshirted as a freshman, so has four years of eligibility left.
Definitely a heck of a pickup. Will be interesting to see how we use him.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/video/2009/04/02/VI2009040201553.html
I am no football expert, but I have to believe that I-aa schools have to take whatever talent they can get and rework the system to fit the talent. They can’t get too picky. Plus, if this guy can get JMU to 13 points, it would be better than last year.
I don’t think FCS schools have to beg BCS transfers to play for them, but the competition for their services is definitely tough. That makes me think Cosh must have at least some indication from the coaches that they’re open to moving to a passing attack if he wins the job.
Wouldn’t we need receivers to switch to a passing attack?
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This.
Because Seaton and Hunter just aren’t doing it for me.
Whoa! This blog looks exactly like my old one! It’s on a totally different topic but
it has pretty much the same page layout and design.
Superb choice of colors!