{"id":1937,"date":"2011-01-09T21:05:56","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T02:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1937"},"modified":"2011-01-09T21:07:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T02:07:10","slug":"mike-barber-reports-kansas-state-qb-transfers-to-jmu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=1937","title":{"rendered":"Mike Barber Reports Kansas State QB Transfers to JMU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mike Barber from the Harrisonburg Daily News reported that QB Bill Cosh is transferring from Kansas State to JMU<\/a>.\u00a0Mickey Matthews had indicated that he’d be open to\u00a0bringing in a transfer QB in the offseason and I guess he was serious.<\/p>\n

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.\u00a0Thorpe has the most experience, but has yet to throw the ball consistently\u00a0on the college level. He’s an outstanding runner though.\u00a0The 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!<\/p>\n

This certainly makes things interesting for JMU.\u00a0Obviously after struggling on offense this past year, changes had to be made going forward. We could\u00a0be looking at a\u00a0complete change in the offensive philosophy however.\u00a0Rumor 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?<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Check out highlights of Billy Cosh here<\/a>, here<\/a>, and here<\/a>.<\/p>\n