Allan Everidge would have won that game for us.
Cosh looks accurate with a good arm.
Cosh IS accurate with a good arm. No one has stopped him the last 2 years though he & Arundel were outscored in last years State Semi-Final and this year's Quarter-Final. But, when the #1 ranked team can only generate 55 points, guess they deserve to get beat.
Yes, very nice HS jargon, lest we forget (as we all fall in love with Cosh's HS stats) that CC never lost a HS game as a starter. Just sayin'
Raypec was in Missouri class 5, the largest class. "Big time" Missouri football, against teams from big cities and large suburban areas.
Arundel is 4A. The smallest 25% are in 1A, ........ the largest 25% are in 4A.
I think all 4A schools are over 2,000 students.
MD football doesn't compare with TX or FL football, that's for sure. But, this isn't 3A Kansas football either. A lot of big schools in the Baltimore and DC suburbs and in between.
Arundel would be undefeated if they had a defense. I posted a couple weeks ago, that no team would stop Arundel and Cosh, but, someone might outscore them in the playoffs. And, that is just what happened Friday. 55 points wasn't enough. While Cosh threw for 434 yards and 4 TDs, Josh Furman of Old Mill was unstoppable and ran for 414 yards.
The best comparisons (at least for us) that can possibly be made are to Chase Daniel and Todd Reesing. You seem to have seen quite a bit of Cosh, is that just as a fan or are you "scouting?"
I'd love to get an expert opinion about how Cosh stacks up to those two. I suspect that most of what makes those two great is mental. Neither one of those two had many big time offers.
As I have said before, the only thing that gives me any hope for Cosh is that Skip Holtz and Rich Brooks both offered him. By comparison, Daniel had offers from O-State, aTm, Stanford, Maryland and Mizzou...with Texas rumored to have offered late. Reesing only had offers from ku and Duke, but put up crazy numbers in Texas.
I'm not an expert. Just a fan (and KSU graduate). Just fun to watch someone run an offense with such poise and precision. I've never seen any high school team so polished. If behind with 2 min. to go, he is who I would want in there as QB. They always ran a 2 min. offense (no huddle and snap the ball as soon as the referee walks away, except for a few audibles) the whole season though they did have running plays mixed in with the passes.
Not sure how you would go about comparing Reesing or Daniels against Cosh. Doubt anyone saw them all or even two of them given distance between. I sure don't know much about Reesing or Daniels in high school.
I suspect that Cosh didn't receive more offers because of his Dad being a KSU coach. Sounded like others were talking to him. I really think he should be higher than a 3 star. Probably due to lack of offers. Don't see how a 4 or 5 star pro-style QB could be much better than him. Certainly there are dual threat QBs that can run better, but Cosh can run. In the game a week ago, he had 18 carries and the RB had 21. When needing 2-4 yards on 3rd or 4th down, Cosh carried the ball for the first down. But, that was largely due to the light rain falling which impacted Cosh's accuracy and the receptions. As a runner, he is not a Roberson, but he is not a Coffman either. He can run the option, but I've seen it no more than once a game, and not at all the last 2 games. Their run game has been primarily straight ahead and no long runs.
I'm really hoping that we can get Cam Newton or another talented Juco so that Cosh can redshirt and run the scout team for a year. My main worry is the difference between D1 secondary and the shorter secondary he has been facing. He has been able to put the ball where only the receiver can get it, but D1 cornerbacks won't be so easy to get past. Now, he never throws it away, so he might try too hard in college and suffer some picks. I would like to see him have time to adjust though I think he will be better than Freeman in all respects other than Freeman probably had the stronger (but less accurate) arm.
I don't care how good a runner Harper is, if he can't pass, the D will put nine in the box to stop the run. To win the big games, you have to have some passing ability. Gregory didn't give us that. Roberson, Beasley, Bishop gave us that. Not great passers, but good enough to keep the D honest.
