Stephen Johnson had a rough outing against Vanderbilt, we all saw it. We all let out heavy sighs and mumbled under our breaths when thrown balls hit the turf, sailed over the receivers’ heads, and nearly fell into the mitts of multiple defenders. “That ball was almost intercepted” was said by the announcers at least six times by my count, and one of those throws was effortlessly picked off. Johnson had a bad game, simple as that.
When things got ugly in the passing department on Saturday, the immediate reaction for fans was to look to backup QB Gunnar Hoak in hopes of righting the ship and putting a W in the win column, myself included.