Congratulations to El Dorado's Taylor Reed, who made his college football debut tonight with Memphis. Reed came off the bench for the Tigers when starting quarterback Andy Summerlin left the game with a knee injury in the first half of a 59-14 loss to Mississippi State at the Liberty Bowl.
Reed entered the game with 13:59 left in the second quarter and completed 23-of-35 passes for 149 yards with a touchdown and an interception. His total might've been higher except for about three dropped passes.
Reed's first collegiate pass was a 10-yard completion for a first down. He lofted an 11-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Rucker in the back of the end zone with 11:40 to go in the fourth quarter.
I don't know if Reed won the starting job but the guys broadcasting the game seemed to be quite impressed.
The Tigers play Auburn next week. While Reed looked good, especially as a true freshman, the rest of his teammates are suspect. Memphis looked like a mediocre high school team with some of the mistakes they made.
The starting quarterback had to burn a timeout because the play clock was winding down. This was the first play after his team entered the field on a change of possession.
The defense would later use a timeout because it had 12 men on the field. This was also the first play of a possession.
That's just bad.
Hopefully, the Tigers will get better. Reed is a proven leader. But, I don't think he should be thrust into such a strong leadership position so early.
I guess we'll see.
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