No Vol???

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Their biased list of SEC's greatest coaches goes like this:
1. Urban Meyer
2. Steve Spurrier
3. Ron Zook
4. Gaylen Hall
5. Doug Dickey

 

[monster man]

How does Peerless Price and Willie Gault not even get honorable mention.

What a biased list.

 

[VOLnMiami]

Although it’s a bit premature to be talking about it --- after all there is an entire season to be played in the fall --- Tim Tebow is on the verge of becoming a college football legend that will be talked about for the ages. What makes the Tebow legend so impressive is that his body of work has been accomplished in a league that has produced so many outstanding quarterbacks. When it comes to quarterbacks the Southeastern Conference doesn’t take a back seat to any league in the country.

Tebow cemented his place in college football history in 2008 by almost willing the Florida Gators to victories in the fourth quarter of the SEC Championship Game against Alabama and in the BCS National Championship Game against Oklahoma. In both those games Tebow took over the game in the fourth quarter to lead Florida to victory. He ran over, around and through defenders and he made all the clutch passes --- two touchdown passes in the fourth quarter against Alabama, a game-clincher in the fourth quarter against Oklahoma.

What he did in those two games elevated Tebow to the top of the list among the best quarterbacks ever to play in the Southeastern Conference. The SEC’s all-time list is so impressive that quarterbacks such as Joe Namath, Kenny Stabler, Y.A. Tittle and Eli Manning can’t crack the top ten. Namath, Stabler and Tittle all went on to win MVP honors in the National Football League while Manning is a Super Bowl MVP.

Here is the Gator Country top ten list of the best quarterbacks ever in the Southeastern Conference. Tomorrow, the top ten running backs.

1. TIM TEBOW, FLORIDA: This is a difficult choice to make only because his career is ongoing, but it’s hard to argue with the body of work. He made significant contributions mostly as a runner in Florida’s 2006 national championship when he was just a freshman, became the first sophomore to ever win the Heisman Trophy in 2007 and then led the Gators to the 2008 national championship. His numbers are already staggering and they’re only going to get better. He’s thrown for 6,390 yards and 67 touchdowns while running for 2,037 yards and 43 touchdowns. If he has anything close to what he’s done the last two seasons, he will finish his college career responsible for 150 touchdowns, which will be an NCAA record. Should the Gators win their second straight national championship, the talk will heat up that Tebow might be the best player in the history of the college game.

2. DANNY WUERFFEL, FLORIDA: It’s very hard not to select him as the greatest quarterback in the history of the SEC but what Tebow has done is phenomenal. That doesn’t detract from a tremendous career for Danny, who finished second in the 1995 Heisman Trophy race and then won it in 1996 while leading the Gators to the national championship. He threw for 10,875 yards and 114 touchdowns as the Gators won four consecutive Southeastern Conference championships. The Gators were 45-6-1 during his four years. He was a part-time starter as a freshman and sophomore. As a junior he threw for 3,266 yards and 35 touchdowns while leading the Gators to the national championship game against Nebraska in the Fiesta Bow. In Florida’s national championship season of 1996, he passed for 3,625 yards and 39 touchdowns. Only a matter of another year or two before he’s in the College Football Hall of Fame.

3. ARCHIE MANNING, OLE MISS: Archie was the most electrifying player of his era. His 540-yard game (436 passing, 104 rushing) against Alabama in 1969 is still the single game standard by which every SEC quarterback is measured. Had he played on a team with better talent, he would have won at least one Heisman Trophy. For his career, Archie threw for 4,753 yards and 56 touchdowns and ran for 823 yards and 14 touchdowns. Finished third in the Heisman voting in 1969 and fourth in 1970. He led Ole Miss to three bowl games (Liberty, Sugar, Gator) in an era when there were only a handful of bowls. Selected to the College Football Hall of Fame. Had a very good pro football career on some very bad New Orleans Saints teams.

4. PEYTON MANNING, TENNESSEE: Florida fans love to point out that Peyton was 0-4 against the Gators but he was 39-2 against everyone else. He threw for 11,201 yards and 89 touchdowns in his Tennessee career, leading the Vols to the SEC championship in 1997. A first team All-American selection in 1997, he was edged out in the Heisman Trophy vote by Charles Woodson of Michigan. In that season, Manning threw for 3,819 yards and 37 touchdowns. He has gone on to a great NFL career, winning the MVP three times while leading the Indianapolis Colts to the Super Bowl championship in 2006. He’s on track to finish as the most prolific passer in the history of pro football. He will be in the college and pro halls of fame at some point in time.

5. STEVE SPURRIER, FLORIDA: Spurrier not only transformed Florida football into the modern era but he turned the Southeastern Conference into a more wide open league with pro-style offenses. He was the master of the fourth quarter comeback, sealing his Heisman Trophy in 1966 by kicking a 40-yard field goal against Auburn in the closing seconds. He passed for 4,848 yards and 36 touchdowns, starting two and a half years. He led the Gators to the Sugar Bowl in 1965 and the Orange Bowl in 1966. Spurrier also transformed the SEC as a coach, leading the Gators to a 122-27-1 record, six SEC championships and the 1966 national championship. Member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

6. PAT SULLIVAN, AUBURN: He won the Heisman Trophy in 1971, edging Ed Marinaro in one of the closest Heisman votes ever. He threw for 20 touchdown passes and 2,012 yards that season and those were considered incredible numbers for that era. In his Auburn career, Sullivan threw for 57 touchdowns and ran for 18. Those 75 touchdowns tied the NCAA record at the time. Finished his career with 6,284 passing yards. He was an academic All-American. Now the head coach at Samford University. Member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

7. BABE PARILLI, KENTUCKY: A two-time All-American at Kentucky, he led the Bear Bryant-coached Wildcats to three straight bowl wins (1949-51) including a win over national champion Oklahoma in the Sugar Bowl (national champions were voted on BEFORE the bowls in those days). Parilli threw for 4,351 yards and 50 touchdowns in his three years as a starter and he also played middle linebacker. Went on to have a great pro football career in the AFL with the Boston Patriots. He earned a Super Bowl ring as Joe Namath’s backup with the 1968 New York Jets, who beat the Baltimore Colts to become the first AFL team to win the championship.

8. HARRY GILMER, ALABAMA: Because he played in the post-World War II era he has never been given near enough credit for how good he was. He was the punter, placekicker, quarterback and safety. He threw for 13 touchdowns and ran for nine in 1946, a phenomenal total in that era. He was the MVP while leading Bama to a 34-14 win over Southern Cal in the Rose Bowl that year. He was also a terrific punt returner who averaged 14.5 per return for his career. He’s in the College Football Hall of Fame.

9. CHARLEY CONERLY, OLE MISS: Began his Ole Miss career in 1942 then joined the Marines where he was decorated for heroism in the South Pacific. When he returned to Ole Miss, he was a consensus All-American selection and the 1947 SEC Player of the Year. He led Ole Miss to the SEC championship that year, throwing for 18 touchdowns and running for nine more. He finished fourth in the Heisman Trophy balloting and was offered baseball contracts after hitting .467 for the Rebels in the spring of 1948. He went on to have a great NFL career, leading the New York Giants to three championships and making the Pro Bowl twice. He was the NFL MVP in 1959. Member of the College Football Hall of Fame.

10. BERT JONES, LSU: Pro scouts swore they saw Jones throw a football from one end zone into the other on the fly. Longtime scouts say only John Elway and Doug Williams had comparable arm strength. Jones also had a bit of Tebow in him in that he wasn’t afraid to use his feet. The big difference in Jones and Tebow, however, is that Bert Jones separated shoulders when he tried to run over people. Tebow tends to separate safeties from their helmets. Because of the injuries, Jones only started 17 games in his LSU career, throwing for 3,225 yards and 28 touchdowns while leading the Tigers to a 14-2-1 record. He was a first team All-American in 1972 and Sporting News College Football Player of the Year. The son of former NFL great Dub Jones, Bert went on to have a very successful NFL career (NFL MVP in 1976) before all the shoulder and neck injuries ended his career prematurely.

HONORABLE MENTION: Rex Grossman, Florida; Kerwin Bell, Florida, Shane Matthews, Florida; Chris Leak, Florida; John Reaves, Florida; Dixie Howell, Alabama; Kenny Stabler, Alabama; Joe Namath, Alabama; Steve Sloan, Alabama; Richard Todd, Alabama; Jay Barker, Alabama; Eric Zeier, Georgia; John Rauch, Georgia; Francis Tarkenton, Georgia; David Greene, Georgia; Tim Couch, Kentucky; Y.A. Tittle, LSU; Jake Gibbs, Ole Miss; Eli Manning, Ole Miss; Don Smith, Mississippi State; Dewey Warren, Tennessee; Tee Martin, Tennessee; Whit Taylor, Vanderbilt; Jay Cutler, Vanderbilt.

No homerism anywhere on that list :lolabove: