Hoosier_Vol
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Well I wasn't alive 150 years ago but in my lifetime those are up there. Don't see anybody else throwing out names so give your list
This will be considered blasphemy here, but people don't realize/have forgotten that Peyton is as well-known as he is because of his NFL career, not his college career. In college (and until he won his first Super Bowl, actually) Peyton was known as a guy who put up a ton of stats but was something of a choke artist. 0-4 against Florida, that inexplicable 1996 loss to Memphis, destroyed by Nebraska in his final college game. He was very good against Alabama though and did win an SECCG in his final season. He didn't become the figure he's known as today until the middle of his NFL career though.Peyton is WAY too high.
RGIII might be as bad as an example as you could find for your argument. Yikes.Probably because system QBs abound everywhere in college football and have for almost forever. Also, overwhelming team talent has led to many Heisman winners, like, Miami's Gino Torretta, or Oklahoma's Jason White. For every Andrew Luck, there's a system guy like Robert Griffin III soaking up all the stats and trophies. Griffin didn't have to read defenses and didn't have to get his team into a presnap position. And when he got to the NFL was exposed as so many college "greats" are. Then there is the unwashed and unkempt of the sports media who for generations willingly allow themselves to become prisoners of the moment. Like ESPN, they never saw a stat they didn't love.
You can easily venture out with your personal opinion but you end up swimming in these types of murky waters.
Right, but he was still a college QB which seems to be the only qualifier. Tebow had far more help at UF than Cam had at Auburn. Imo he was the most dominant QB in recent memory. The fact he made Chizik a championship winning coach proves that.Probably because that dominant season was his only season.
Right, but he was still a college QB which seems to be the only qualifier. Tebow had far more help at UF than Cam had at Auburn. Imo he was the most dominant QB in recent memory. The fact he made Chizik a championship winning coach proves that.
Sure the Briles offense is a scheming nightmare, but RGIII was an athletic freak that allowed for things no other offense could do, or frankly, have done since. He lit it up his rookie season in the NFL. Only thing that stopped him was the knee injuries.