<![CDATA[Better School For Qbs?]]>I mentioned in another thread the question of which Pac-10 schools produce the better QB. Here I will explore this a bit more. The Three schools in question were: USC, Stanford, and Cal:

Cal QBs:

Joe Kapp

Craig Morton

Steve Bartkowski

Kyle Boller

Aaron Rodgers

Stanford QBs:

Frankie Albert (1940s)

John Brodie

Jim Plunkett

Steve Dils

Turk Schonert

John Elway HOF

Trent Edwards

Andrew Luck

USC QBs:

Bill Nelsen

Pete Beatherd

Pat Haden

Vince Evans

Paul McDonald

Rodney Peete

Todd Marinovich

Rob Johnson

Carson Palmer

Matt Cassell

Matt Leinert

Mark Sanchez

(I think it highly possible that the Browns own Bill Nelsen was the best QB to come out of USC).

What are your thoughts?

Edited: red means title winning QB

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@thenew23 said:

Right on...

Purdue?? Kind of a surprise. I could argue for Michigan because of Brady but I hate them so fu** it...

Why doesn't Ohio State ever put out good QBs?

Brady would constitute Michigan's first HOF QB, Drew Brees who also feels like a HOFer would be Purdue's third. Behind Brady, the best Michigan had was Jim Harbaugh, and he is no HOF candidate.

Plus, people don't know it but Jim Everitt is in like the Top 10 or 15 ever in career yards passing.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/295752https://brownsboard.com/post/295752Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:45:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Better School For Qbs? on Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:11:07 GMT]]>Right on...

Purdue?? Kind of a surprise. I could argue for Michigan because of Brady but I hate them so fu** it...

Why doesn't Ohio State ever put out good QBs?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/295709https://brownsboard.com/post/295709Wed, 25 Jul 2012 00:11:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Better School For Qbs? on Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:32:22 GMT]]>Gip your right on about Bill Nelson...I got to watch him when I was very young...Superb QB...Too bad his knees were shot when we got him...but his arm and accuracy was insane...He made fair hooker and chip glass look good LOL.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/295670https://brownsboard.com/post/295670Tue, 24 Jul 2012 18:32:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Better School For Qbs? on Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:30:56 GMT]]>Lets extrapolate and do this with the Big Ten, HOFers noted, champions highlighted:

Illinois:

Tommy O'Connell

Tony Eason

Jack Trudeau

Jeff George

Indiana:

Babe Laufenberg

Trent Green

Iowa:

Chuck Long (21 NFL starts, most by any Iowa QB)

Mark Vlasic (4 starts)

Michigan:

Jim Harbaugh

Elvis Grbac

Todd Collins

Brian Griese

Tom Brady

Chad Henne

Michigan St.:

Al Dorow

Earl Morrall

Jim Ninowski

Jim Miller

Tony Banks

Minnesota:

Bill Garnass 3 games started in 1940s, most by any Minnesota QB

Nebraska:

Sam Vacante

Jerry Tagge

Vince Ferragamo

Northwestern:

Otto Graham HOF

Ohio State:

Art Schlichter

Tom Tupa

Kent Graham

Mike Tomczak

Bobby Hoying

Troy Smith

Penn St.:

Milt Plum

Pete Liske

Todd Blackledge

Kerry Collins

Purdue:

Len Dawson HOF

Bob Griese HOF

Mike Phipps

Mark Hermann

Jim Everitt

Drew Brees

Kyle Orton

Wisconsin:

Randy Wright 32 starts most by Wisc. QB

Brooks Bollinger

Ron Vanderkellen

Needless to say the undisputed best producer of QBs from the Big Ten has been Purdue, followed probably by Michigan.

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@thenew23 said:

Why is this a topic?

Because I wanted it to be one.

Ohh well... Stanford wins by default b/c of Elway

Of the three, right now Stanford wins...because of Elway/Plunkett/Brodie. Though, in the future, is it possible that some may think that Rodgers is as good or better than Elway?

And when you take the other Pac-10 schools, I am not sure Stanford beats out UCLA. UCLA has more Hall of Famers. Aikman and Waterfield. Aikman QBd more SB winners than Elway. Waterfield QBd a couple of NFL title teams (including the Cleveland Rams...and LA when they moved there)

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/295660https://brownsboard.com/post/295660Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:00:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Better School For Qbs? on Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:41:03 GMT]]>Why is this a topic?

Ohh well... Stanford wins by default b/c of Elway

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/295656https://brownsboard.com/post/295656Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:41:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Better School For Qbs? on Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:04:37 GMT]]>Perhaps I focused on the wrong Pac-10/12 schools. Here are the QBs produced by some other schools in that conference:

UCLA

Bob Waterfield HOF

Billy Kilmer

Jay Schroeder

Steve Bono

Troy Aikman HOF

Tommy Maddox

Washington St.:

Jack Thompson

Mark Rypien

Drew Bledsoe

Ryan Leaf

Washington:

Steve Pelluer

Hugh Millen

Chris Chandler

Mark Brunell

Billy Joe Hobert

Brock Huard

Jake Locker

Oregon:

Norm Van Brocklin HOF

George Shaw

Bob Berry

Dan Fouts HOF

Chris Miller

Akili Smith

Joey Harrington

Kellen Clemons

Dennis Dixon

Oregon St.:

Derek Anderson (Only Ore. St. QB to start more than one NFL game)

Arizona:

Fred Esk 1940s

Arizona St.:

Danny White

Red means title winning QB

Mark Malone

Mike Pagel

Jack Plummer

(Brock Osweiler?)

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