B1G has some PUTRID QBs
It’s embarrassing how bad some B1G QBs are and the putridity is not limited to the West.
Mr Most Putrid: Drew Allar. Cant’t throw a long pass even if the defense stayed in the locker room.
But other putrid QBs go to:
Iowa: Hall can say he is a backup AND “coached” by Brian Ferentz so he has valid excuse notes from the doctor. But he is unwatchably bad. And until the last drive of the game, I-wa (No O) had NEGATIVE YARDS in the 2d half.
Minny: Kalifikeleilahaleli (or whatever his name is) threw the ball into the ground in front of multiple open receivers. Awful.
Indiana: “If you have two QBs, you have none.” But what if you have two truly horrible QBs? Do you have less than none? Yes, yes you do
Its sad that even bad QBs at NU (either one), NU (the other one) and Rutgerz are not so putrid as to not be bad enough to qualify as among the very worst QBs in this conference.
PROGRAMMING NOTE: I reserve the right to modify this list in 3.5 hrs when we see hiw bad Sparty’s QB is.
October 21st, 2023 at 7:34 PM ^
Iowa’s offensive is horrible. Soul crushing to watch
October 21st, 2023 at 7:34 PM ^
Sic transit Gloria… Glory fades.
October 21st, 2023 at 7:38 PM ^
Maybe instead of telling all the schools they think Michigan is cheating, the B1G should tell them to get better QBs and offenses.
October 21st, 2023 at 10:17 PM ^
address the REAL issues
October 21st, 2023 at 7:42 PM ^
Stroud was exceptional. We are seeing that now with how he's playing in the NFL and how much worse OSU looks on offense.
Love that he was 0-2
October 21st, 2023 at 9:25 PM ^
I'm pretty surprised by how good he's looked in the NFL. It seemed like he got happy feet and lost his mechanics every time he got pressured in college. But he looks very polished for a rookie and really can drop passes into insanely small windows downfield
October 21st, 2023 at 11:05 PM ^
Stroud had experience playing under heavy pressure at Ohio State. Two games worth!
To be fair to Stroud, I thought he did have a great game in 2021 and made some nice throws under pressure. Yes, he had NFL quality receivers to throw to--which never hurts--but he was able to make some great throws. It wasn't his fault his defense couldn't stop the run.
He didn't have a bad game in 2022, either. He did make some questionable decisions--like the shovel pass intercepted by Taylor Upshaw. But that can be addressed by good coaching, and frankly at that point in the game they were desperate (i.e., down 38-23). It wasn't his fault his defense didn't bother with safety help, either.
October 21st, 2023 at 9:51 PM ^
It says a lot about those last two defenses. Especially 2021. That was an all-timer.
October 22nd, 2023 at 9:07 AM ^
This 100%. Those OSU games were about the defenses. Ours shined and the OSU defenses were crap - as usual.
October 21st, 2023 at 7:51 PM ^
McCord, though not bad, is not good.
October 21st, 2023 at 8:24 PM ^
He’s definitely a step down
October 21st, 2023 at 9:05 PM ^
He's McCordinary
October 22nd, 2023 at 9:16 AM ^
He's solid and getting better. The key to him - and their offense - is their OL and if they can continue to improve - they had huge problems earlier in the year,,,,,,definitely their problem unit on that team.
October 21st, 2023 at 8:05 PM ^
McCarthy's not one of 'em.
October 21st, 2023 at 8:15 PM ^
They got a good one in JJ though. He’s lighting East Lansing on fire right now and I’m honestly okay with saying best ever at UM at this point.
October 21st, 2023 at 8:25 PM ^
we were one of those teams once
*shudders*
October 21st, 2023 at 11:26 PM ^
I tried to watch a replay from a few years ago where we **shudders** completely ignored that Nico was on the team and only checked the ball down... it was bad.
October 22nd, 2023 at 8:53 AM ^
Not *that* bad. Patterson would be the third best QB in this big ten (right now) after JJ & McCord. Same can probably be said for Speight or Ruddock.
October 22nd, 2023 at 9:35 AM ^
The funny part - PSU was putting Allar up there but let's be honest, they've played a Mickey Mouse schedule up to this point. Hard to judge teams - and players - until they play someone
October 21st, 2023 at 9:05 PM ^
It’s halftime. You can modify the list now.
October 21st, 2023 at 9:07 PM ^
Eleven warriors claims McCarthy would be the 4th best qb in the pac/big 10 so there’s that.
October 21st, 2023 at 11:01 PM ^
That's totally fine, might even be true. McCord would be like the 7th so it's fine.
October 22nd, 2023 at 7:13 AM ^
I’d rank McCarthy, easily the most nfl ready even taking Penix and Williams into the mix. They’re fun in college but so was Tebow and Cam
October 22nd, 2023 at 9:05 AM ^
You realize tha Cam Newton was dominant for a good ~five years in the NFL right? He lead the Panthers to a 15-1 season and is second all time in QB rushing yards?
October 21st, 2023 at 9:09 PM ^
Drew Allar has been exposed. Glad to see that he failed the test at the Shoe.
Michigan will be ready for him on Nov 11th. We're a lot better than the Buckeye defense.
October 22nd, 2023 at 9:39 AM ^
Don't take PSU lightly. That's a really, really solid defense. They'll really be pointing to our game
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October 21st, 2023 at 9:12 PM ^
Maria Taylor is so bright.
October 21st, 2023 at 10:53 PM ^
Fucked up to make fun of someone's name like that. Fuck off.
October 22nd, 2023 at 9:08 AM ^
Agree. Being either too lazy or too stupid to make an effort isn't cute.
October 22nd, 2023 at 1:32 PM ^
Yeah. As someone with an oft-mispelled Eastern European name, this hit a nerve for me, sorry. Athan Kaliakmanis is of Greek descent, and his name really isn't that hard to spell, as far as anglicized Greek names go. Pretty much spelled how it sounds, as long as you remember to use K instead of C. He's got a Wikipedia page too, it took me five seconds to find it to make sure I got it right. The way that you're making fun of his name makes it look like you think he's of AAPI/Polynesian descent, given the -ele ending you gave him, so in coming up with that, you dismissed his Greek heritage out of hand, -and- made fun of the names of a whole different culture at the same time. Let's just try to be better than that?
October 21st, 2023 at 11:02 PM ^
Sparty's suck too.
October 21st, 2023 at 11:07 PM ^
It also has JJ McCarthy - probably the best QB in the country
October 21st, 2023 at 11:28 PM ^
We still need to play a top 20 D... JJ looks great though.
October 22nd, 2023 at 12:25 AM ^
I feel like a post like this generally gets "Bolivia'd"....but this is objectively hilarious.
And you're not wrong.
October 22nd, 2023 at 12:31 AM ^
Illini sophomore starting QB Luke Altmeyer doesn't have the greatest of stats so far, but from what I have seen of him playing, he seems to be somewhat a pretty decent QB albeit on an awful Illini offensive team that appears to generally be lacking in skill position players.
He's hitting 63.3% of his passes after 7 games but with 9 interceptions to go with just 8 TD passes. And at 6'2" 195 lbs, he probably needs to spend some time in the weight room during the upcoming off-season.
October 22nd, 2023 at 12:32 AM ^
To Schianos credit, he knows that Wimsatt is a bad QB so they don't even really attempt to pass.
October 22nd, 2023 at 8:34 AM ^
For the season, Iowa has 2,656 punt yards and 1,859 yards of offense
October 22nd, 2023 at 10:55 AM ^
For some reason OhioStateFootball shows up in my Reddit feed. This was too good not to post here.
October 22nd, 2023 at 12:39 PM ^
This is especially notable because I don't remember a year where there were more good QB's nationally:
- JJ of course
- Williams @ USC
- Penix @ Washington
- Hartman @ ND
- Ewers @ Texas
- Nix @ Oregon
- Injured Rising @ Utah
- Sanders @ Colorado
- Travis @ FSU
- Maye @ UNC
- Daniels @ LSU
Pretty Good:
Gabriel @ Oklahoma
Rattler @ South Carolina
Young guys with real potential
- Fifita @ Arizona
- Moore @ UCLA has flashed skills but pulled for Garbers (who isn't bad)
Also notable are guys who transferred FROM the BIG and improved their stock:
- Penix
- Ewers
- Milton
- Have to add Burrow just to rub a bit of salt
There are probably more in every category I'm missing, but the point is the B1G is sorely lacking in good QB play, while the rest of the country is thriving. Certainly in part because actual defense is played in B1G - but B1G coaches need to step up their game in recruiting, game-planning and QB development.
Also amazing how average OSU looks without a superstar at QB - it's been awhile.