Michigan QBs Lead SEC, Big Ten, Pac-10 in Total Offense (Kind Of)

Submitted by ATLWolverine on

Okay, so former QBs.

Many of you probably still remember Steven Threet as the better half of our horror-show 2008 offense. I personally thought that Threet played as well as he could given injury, and wished him well as he transferred to ASU.

That being said, I came cross an interesting (an to be quite honest, jaw-dropping) bit of news today:

 

"Threet leads all Pac-10 quarterbacks and ranks seventh nationally in passing yards and is ranked first in the league and 10th in the nation in total offense (322.5 yards per game). More importantly to Threet, the Sun Devils high-powered offense has translated to a pair of wins over lesser opponents to start the season."

Threet's 2008 vs. 2010 stats are interesting:

YEAR CMP ATT YDS CMP% YPA LNG TD INT SACK RAT
2008 102 200 1105 51.0 5.53 51 9 7 15 105.26
2010 47 70 630 67.1 9.00 62 5 3 1 157.74

 

Upon further review, I have also discovered that Ryan Mallet leads the SEC in total offense with 701 yards passing.

And um, I think you may have sure you've heard of this guy Denard.

So... former and current Michigan QBs lead three of the BCS conferences in total offense! Pretty wild. Good bit of trivia to drop at the tailgate, bar, or living room tomorrow. Thought you would enjoy.

 

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September 17th, 2010 at 10:42 PM ^

Speaking of Threet, his first team--Georgia Tech's loss to Kansas looks even worse now that Kansas is down 18 vs Southern Miss. I'm starting to wonder if that might be Kansas's only win this year.

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September 17th, 2010 at 10:42 PM ^

Looks like Carr already had some good pocket passers in the pipeline when he retired.. no surprise there considering the quality pocket passers that Michigan football has produced in the past.

Too bad he didn't know his successor was a "The Happening" fan.

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September 18th, 2010 at 1:08 AM ^

I'm new to the Wolverine fan club. Don't like their helmets, but Denard is the most electrifying player I've seen in a long time, maybe ever.

But that's neither here nor there.

Thanks to the generous videos of Denard at the final spring practice, etc., I've been awed by how Denard has turned the position of outside linebacker into the new position called a "Useless piece of meat." 

In the spring training video there are a couple of plays that help to illustrate what I'm trying to say. He rolls out to his right and the linebacker tries to contain him. DRob, cuts up the middle inside the linebacker who barely lays a hand on him if that much.

Shortly after that, it's the same roll out to the right. This time DRob looks like he's running inside only to shoot outside. Once again, the linebacker is left grabbing at the air.

DRob did it to a Notre Dame linebacker, too, for about a 30 yard gain running outside him, leaving the linebacker utterly hopeless. When Denard is faced with a one on one isolation, the defender usually appears to be in deep trouble.

Is there any way to defend against him?

The only thought that comes to mind would be to ignore any handoffs, always playing him rather than the running back, thereby taking a chance that the running back will have to beat the opponent.

Not sure it would work, however. The 87-yarder had no fake component to it. ND knew he was going right once he took off, but they still couldn't stop him.

That's just the way I like it!

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