Michigan vs OSU: QBs since 2001
At some point this has to even out, no?
Navarre (01-03) and Henne (04-06) were the last real stability Michigan's enjoyed. Since 2007, Michigan has been forced to play 7 (8?) quarterbacks vs OSU:
2007 - Ryan Mallet (Henne hurt/ineffective)
2008 - Nick Sheridan
2009 - Tate Forcier
2010 - Tate Forcier (Denard hurt)
2011 - Denard Robinson
2012 - Devin Gardner (was a WR all season, Denard hurt)
2013 - Devin Gardner (broke foot in game)
2014 - Devin Gardner
2015 - Jake Rudock (knocked out w/shoulder injury)
2016 - Wilton Speight (injured shoulder)
2017 - John O'Korn (?) (Speight/Brandon Peters injured)
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Since 2001, OSU has used 6 quarterbacks TOTAL:
Craig Krenzel, Troy Smith, Braxton Miller, Terelle Pryor, JT Barrett (3 starts each), and Todd Boeckman (ha-ha).
November 18th, 2017 at 5:56 PM ^
Ohio.
November 18th, 2017 at 7:06 PM ^
LOL! good one!
November 18th, 2017 at 5:57 PM ^
Now I know what it's like to be an Oklahoma St fan against Oklahoma.
No matter how good your team is, something will inevitably make you lose to your arch rival.
At least Michigan still leads the overall rivalry.
Hangs hat, sighs, drinks another beer.
November 18th, 2017 at 6:06 PM ^
How long will that last
November 18th, 2017 at 9:14 PM ^
At current pace not as long as it should take. They should never catch up bc it should be an even series.
November 19th, 2017 at 2:26 AM ^
Just stop with the overall bull shit. No one cares anymore. OSU has completely destroyed this rivalry since 2001. I cannot even remember what it feels like to beat a good OSU team. I am at the point that I don’t even get excited for this game. I actually dread this game now.
November 18th, 2017 at 5:58 PM ^
This is a bad post and you should feel bad.
November 18th, 2017 at 6:01 PM ^
What if I told you Cardale Jones only threw 3 passes vs Michigan in his career?
<mind blown>
November 18th, 2017 at 6:01 PM ^
He never started against us. He came in late in the '14 game after Barrett broke his leg.
November 18th, 2017 at 6:02 PM ^
this just isn't our century
November 18th, 2017 at 6:05 PM ^
So if I live to be 112 I can hope for the next century....sweet
November 18th, 2017 at 7:07 PM ^
I'll be 154 before our century begins, and by then I'll have to wear Depends™ to The Big House.
November 18th, 2017 at 6:08 PM ^
Namely why we’ve been so bad the past 10 years. That list of QB’s is atrocious.
It is up to Harbaugh to get Dylan ready for next year because he is most likely our future.
Peters should be option #2.
Speight #3 or transfer
November 18th, 2017 at 6:14 PM ^
Wtf now Caff is the savior?
We barely even began Peters' tenure and he's backup status?
How about we fix the fucking OFFENSIVE LINE, so we don't have to go through a QB carousel every damn year?
November 18th, 2017 at 7:34 PM ^
I’m not writing off Peters at all...
I just think McCaffrey is the future.
The competition next year should be between those two
And I’d like to see them both play
Speight should move on
November 18th, 2017 at 7:44 PM ^
if we don’t have an OL that will allow the running game to produce AND pass protect for longer than 1.9 seconds.
November 18th, 2017 at 9:06 PM ^
or the dude to-be-named-later that we're getting in 2019...
November 18th, 2017 at 6:19 PM ^
You're writing off Peters now?
November 18th, 2017 at 6:44 PM ^
BULLSHIT
Peters is the future here. mcCaffrey can wait.
November 18th, 2017 at 9:43 PM ^
He has the inside track to be the starting QB next season. He beat out O'Korn and Peters by a mile this season. He led them to the NY6 bowl game.
As of now, heading to the 2018 season, it's Speight at #1, Peters/McCaffery at #2. Peters have an inside edge due to PT experience this season but can't deny that if it weren't for the redshirt, McCaffery would've been playing right now.
November 19th, 2017 at 9:18 AM ^
McCaffrey is a twig and would've been broken in half by now. I guess the saying is true that, in some fans' minds, the backup QB is always the best option.
November 18th, 2017 at 6:10 PM ^
We should start playing a MAC snack the weekend before.
November 18th, 2017 at 7:02 PM ^
We tried that in 06 and damn near lost to Hoke's Ball State squad lol.
November 18th, 2017 at 7:32 PM ^
That was 2 weeks before. We blew the doors off Indiana the week before OSU in '06.
November 18th, 2017 at 8:12 PM ^
Ahhhh you're right. My memory failed me. +1.
November 18th, 2017 at 9:09 PM ^
Lmao the only reason I remembered that was because I went to that Ball St game. It was scary.
November 19th, 2017 at 8:18 AM ^
Play Towson, or Mercer, or Chattenuga Southern, or The Citadel, or another Southern Conference team. We can pay the same as the SEC. They apparently don't have conference games scheduled specifically so the can play a money game.
November 18th, 2017 at 6:12 PM ^
Comes down to O line protection. QBs won't get hurt if they aren't getting sacked time and time again
November 18th, 2017 at 6:18 PM ^
and the QBs holding the ball too damn long. QB and OL were the last things I thought we would have to fret about, when Harbaugh was hired.
November 18th, 2017 at 7:22 PM ^
Agreed bruh. Our guys have taken a beating over the years. Coach Harbaugh is trying like crazy to get that fixed.
November 18th, 2017 at 6:13 PM ^
People act like Speight’s injury hasn’t hurt this team. Don’t understand the mindset that when the starting qb goes down the team should just roll along. If they were a veteran team than sure but cmon.
November 18th, 2017 at 6:16 PM ^
More than half of the fan base wanted Speight out don’t act like we lost our superstar starter and that’s why we’re are in this position
November 18th, 2017 at 6:35 PM ^
Fans want a lot of dumb things.
November 18th, 2017 at 6:37 PM ^
Not me. I believe if Speight was healthy this team would have beaten msu and would be sitting at at least 9-2 if not 10-1. No M qb was winning the psu game.
November 18th, 2017 at 6:41 PM ^
And he walked off the field with the lead in the shoe last year so the prospects for next week would be looking good.
November 18th, 2017 at 7:52 PM ^
The reason all our QBs are getting hurt is our o-line can't pass protect. This is not going to get any better against OSU's front 7. It will get worse. I think JOK takes one for the team and we try to get ready for the bowl and next year. No one will admit that and we'll try to win with JOK, but I don't see Speight or Peters in there unless neccessity.
November 18th, 2017 at 10:15 PM ^
agree
November 19th, 2017 at 9:21 AM ^
no way that Peters is in next week. osu would be all murder death kill on him and that's just not enough time coming back from the (unpenalized roughing the passer) hit he took, with resultant head injury.
November 18th, 2017 at 7:03 PM ^
I don't think he ever recovered mentally from that, and the state of pass protection did not help him any. It's the only explanation I have for his regression this year.
November 18th, 2017 at 8:49 PM ^
also Black. he was the only WE that showed early promise. if he and Speight had stayed healthy I think our pass offense would 've middling instead of in the cellar.
November 18th, 2017 at 6:43 PM ^
I heard Brandon is ok and might be able to play. Wilt is hoping to play as well. Not sure either will happen, but there's a chance. John could be 3rd string next week. If he's not then I hope he has the game of his life.
November 18th, 2017 at 6:50 PM ^
If OKorn plays, then we are sunk.
November 18th, 2017 at 10:16 PM ^
gllub glub
November 18th, 2017 at 7:00 PM ^
If he doesn’t play again this year?
November 18th, 2017 at 7:08 PM ^
He's already redshirted (2014). If that one was due to injury, then he could get a 6th year of eligibility for 2019, but I'm assuming it was not.
November 18th, 2017 at 7:49 PM ^
Do you really want 2 more years of Speight? He still has another year of eligibility if Harbaugh wants him. But, I'm personally ready for Peters to be our guy with an offseason to prepare. McCaffrey can be the backup. The bigger issue IMO is the LT.
November 19th, 2017 at 12:18 AM ^
Why would you not want an experienced QB on your roster? You don't have to start him but it's nice to have him available.
November 19th, 2017 at 6:09 PM ^
Because an experience starter is not likely to be happy about being a backup and that might be a problem on a team.
November 18th, 2017 at 11:52 PM ^
"So, you're saying there's a chance" JOK won't have to start? Not that there's anything wrong with that if you are a fan of the Monty Python Holy Grail gameplan, "Run away, run away, I'm not dead yet."
Very gratuitously negative. Sorry.