No offense, but the Haarbeg winning percentage argument is ridiculous. He got to start against La Tech (3-9), Rocky Lombardi-led Northern Illinois (7-6), Michigan (15-0*), Illinois (5-7), Northwestern (8-5) Purdue (4-8), Michigan State (4-8), and Maryland (8-5). That sure looks like a stretch that most of our QBs would have gone 5-3 or better in.
For some additional context, NW won 4 straight at the end of the year to end up 8-5 - they were 4-4 coming off a 3 point home win over Howard when we played them, and it took an incredible defensive performance to overcome Haarberg's picks. We lost to 4-8 MSU. And while Maryland went 8-5, we got them coming into Lincoln on a 4-game losing streak in full Locksley October/November meltdown mode. Haarberg got hurt early, but was also 1-5 passing and had 2 carries for a combined 0 yards.