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And everyone know Ryker Fyfe is already the greatest NU qb ever. Just like Frankie London, Curt Dukes, Harrison Beck, Brion Carnes, and Cody Green.
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And everyone know Ryker Fyfe is already the greatest NU qb ever. Just like Frankie London, Curt Dukes, Harrison Beck, Brion Carnes, and Cody Green.
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BigRedPowerWagon
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How did i know TM would make the cut in this thread.
husker07
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Joe Ganz. He was better than Taylor and probably the best quarterback we've had since Crouch. Ya he threw some interceptions, but he was basically winning/keeping us in games based on his ability to make throws. Guy was a beast and we'd be undefeated this year if we had a qb of his caliber.
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HuskerfaninOkieland
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Joe Daley. Dude was money.
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knapplc
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What kind of Nebraska quarterback didn't cringe when he threw a pass? Making me cringe when he drops back to pass is a hallmark of Nebraska football.
Fine, the OP has only been a fan since 2007. But let's take a look at the past 45 years....
1968 - Ernie Sigler: 73/145 (50%), 907 yards, 6.3 YPA, 5TD/6INT
1969 - Jerry Tagge: 107/189 ( 56.6%) 1,355 yards, 7.2 YPA, 3TD/8INT
1970 - Jerry Tagge: 116/190 (61.1%) 1,536 yards, 8.1 YPA, 12TD/8INT
1971 - Jerry Tagge: 154/258 (59.7%) 2,178 yards, 8.4 YPA, 17TD/4INT
1972 - Dave Humm: 153/285 (53.7%) 2,259 yards, 7.9 YPA, 18TD/16INT
1973 - Dave Humm: 114/209 54.5%) 1,601 yards, 7.7 YPA, 12TD/14INT
1974 - Dave Humm: 106/187 (56.7%) 1,451 yards, 6.2 YPA, 12TD/12INT
1975 - Vince Ferragamo: 79/135 (58.5%) 1,153 yards, 8.5 YPA, 12TD/5INT
1976 - Vince Ferragamo: 158/277 (57%) 2,254 yards, 8.1 YPA, 22TD/9INT
1977 - Randy Garcia: 41/97 (42.3%) 624 yards, 6.4YPA, 5TD/4INT
1978 - Tom Sorley: 120/205 (58.5%) 1,791 yards, 8.7YPA, 14TD/9INT
1979 - Jeff Quinn: 57/110 (51.8%) 702 yards, 6.4YPA, 5TD/5INT || RUSHING || 75/247, 3.3YPA, 3TD
1980 - Jeff Quinn: 96/157 (61.1%) 1,337 yards, 8.5YPA, 14TD/6INT || RUSHING || 108/348, 3.2YPA, 6TD
1981 - Turner Gill: 47/91 (51.6%) 619 yards, 6.8YPA, 9TD/4INT || RUSHING || 76/263, 3.5YPA, 3TD
1982 - Turner Gill: 90/166 (54.2%) 1,182 yards, 7.1YPA, 11TD/3INT || RUSHING || 101/497, 4.9YPA, 4TD
1983 - Turner Gill: 94/170 (55.3%) 1,516 yards, 8.9YPA, 14TD/4INT || RUSHING || 109/531, 4.9YPA, 11TD
1984 - Craig Sundberg: 53/84 (63.1%) 740 yards, 8.8YPA, 4TD/6INT || RUSHING || 56/74, 1.3YPA, 3TD
1985 - McCathorn Clayton: 28/7 (35.9%) 602 yards, 7.7YPA, 3TD/7INT || RUSHING || 83/290, 3.5YPA, 5TD
1986 - Steve Taylor: 52/124 (41.9%) 808 yards, 6.5YPA, 6TD/7INT || RUSHING || 130/537, 4.1YPA, 9TD
1987 - Steve Taylor: 57/123 (46.3%) 902 yards, 7.3YPA, 13TD/9INT || RUSHING || 130/659, 5.1YPA, 8TD
1988 - Steve Taylor: 72/151 (47.7%) 1,067 yards, 7.1YPA, 11TD/7INT || RUSHING || 157/826, 5.3YPA, 13TD
1989 - Gerry Gdowski: 71/136 (52.2%) 1,326 yards, 9.8YPA, 19TD/2INT || RUSHING || 117/925 7.9YPA, 13TD
1990 - Mickey Joseph: 34/78 (43.6%) 624 yards, 8.0YPA, 11TD/6INT || RUSHING || 91/554, 6.1YPA, 10TD
*1990 - Mike Grant: 32/69 (46.4%) 484 yards, 7.0YPA, 4TD/4INT || RUSHING || 42/153, 3.6YPA, 0TD
1991 - Keithen McCant: 97/168 (57.7%) 1,454 yards, 8.7YPA, 13TD/8INT || RUSHING || 117/654, 5.6YPA, 7TD
1992 - Mike Grant: 46/92 (50.0%) 479 yards, 5.2YPA, 5TD/5INT || RUSHING || 50/148, 3.0YPA, 6TD
*1992 - Tommie Frazier: 44/100 (44.0%) 727 yards, 7.3YPA, 10TD/1INT || RUSHING || 86/399, 4.6YPA, 7TD
1993 - Tommie Frazier: 77/162 (47.5%) 1,159 yards, 7.2YPA, 12TD/4INT || RUSHING || 126/704, 5.6YPA, 9TD
1994 - Brook Berringer: 94/151 (62.3%) 1,295 yards, 8.6YPA, 10TD/5INT || RUSHING || 71/279, 3.9YPA, 6TD
1995 - Tommie Frazier: 92/163 (56.4%) 1,362 yards, 8.4YPA, 17TD/4INT || RUSHING || 97/604, 6.2YPA, 14TD
1996 - Scott Frost: 104/200 (52.0%) 1,440 yards, 7.2YPA, 13TD/3INT || RUSHING || 126/438, 3.5YPA, 9TD
1997 - Scott Frost: 88/159 (55.3%) 1,237 yards, 7.8YPA, 5TD/4INT || RUSHING || 176/1,095,6.2YPA, 19TD
1998 - Eric Crouch: 49/101 (48.5%) 601 yards, 6.0YPA, 4TD/INT4 || RUSHING || 96/459, 4.8YPA, 5TD
1999 - Eric Crouch: 83/160 (51.9%) 1,269 yards, 7.9YPA, 7TD/4INT || RUSHING || 180/889, 4.9YPA, 16TD
2000 - Eric Crouch: 75/156 (48.1%) 1,101 yards, 7.1YPA, 11TD/7INT || RUSHING || 169/971, 5.7YPA, 20TD
2001 - Eric Crouch: 105/189 (55.6%) 1,510 yards, 8.0YPA, 7TD/10INT || RUSHING || 203/1,115, 5.5YPA, 18TD
2002 - Jammal Lord: 95/204 (46.6%) 1,362 yards, 6.7YPA, 12TD/12INT || RUSHING || 251/1,412, 5.6YPA, 8TD
2003 - Jammal Lord: 85/176 (48.3%) 1,305 yards, 7.4YPA, 6TD/8INT || RUSHING || 215/948, 4.4YPA, 10TD
2004 - Joe Dailey: 153/310 (49.4%) 2,025 yards, 6.5YPA, 17TD/19INT
2005 - Zac Taylor: 237/430 (55.1%) 2,653 yards, 6.2YPA, 19TD/12INT
2006 - Zac Taylor: 233/391 (59.6%) 3,197 yards, 8.2YPA, 26TD/INT8
2007 - Sam Keller: 205/325 (63.1%) 2,422 yards, 7.5YPA, 14TD/10INT
*2007 - Joe Ganz: 89/152 (58.6%) 1,435 yards, 9.4YPA, 16TD/7INT
2008 - Joe Ganz: 285/420 (67.9%) 3,568 yards, 8.5YPA, 25TD/11INT || RUSHING || 92/258, 2.8YPA, 5TD
2009 - Zac Lee: 177/302 (58.6%) 2,143 yards, 7.1YPA, 14TD/10INT || RUSHING || 103/171, 1.7YPA, 1TD
2010 - Taylor Martinez: 116/196 (59.2%) 1,631 yards, 8.3YPA, 10TD/7INT || RUSHING || 162/965, 6.0YPA, 12TD
2011 - Taylor Martinez: 162/288 (56.3%) 2,089 yards, 7.3YPA, 13TD/8INT || RUSHING || 188/874, 4.6YPA, 9TD
2012 - Taylor Martinez: 228/368 (62.0%), 2,871 yards, 7.8YPA, 23TD/12INT || RUSHING || 195/1,019, 5.2YPA, 10TD
2013 - Taylor Martinez 69/110 (62.7%) 667 yards, 6.1YPA, 10TD/2INT || RUSHING || 40/117, 2.9YPA, 0TD
*2013 - Ron Kellogg III: 80/134 (59.7%) 919 yards, 6.9YPA, 6TD/3INT || RUSHING || 23/-11, -0.5YPA, 0TD
*2013 - Tommy Armstrong, Jr.: 68/131 (51.9%) 966 yards, 7.4YPA, 9TD/8INT || RUSHING || 67/202, 3.0YPA, 2TD
I bolded the years where the QB had a good completion percentage, or at least a pretty good TD/INT ratio. I may have missed something, and I may have ganked up the formatting a bit. I typed this all, so if something's wrong that's probably on my end.
I think this illustrates the point that, over the past 45 years and 50+ quarterbacks at Nebraska, maybe one third has been "good" when they drop back to pass.
Fine, the OP has only been a fan since 2007. But let's take a look at the past 45 years....
1968 - Ernie Sigler: 73/145 (50%), 907 yards, 6.3 YPA, 5TD/6INT
1969 - Jerry Tagge: 107/189 ( 56.6%) 1,355 yards, 7.2 YPA, 3TD/8INT
1970 - Jerry Tagge: 116/190 (61.1%) 1,536 yards, 8.1 YPA, 12TD/8INT
1971 - Jerry Tagge: 154/258 (59.7%) 2,178 yards, 8.4 YPA, 17TD/4INT
1972 - Dave Humm: 153/285 (53.7%) 2,259 yards, 7.9 YPA, 18TD/16INT
1973 - Dave Humm: 114/209 54.5%) 1,601 yards, 7.7 YPA, 12TD/14INT
1974 - Dave Humm: 106/187 (56.7%) 1,451 yards, 6.2 YPA, 12TD/12INT
1975 - Vince Ferragamo: 79/135 (58.5%) 1,153 yards, 8.5 YPA, 12TD/5INT
1976 - Vince Ferragamo: 158/277 (57%) 2,254 yards, 8.1 YPA, 22TD/9INT
1977 - Randy Garcia: 41/97 (42.3%) 624 yards, 6.4YPA, 5TD/4INT
1978 - Tom Sorley: 120/205 (58.5%) 1,791 yards, 8.7YPA, 14TD/9INT
1979 - Jeff Quinn: 57/110 (51.8%) 702 yards, 6.4YPA, 5TD/5INT || RUSHING || 75/247, 3.3YPA, 3TD
1980 - Jeff Quinn: 96/157 (61.1%) 1,337 yards, 8.5YPA, 14TD/6INT || RUSHING || 108/348, 3.2YPA, 6TD
1981 - Turner Gill: 47/91 (51.6%) 619 yards, 6.8YPA, 9TD/4INT || RUSHING || 76/263, 3.5YPA, 3TD
1982 - Turner Gill: 90/166 (54.2%) 1,182 yards, 7.1YPA, 11TD/3INT || RUSHING || 101/497, 4.9YPA, 4TD
1983 - Turner Gill: 94/170 (55.3%) 1,516 yards, 8.9YPA, 14TD/4INT || RUSHING || 109/531, 4.9YPA, 11TD
1984 - Craig Sundberg: 53/84 (63.1%) 740 yards, 8.8YPA, 4TD/6INT || RUSHING || 56/74, 1.3YPA, 3TD
1985 - McCathorn Clayton: 28/7 (35.9%) 602 yards, 7.7YPA, 3TD/7INT || RUSHING || 83/290, 3.5YPA, 5TD
1986 - Steve Taylor: 52/124 (41.9%) 808 yards, 6.5YPA, 6TD/7INT || RUSHING || 130/537, 4.1YPA, 9TD
1987 - Steve Taylor: 57/123 (46.3%) 902 yards, 7.3YPA, 13TD/9INT || RUSHING || 130/659, 5.1YPA, 8TD
1988 - Steve Taylor: 72/151 (47.7%) 1,067 yards, 7.1YPA, 11TD/7INT || RUSHING || 157/826, 5.3YPA, 13TD
1989 - Gerry Gdowski: 71/136 (52.2%) 1,326 yards, 9.8YPA, 19TD/2INT || RUSHING || 117/925 7.9YPA, 13TD
1990 - Mickey Joseph: 34/78 (43.6%) 624 yards, 8.0YPA, 11TD/6INT || RUSHING || 91/554, 6.1YPA, 10TD
*1990 - Mike Grant: 32/69 (46.4%) 484 yards, 7.0YPA, 4TD/4INT || RUSHING || 42/153, 3.6YPA, 0TD
1991 - Keithen McCant: 97/168 (57.7%) 1,454 yards, 8.7YPA, 13TD/8INT || RUSHING || 117/654, 5.6YPA, 7TD
1992 - Mike Grant: 46/92 (50.0%) 479 yards, 5.2YPA, 5TD/5INT || RUSHING || 50/148, 3.0YPA, 6TD
*1992 - Tommie Frazier: 44/100 (44.0%) 727 yards, 7.3YPA, 10TD/1INT || RUSHING || 86/399, 4.6YPA, 7TD
1993 - Tommie Frazier: 77/162 (47.5%) 1,159 yards, 7.2YPA, 12TD/4INT || RUSHING || 126/704, 5.6YPA, 9TD
1994 - Brook Berringer: 94/151 (62.3%) 1,295 yards, 8.6YPA, 10TD/5INT || RUSHING || 71/279, 3.9YPA, 6TD
1995 - Tommie Frazier: 92/163 (56.4%) 1,362 yards, 8.4YPA, 17TD/4INT || RUSHING || 97/604, 6.2YPA, 14TD
1996 - Scott Frost: 104/200 (52.0%) 1,440 yards, 7.2YPA, 13TD/3INT || RUSHING || 126/438, 3.5YPA, 9TD
1997 - Scott Frost: 88/159 (55.3%) 1,237 yards, 7.8YPA, 5TD/4INT || RUSHING || 176/1,095,6.2YPA, 19TD
1998 - Eric Crouch: 49/101 (48.5%) 601 yards, 6.0YPA, 4TD/INT4 || RUSHING || 96/459, 4.8YPA, 5TD
1999 - Eric Crouch: 83/160 (51.9%) 1,269 yards, 7.9YPA, 7TD/4INT || RUSHING || 180/889, 4.9YPA, 16TD
2000 - Eric Crouch: 75/156 (48.1%) 1,101 yards, 7.1YPA, 11TD/7INT || RUSHING || 169/971, 5.7YPA, 20TD
2001 - Eric Crouch: 105/189 (55.6%) 1,510 yards, 8.0YPA, 7TD/10INT || RUSHING || 203/1,115, 5.5YPA, 18TD
2002 - Jammal Lord: 95/204 (46.6%) 1,362 yards, 6.7YPA, 12TD/12INT || RUSHING || 251/1,412, 5.6YPA, 8TD
2003 - Jammal Lord: 85/176 (48.3%) 1,305 yards, 7.4YPA, 6TD/8INT || RUSHING || 215/948, 4.4YPA, 10TD
2004 - Joe Dailey: 153/310 (49.4%) 2,025 yards, 6.5YPA, 17TD/19INT
2005 - Zac Taylor: 237/430 (55.1%) 2,653 yards, 6.2YPA, 19TD/12INT
2006 - Zac Taylor: 233/391 (59.6%) 3,197 yards, 8.2YPA, 26TD/INT8
2007 - Sam Keller: 205/325 (63.1%) 2,422 yards, 7.5YPA, 14TD/10INT
*2007 - Joe Ganz: 89/152 (58.6%) 1,435 yards, 9.4YPA, 16TD/7INT
2008 - Joe Ganz: 285/420 (67.9%) 3,568 yards, 8.5YPA, 25TD/11INT || RUSHING || 92/258, 2.8YPA, 5TD
2009 - Zac Lee: 177/302 (58.6%) 2,143 yards, 7.1YPA, 14TD/10INT || RUSHING || 103/171, 1.7YPA, 1TD
2010 - Taylor Martinez: 116/196 (59.2%) 1,631 yards, 8.3YPA, 10TD/7INT || RUSHING || 162/965, 6.0YPA, 12TD
2011 - Taylor Martinez: 162/288 (56.3%) 2,089 yards, 7.3YPA, 13TD/8INT || RUSHING || 188/874, 4.6YPA, 9TD
2012 - Taylor Martinez: 228/368 (62.0%), 2,871 yards, 7.8YPA, 23TD/12INT || RUSHING || 195/1,019, 5.2YPA, 10TD
2013 - Taylor Martinez 69/110 (62.7%) 667 yards, 6.1YPA, 10TD/2INT || RUSHING || 40/117, 2.9YPA, 0TD
*2013 - Ron Kellogg III: 80/134 (59.7%) 919 yards, 6.9YPA, 6TD/3INT || RUSHING || 23/-11, -0.5YPA, 0TD
*2013 - Tommy Armstrong, Jr.: 68/131 (51.9%) 966 yards, 7.4YPA, 9TD/8INT || RUSHING || 67/202, 3.0YPA, 2TD
I bolded the years where the QB had a good completion percentage, or at least a pretty good TD/INT ratio. I may have missed something, and I may have ganked up the formatting a bit. I typed this all, so if something's wrong that's probably on my end.
I think this illustrates the point that, over the past 45 years and 50+ quarterbacks at Nebraska, maybe one third has been "good" when they drop back to pass.
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walksalone
Heisman Trophy Winner
There are some names on here that are a trip in the way back machine...
BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
I guess I don't cringe when Tommy drops back.
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TonyStalloni
All-Conference
Interesting to me:
1995 - Tommie Frasier: 1362 yds passing 17 TD/4 Int. 604 yds rushing. 6.2 YPC 14 TD
1989 - Gerry Gdowski: 1326 yds passing 19 TD/2 Int. 925 yds rushing. 7.9 YPC 13 TD
1995 - Tommie Frasier: 1362 yds passing 17 TD/4 Int. 604 yds rushing. 6.2 YPC 14 TD
1989 - Gerry Gdowski: 1326 yds passing 19 TD/2 Int. 925 yds rushing. 7.9 YPC 13 TD
knapplc
International Man of Mystery
I remember a lot of griping in 1988 that Gdowski wasn't starting in place of Steve Taylor. Of course, I'm from Fremont and Gdowski had just taken Fremont to the State finals against Creighton Prep the year before, so that may have been a local bias.
TonyStalloni
All-Conference
I remember watching GG when he quarterbacked the Huskers and thinking I wish he had more years to play. His decision making was incredible most of the time. He threw a good ball, was tough as nails and was fast on his feet.
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TGHusker
Heisman Trophy Winner
Zac Taylor was a coach on the field as well. He & Ganz are the best since Crouch - both blue collar guys who were leaders and showed great character (Ganz for having to sit behind Keller when he should have been starting and Taylor for overcoming the D weakness and BC's play calling).