🏈 Bowl History Question

[bama4life]

Quick question (because it has been slow), when did we have a dominant QB in a bowl game?

Yes, there are search engines and links that I could look at, but I would much rather hear everyone's own memory.

 

[psychojoe]

Kind of depends on what you define as a dominant qb. My quick answer wouild be Jay Barker and the 1994 team.

 

[bama4life]

His last game was versus Ohio St., right? If I remember correctly, he threw to Sherman for the game winning touchdown.

 

[psychojoe]

His last game was versus Ohio St., right? If I remember correctly, he threw to Sherman for the game winning touchdown.

You are spot on. Jay had the distinction of completing a game winning TD pass on his last college play. I am not sure how to research this, but the only other qb I know of who has done that was Casey Dick at Arkansas, whom no one considered a dominant qb.

 

[LBS]

Quick question (because it has been slow), when did we have a dominant QB in a bowl game?

Yes, there are search engines and links that I could look at, but I would much rather hear everyone's own memory.

Categorically, if we are needing our QB to be dominant, we are not playing Alabama football. Going back nearly 20 years may be a good thing in this case.

Going back 20 years to answer the question "When was the last dominating Defense or dominating run game?" would be a bad thing.

 

[bama4life]

Categorically, if we are needing our QB to be dominant, we are not playing Alabama football. Going back nearly 20 years may be a good thing in this case.

Going back 20 years to answer the question "When was the last dominating Defense or dominating run game?" would be a bad thing.

I was waiting for someone to take the question that way. I love bama football and have no problem dominating a game with a strong "D" and rushing game. It was just a question since it was slow.

Thanks for the response.

 

[psychojoe]

To me there is a bit more to the dominant quarterback than just physical skills. Namath, Stabler, Barker all had great stats in their careers, but they also had that special something that inspired their teammates. Their leadership skills were such that they always thought they would find a way to win. Mike Shula was dominant in that respect, even though his physical skills weren't close to Namath's or Stabler's. Greg MacElroy had great leadership skills, even though he didn't have great legs or a great arm.

 

[LBS]

To me there is a bit more to the dominant quarterback than just physical skills. Namath, Stabler, Barker all had great stats in their careers, but they also had that special something that inspired their teammates. Their leadership skills were such that they always thought they would find a way to win. Mike Shula was dominant in that respect, even though his physical skills weren't close to Namath's or Stabler's. Greg MacElroy had great leadership skills, even though he didn't have great legs or a great arm.

I like that angle Joe. When an offense is so skilled that an opponent's only hope is to get inside that QB's head, and the QB prevents that from happening despite having stats that are just so-so nationally, I'd say that he was clearly impressive.

Consider Ryan Mallet. Really good QB with great stats and great physical ablility. Yet, somehow he never seemed to strike fear in the Tide's Defense. Lead feet and an ear for footsteps were the reasons I never worried about losing to Arkansas.

 

[BamaCore]

Quite honestly I'm trying to think and it's hard to come up with one. I'm only 25 years old and when I was a kid I liked watching the game but I don't think I really knew what was going on enough to recognize a dominant performance unless it was obvious. Maybe the closest I can think is McElroy last year in the Capitol One Bowl? I don't know. I know it was a defensive masterpiece more than it was anything to do with Greg but the one thing about that game that I'll always remember was Greg running down field and throwing that block for Julio. By far my favorite play of last season. Well...two things I'll remember I guess: that and us putting out two of their QBs.

 

[psychojoe]

Bama Coere, when I think of Greg dominating, I think more of 2009. He was superb during the SEC championship game, but even better, he led us down the field against Auburn late in the game for the winning TD drive. He and Julio combined for one key completion after another.