Big 12 Quarterbacks
Callie sends me this sports column off the AP wire that was posted on the KHOU website (registration required).
The columnist gushes on and on about how great the Big 12's quarterbacks are doing this year, and what a great week some of them just had.
He likes Seneca Wallace (no surprise), Kliff Kingsbury (no surprise), Chris Simms (let's see how he fares against OU first, shall we?), Brad Smith (nice game against OU), Robert Hodge (started the season as Colorado's backup), Dustin Long (here, the author goes screwy; he actually talks about Texas A&M's "quarterback depth" giving new meaning to the term, "deep shit"), Bill Whittemore (Kansas QB completing just UNDER 50% of his passes this season), Aaron Karas (Baylor QB with more interceptions than TDs),and even Jammal Lord (to most analysts, a player representative of across-the-board decline in talent at Nebraska).
Conspicuously absent from the article is Oklahoma's Nate Hybl, who threw for 300 yards against Mizzou and is ranked #1 in QB efficiency in the Big 12 by one stats service.
Now, I'm not saying Hybl is the best QB in the Big 12, because he's not, and not by a longshot. But this writer obviously doesn't know his head from his ass when it comes to Big 12 football, and leaving Hybl (OU's backup going into the season, mind you) out of an article raving about the Big 12's quarterbacks at this point is just silly. But not nearly as silly as carrying on about Texas A&M's quarterbacks, I don't suppose.
Hell, the Chron should sign this guy up. He may not be very good, but at least he's better than the guy who just steals copy from the Daily Oklahoman website.
[Posted at 22:39 CST on 10/07/02] [Link]
