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http://bleacherreport.com/articles/359501-the-10-worst-quarterbacks-in-the-bcs-conferences#page/3 Ten worst QBs in college football. Guess who #9 is? You're right. Should be #1.
Arnaud closed the season on a four-game multiple interception tear, but still managed to beat Colorado off of a 12/25, 105-yard performance with a long completion of 20 yards.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/359501-the-10-worst-quarterbacks-in-the-bcs-conferences#page/3 Ten worst QBs in college football. Guess who #9 is? You're right. Should be #1.
Unbelievable...#6 Austen Arnaud of Iowa State
"Arnaud closed the season on a four-game multiple interception tear, but still managed to beat Colorado off of a 12/25, 105-yard performance with a long completion of 20 yards."
Bleacherreport gave my computer a virus. Eff off bleacher report....
I don't know about #1, but he probably belongs on the list. And I hate to say that, because he seems like a great kid. But his size makes it too hard to throw over the o-line, his arm isn't strong enough to stretch the field and he is too nonmotile to really be a playmaker.... :sad1:
Not to mention when the O-line that he can't see over can't block and we didn't have a single receiver that could get open or stretch the field. Cody is a good quarterback with some semblance of a running game, not down by four TDs and not asked to throw 50 times a game.
Going to have to go ahead and disagree here. What are his strengths as a quarterback? Certainly not arm strength, accuracy, decision making, or mobility. I am not trying to rip the kid, but he is not a "good" quarterback under any circumstances.
It is easy to blame his struggles on the offensive line, which no doubt has had problems, or the pedestrian running game, but I think it is a bit of a two-way street when it comes to that one. Hard to run the ball effectively when opponents stack the box every down. I would also imagine having a quarterback that can't really make a defense pay for blitzing him puts some stress on the OL.
There have been 1001 excuses made for Cody. It is always someone elses fault. That's fine. But to say he is a "good" QB is simply not true. At best, he would fall under the category of "marginally adequate" on an absolutely stacked team.
Bingo. People have seriously overestimated that 2007 season when Cody had his "good" season. If you actually look at the stats, they are pretty underwhelming: 56.8 completion percentage, 22 TDs against 17 INTs, and a shade over 3,000 in 13 games. It was "good" enough for 9th in the Big 12 in passing efficiency (and about the same as the 10th and 11th ranked passers).
It is time to stop spinning the performance of Cody as a starting QB. The kid has put a lot of hard work into the program, but sometimes that just is not good enough.
Stats are misleading, I hate when people follow stats, there can be so many variables. Cody is not a great or even good QB, but he had a good 2007 season. Th emost important thing is wins over stats and Cody did that in '07. I will let you know I am still for Hansen though, but stats don't always mean everything. Wins baby
Stats are misleading, I hate when people follow stats, there can be so many variables. Cody is not a great or even good QB, but he had a good 2007 season. Th emost important thing is wins over stats and Cody did that in '07. I will let you know I am still for Hansen though, but stats don't always mean everything. Wins baby
Cody in 07 also had 2 NFL players on his defense in Dizon and Wheatley.
For what it's worth, Cody was a highly acclaimed recruit. He is the only CU quarterback to have been invited to the Elite 11 camp. He competed against Tebow, Stafford, Snead, et al, that year. Yes, this may have been due to HS systems or his dad pulling strings, but recruiting in general is very political.
That said, Cody is not the right QB for this team right now. But I believe that Cody would have done just fine on our teams from the late 90's to early 00's... a la Moschetti, Klatt, Hessler.
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For what it's worth, Cody was a highly acclaimed recruit. He is the only CU quarterback to have been invited to the Elite 11 camp. He competed against Tebow, Stafford, Snead, et al, that year. Yes, this may have been due to HS systems or his dad pulling strings, but recruiting in general is very political.
That said, Cody is not the right QB for this team right now. But I believe that Cody would have done just fine on our teams from the late 90's to early 00's... a la Moschetti, Klatt, Hessler.
and he wasn't a highly recruited kid. boise st, cu, and oregon offered him. the only reason the ducks offered was because one of their coaches was close with dan and extended a favor.
I don't know how successful Cody would have been on a talent-loaded team. But I do know he's not the type of guy who was going to excel behind a patchwork OL like we've had the past few seasons.
I love him as a backup and emergency starter. But that's what he is.
I'm hoping that this is my last post on this subject.