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re: Best QB in the SEC since 2006

Posted on 1/26/15 at 3:43 pm to
Posted by diddydirtyAubie
Bozeman
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39829 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 3:43 pm to
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or you should have read his whole post.


Thread title should be about the topic.
Posted by DallasTiger45
Member since May 2012
8419 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 3:51 pm to
I understand the appeal of Tebow's longer career, but I always answer these questions with one thought-

If my life depended on a football game, who am I picking for my team?

Cameron Newton. All day, every day.
Posted by ATLdawg25
Atlanta, GA
Member since Oct 2014
4370 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 3:58 pm to
quote:

If my life depended on a football game, who am I picking for my team?

Cameron Newton. All day, every day.


It's easy to say that now that Tebow has flunked out of the NFL, but if you took a snapshot of the way you felt while Tebow was playing at Florida, there would be no clear choice.

Newton has transferred his skills to the pro game much better than Tebow, but as a college quarterback, Tebow just refused to lose. I know it got overblown when he was crying and all that shite, but the dude just had a knack for winning football games. As did Cam at Auburn, obviously.
Posted by RunLindsayRun
LaGrange | Athens
Member since Sep 2012
2726 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 3:59 pm to
Tebow
Posted by OnTheBrink
TN
Member since Mar 2012
5418 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:01 pm to
I have to go Tebow, but it is really close with Cam.
Posted by xenythx
Member since Dec 2007
32417 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:07 pm to
Honestly if I had to pick a QB to carry my team for one game or one season, I'd go with Cam.

But Tebow managed to stay relatively healthy and produced every single year of his career. We all know Cam is possibly the most physically talented QB in SEC history, but who knows if he could have replicated his success for multiple years. For all we know he could have pulled a Jameis and had a disappointing second year.
Posted by LSU82BILL
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Member since Sep 2006
10308 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:37 pm to
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And Cam Newton "led" that talent-deficient Auburn squad to an undefeated season, something Tebow's "leadership" was never able to accomplish a single time with talent in droves residing in Gainesville.


LOL....did all that talent leave with Tebow? How did they go from 13-1 to 8-5 with Urban Meyer still at the helm and then 7-6? Other than Harvin, what skill player from Tebow's tenure is still playing in the NFL? UF's leading ball carrier (Kestahn Moore) in Tebow's Heisman season had 580 yards rushing while Cam had Dyer (1,093) and McCalebb (810). If being the QB of an undefeated team defines "the best" then Bob Griese is the greatest NFL QB that ever lived.
Posted by socraticsilence
Member since Dec 2013
1347 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:42 pm to
I think ability to repeat the one magical year puts Tim over the top, think about it since Tim left we've had what 4 guys comeback post Heisman and only Tim had anywhere near a repeat year much less 2 (2008 was arguably the most efficient year any SEC Qb has ever had).
This post was edited on 1/27/15 at 10:51 am
Posted by bgator85
Sarasota
Member since Aug 2007
6021 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:47 pm to
I think career matters. Cam was great, but it was only one year. Tebow's career is one of the best of all time, Cam had one of the great seasons of all time.

If only comparing Cam to Tebow's Heisman year, he still ended up with fewer passing yards, fewer passing TD's, more interceptions and fewer rushing TD's so it's not like that one season was so much better than anything Tebow did.
This post was edited on 1/26/15 at 4:53 pm
Posted by uabtodd
Moody, AL
Member since Jan 2011
457 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:50 pm to
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I assume you mean "leadership style" since Cam Newton was the undisputed leader of that 2010 Auburn squad.

And Cam Newton "led" that talent-deficient Auburn squad to an undefeated season, something Tebow's "leadership" was never able to accomplish a single time with talent in droves residing in Gainesville.


Pretty sure what they mean to say when they say "Tim Tebow's leadership" is "Tim Tebow's pale skin".
Posted by thirdlawson
Nashville
Member since Oct 2011
8611 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:50 pm to
Tebow lost a game and had...

Percy Harvin, Louis Murphy, Riley Cooper, David Nelson, Aaron Hernandez, Jeff Demps and Chris Rainey.



Cam went undefeated and had...

Onterrio McCalebb, who is playing defense now.




Cam.
This post was edited on 1/26/15 at 4:51 pm
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
259875 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:51 pm to
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Pretty sure what they mean to say when they say "Tim Tebow's leadership" is "Tim Tebow's pale skin".


Another racially obsessed idiot.

Posted by uabtodd
Moody, AL
Member since Jan 2011
457 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:51 pm to
quote:

Newton has transferred his skills to the pro game much better than Tebow, but as a college quarterback, Tebow just refused to lose. I know it got overblown when he was crying and all that shite, but the dude just had a knack for winning football games. As did Cam at Auburn, obviously.


Tebow literally NEVER went undefeated.
Posted by bmy
Nashville
Member since Oct 2007
48203 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:52 pm to
QB Newton
RB Darren McFadden
WR Amari Cooper
Posted by GCTiger11
Ocean Springs, MS
Member since Jan 2012
45136 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:53 pm to
quote:

Tebow lost a game and had...

Percy Harvin, Louis Murphy, Riley Cooper, David Nelson, Aaron Hernandez, Jeff Demps and Chris Rainey.



Cam went undefeated and had...

Onterrio McCalebb, who is playing defense now.




Cam.


And one had Urban Meyer and Gene Chizik. Point Cam.
This post was edited on 1/26/15 at 4:54 pm
Posted by uabtodd
Moody, AL
Member since Jan 2011
457 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:55 pm to
quote:

For all we know he could have pulled a Jameis and had a disappointing second year.

you mean go 13-1 the next season? Tebow NEVER would've done that...
Posted by UsingUpAllTheLetters
Stuck in Transfer Portal
Member since Aug 2011
8507 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:55 pm to
QB: Newton
RB: McFadden
WR/TE: Julio
OL: Joeckel
OL (group): 2012 Alabama
DL: Fairley
DL (group): 2012 South Carolina
LB: Rolando McClain
DB: Patrick Peterson
DB (group): 2011 LSU
K: Caleb Sturgis
P: JK Scott
Posted by thirdlawson
Nashville
Member since Oct 2011
8611 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:55 pm to
quote:

Newton was in the SEC/Auburn for a semester...!


Including the 2 years at Florida, Newton was in SEC as long as Mizzou has been
Posted by AllBamaDoesIsWin
Member since Dec 2011
26725 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:56 pm to
The more I think about it, the more I lean Cam Newton. Changing my vote to Cam.
Posted by VFL1800FPD
Nashville, TN
Member since Aug 2012
9056 posts
Posted on 1/26/15 at 4:56 pm to
Eric Berry has to be in the best db conversation
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