re: Which school has the best Mt. Rushmore in the SEC?

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MrAUTigers

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Joe Namath

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Threw more int.'s than T.D.'s (a crap load more) in the AFL/NFL

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So did Y.A. Tittle. Not sure you can compare NFL offenses and QBs of the 1950s and 1960s to today's league and players. It was not only harder to play quarterback then, it was significantly more difficult. That said, I wouldn't put Joe Willie or Bart Starr on our Mt. Rushmore, either.

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Threw more int.'s than T.D.'s (a crap load more) in the AFL/NFL.

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Different era...of the NFL QBs in the Hall of Fame, 7 of 'em threw more INTs than TDs (Baugh, Layne, Waterfield, Tittle, Van Brocklin, Blanda, and Namath); and more than just one of 'em threw, to use your vernacular, a crap load more. All of these quarterbacks' careers started pre-1970's. A couple more HoF QB's (Sid Luckman & Terry Bradshaw) threw only a few more TDs (5 & 2) than INTs...

It was harder to throw in that era. There was no 5-yard chuck rule for receivers...they could pretty much get hit all the way downfield, as long as the ball wasn't in the air...and QBs weren't protected back then, at least not to the extent they are today...