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He was the fricking SECCG MVP. In his first career start, he hit Marquis Maze with a bomb to start a 4th quarter comeback. He was far from terrible.

He played so poorly at times in '09' that G-Mac joked that coach Saban asked him as he was coming off the field, "if he was concussed." He was so bad when we played South Carolina at BDS that Mark Ingram literally had to play wildcat the whole evening. Had it not been for Mark and his 250 yards rushing we would have lost. Tennessee and Kiffin come to BDS and G-Mac again stunk up the place and if not for the heroics of Mt. Cody, twice, we would have lost that as well. He was butt awful for most of the game at Auburn in the final regular-season game. If not for the "drive" where he was down to his last possession, that he finally figured out to keep throwing short to Julio, whether he was wide open or not.

By far, the SECCG was the best game Greg had the entire year. A real out of body experience for him. He then follows that up with another clanker against Texas in the natty. A game that he couldn't throw for 100 yards in the game.

Maybe coach Saban was on to something. Maybe he was concussed.

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Posted by BamaGradinTn

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Posted on 12/23/19 at 8:49 pm to bamameister

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Tennessee and Kiffin come to BDS and G-Mac again stunk up the place and if not for the heroics of Mt. Cody, twice, we would have lost that as well.

Selective memory forgets Ingram's fumble in our own territory in the 4th quarter against Tennessee that led to the only touchdown of the game.

"Butt awful" against Auburn? Again, selective memory. If you think 21 for 31 and 218 with 2 TDs and 0 INTs is "butt awful" you just don't do football very well.

You want to talk about "butt awful" against Auburn? I'll tell you who was butt awful against Auburn. Mark Ingram and his 16 carries for only 30 yards. Now that was butt awful.

No one is saying McElroy was the greatest QB of the decade, and as already mentioned, he had a bad stretch of a couple of games, but to say that he was "terrble overall" as a QB just displays an astonishing level of football illiteracy.

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Posted by Gary Busey

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Posted on 12/23/19 at 11:14 pm to bamameister

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the entire year. A real out of body experience for him. He then follows that up with another clanker against Texas in the natty. A game that he couldn't throw for 100 yards in the game.

I really can't blame McElroy for that game. It seemed like every time he dropped back, he was being pressured or was sacked. As great of a day as the offensive line run blocking, they were getting killed in pass protection. The only good clean pocket I remember that night was when Greg hooked it up to Julio. I think Texas ended up with five sacks in that game and he only attempted 11 passes.

Early on in '09, McElroy had a 9-1 TD-INT ratio and the offense was rolling. Then, the offense couldn't score touchdowns in the red zone due to poor QB play and questionable play calling from McElwain.

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