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Posted on 7/4/20 at 5:11 pm
Posted on 7/4/20 at 5:11 pm
I'm too young to really remember watching him live, but I've been so bored lately that I've been watching a lot of old SEC games and I'm kind of surprised: as maligned as he was, he seems to have been pretty talented and ran a great two-minute drill. Why were his numbers always so bad? Just outdated offense I guess.
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Posted on 7/4/20 at 5:20 pm to Mithridates6
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Why were his numbers always so bad? Just outdated offense I guess.
Yeah early 90s offenses werent even close to today's, plus he wasn't a fill up the stat sheet kinda qb anyway. He was David Greene 10 years before David Greene.
Posted on 7/4/20 at 5:21 pm to WG_Dawg
Eric Zeier is kind of a forgotten QB of that era too: when offenses started to change, he made a big dent in the record books iirc
Posted on 7/4/20 at 5:27 pm to Mithridates6
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Jay Barker by Mithridates6
I'm too young to really remember watching him live, but I've been so bored lately that I've been watching a lot of old SEC games and I'm kind of surprised: as maligned as he was, he seems to have been pretty talented and ran a great two-minute drill. Why were his numbers always so bad? Just outdated offense I guess.
A lot of people remember 1992 national title Barker running a "don't screw it up" smash offense.
In 1994 he ran a sophisticated offense under a genius in Homer Smith and had a great year.
This post was edited on 7/4/20 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 7/4/20 at 5:35 pm to Mithridates6
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Why were his numbers always so bad?
A philosophy of three things can happen when you throw and two of them are bad; coupled with defense wins championships.
Get a lead and hold it by crushing hopes and dreams
Posted on 7/4/20 at 5:41 pm to SummerOfGeorge
1994 Alabama: undefeated regular season, wins over three ranked teams, loses by one point to #6 Florida in Atlanta, gets rewarded with... The Citrus Bowl.
Posted on 7/4/20 at 5:45 pm to Mithridates6
Finished 5th for The Heisman. Won The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award.
35-2-1 as a starter if I remember correctly, but early on the defense did carry him.
Missed some games in '93 due to injury.
35-2-1 as a starter if I remember correctly, but early on the defense did carry him.
Missed some games in '93 due to injury.
Posted on 7/4/20 at 5:49 pm to Mithridates6
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gets rewarded with... The Citrus Bowl.
Weren't a lot of other options back then - Sugar Bowl or else, basically.
That Ohio State team was stacked. Joey Galloway, Eddie George, Korey Stringer, Terry Glenn, Orlando Pace, Shawn Springs, Mike Vrabel.
This post was edited on 7/4/20 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 7/4/20 at 5:53 pm to Mithridates6
Jay Barker's greatest accomplishment:
Posted on 7/4/20 at 7:39 pm to SCLibertarian
Zeire passing game offensive coord none other than Steve Ensminger not joe Brady
This post was edited on 7/4/20 at 7:42 pm
Posted on 7/4/20 at 7:59 pm to nicholastiger
That 94 Georgia-Bama was a classic. Both Barker and Zeier were great that night.
Posted on 7/4/20 at 8:30 pm to SCLibertarian
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Jay Barker's greatest accomplishment:
Much respect for him reeling in that slut puppy. Hopefully she doesn't step out in him like she cheated on her ex with 3 doors down.
Posted on 7/4/20 at 8:34 pm to Ponchy Tiger
Wow. Pretty ignorant and classless thing to say.
This post was edited on 7/4/20 at 8:35 pm
Posted on 7/5/20 at 5:00 am to SummerOfGeorge
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That Ohio State team was stacked. Joey Galloway, Eddie George, Korey Stringer, Terry Glenn, Orlando Pace, Shawn Springs, Mike Vrabel
And still beat em by a td..
Posted on 7/5/20 at 7:18 am to SCLibertarian
two absolutely two great people
Posted on 7/5/20 at 8:03 am to GBJs
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And still beat em by a td..
Sherman Williams went off. His all-purpose yardage almost single-handily won us that game; 166 yards rushing and 155 yards receiving.
Posted on 7/5/20 at 8:48 am to Mithridates6
Barker rarely had impressive stats but was an excellent leader. If Bama was down by a TD or less in the 4th quarter I always felt like Barker would put them in position to win. Considering he only lost two games as a starter in his career, that faith was well placed.
Posted on 7/5/20 at 8:52 am to samson73103
I was surprised at how athletic and slippery in the pocket he was when under pressure.
Posted on 7/5/20 at 10:34 am to Bamafig
The Miss St comeback game in Starkville and even the 2 minute TD drive against Tenn for the tie were amazing.
Posted on 7/5/20 at 3:54 pm to samson73103
quote:That, and we were not yet burned by a steady dose of erratic PKs that completely sucked away faith in all things kicking. Tiffin the Elder then Doyle (skip a year) and then Proctor (99% PKs made and 70+ FG % from 92-95) inspired as much hope in close games as anything else.
Barker would put them in position to win. Considering he only lost two games as a starter in his career, that faith was well placed.
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