re: Question to the OM fan base (not a troll attempt)

Apples and Oranges.

Wallace is far more mobile than Mettenberger, but Mettenberger has the siege gun arm.

Ole Miss has to have a qb who can run some read option, while LSU does not have to rely on a qb who can run (as LSU always has a handful of big TB's running behind a bigtime OL.

Mettenberger came on to a totally loaded LSU team, while Wallace was joining an Ole Miss program that was probably at it lowest point ever.

Mettenberger was under immense pressure to lead LSU to SEC and national titles, while Ole Miss was just hoping that Wallace would initially be a workable SEC qb as a sophomore.

It's tough to compare two qbs whose only real similarity is that they were both juco bouncebacks and they both were SEC West qbs. Other than that, they had different offenses to work with, different levels of talent around them, and different expectations from the fans.

If the situation had been reversed, I doubt that Mettenberger could have gotten Ole Miss to a bowl as his lack of mobility and Ole Miss's inability to pass block consistently would have resulted in Mettenberger taking the beating of a lifetime each weekend.
Likewise, no way Bo Wallace takes LSU to an SEC title and to the national title game as a sophomore. He did not have the maturity then.

Tricky comparisons but a good question to ponder. Both qbs worked out well in the end. I think fans of both schools probably believe in their qb due to the better fit.