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CougarbibSeveral posters think a trip back to the good old days of pocket passing QBs, would dramatically reduce injuries to starting quarterbacks. I agree that it would reduce risk. I also think we would lose something on the reward side of the equation.
DRAMATICALLY, is where I take exception.
First you have to forget you ever hear of John Beck and Max Hall as they were anomalous. Maybe in many ways. RMs that were actually good quarterbacks, no injuries that ended a season. Forget them. Maybe forget Sark. I can't remember him having a major one. And try to remember that although Steve Young early and Brandon Doman were running quarterbacks to a large extent. It goes both ways. And remember Hill in 2013 stayed healthy.
See what you can remember. Help out old timers.
I vaguely remember losing a Fiesta Bowl because either Sheide or Neilson had a throwing hand injury.
I remember Jim McMahon getting substantial PT as a sophomore because Neilson or Wilson were injured.
I remember Steve Young losing to someone like UNLV filling in for injured Jim McMahon. I remember Jim McMahon losing to Wyoming in a blizzard because he tried to come back to soon from a knee injury. Then you had his infamous sore buttocks with the Bears, and his career ending body slam by a Green Bay Packers that got tired of chasing him around in the backfield. Concussions. Dimentia.
I remember Steve Young getting his first of many concussions in a loss at USU. As you know, that was not his last concussion. But his legs stayed healthy.
Anyone remember Bosco getting crippled on a sack by Michigan and limping us to victory after sitting out a quarter or so? Then the undisclosed shoulder injury his senior season that cost BYU 3 games because he could not throw deep.
Then it gets blurry due to a stretch where no QB was good enough or healthy long enough to matter.
Remember the year that we got to the 5th string QB, Tom Young, after John Walsh, Steve Clement, and Ryan Hancock all went down and the 4th string QB had transferred?
Sean Covey with a string of concussions. Gave way to Detmer.
Who can forget Detmer. Separated shoulder ruined his Heisman celebration and we got whipped by a bad Hawaii team. And then 2 separated shoulders by A&M or whomever it was that then shellacked us in the bowl game.
More years of being adrift with no talented and healthy enough to QB to make much noise. Matt Berry - hand, etc. Was Feterik in this stretch. Remember the miraculous recovery from the broken foot. Eventually it all brought us to Sark. He was an anomaly. Ben Olsen had to transfer to UCLA to get his annual injuries.
Eventually, we get to Beck and Hall. Anomalies.
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DRAMATICALLY, is where I take exception.
First you have to forget you ever hear of John Beck and Max Hall as they were anomalous. Maybe in many ways. RMs that were actually good quarterbacks, no injuries that ended a season. Forget them. Maybe forget Sark. I can't remember him having a major one. And try to remember that although Steve Young early and Brandon Doman were running quarterbacks to a large extent. It goes both ways. And remember Hill in 2013 stayed healthy.
See what you can remember. Help out old timers.
I vaguely remember losing a Fiesta Bowl because either Sheide or Neilson had a throwing hand injury.
I remember Jim McMahon getting substantial PT as a sophomore because Neilson or Wilson were injured.
I remember Steve Young losing to someone like UNLV filling in for injured Jim McMahon. I remember Jim McMahon losing to Wyoming in a blizzard because he tried to come back to soon from a knee injury. Then you had his infamous sore buttocks with the Bears, and his career ending body slam by a Green Bay Packers that got tired of chasing him around in the backfield. Concussions. Dimentia.
I remember Steve Young getting his first of many concussions in a loss at USU. As you know, that was not his last concussion. But his legs stayed healthy.
Anyone remember Bosco getting crippled on a sack by Michigan and limping us to victory after sitting out a quarter or so? Then the undisclosed shoulder injury his senior season that cost BYU 3 games because he could not throw deep.
Then it gets blurry due to a stretch where no QB was good enough or healthy long enough to matter.
Remember the year that we got to the 5th string QB, Tom Young, after John Walsh, Steve Clement, and Ryan Hancock all went down and the 4th string QB had transferred?
Sean Covey with a string of concussions. Gave way to Detmer.
Who can forget Detmer. Separated shoulder ruined his Heisman celebration and we got whipped by a bad Hawaii team. And then 2 separated shoulders by A&M or whomever it was that then shellacked us in the bowl game.
More years of being adrift with no talented and healthy enough to QB to make much noise. Matt Berry - hand, etc. Was Feterik in this stretch. Remember the miraculous recovery from the broken foot. Eventually it all brought us to Sark. He was an anomaly. Ben Olsen had to transfer to UCLA to get his annual injuries.
Eventually, we get to Beck and Hall. Anomalies.
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