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Marino 27 Year Passing Mark About to be Destroyed
Records are made to be broken! Over time, most record performances will be overtaken. However, it is uncommon for a record that has been held for twenty-seven years to be eclipsed by multiple players in one season. That is the likely scenario for the 1984 single season passing record of 5,084 by Cradle Quarterback passing legend Dan Marino. At least five quarterbacks are on pace to exceed that yardage mark by the end of this … Read entire article »
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Greatest Western Pennsylvania Quarterback Moments #28
Greatest Western Pennsylvania Quarterback Moments #28 Terrelle Pryor Wins Back to Back BCS Bowl Game MVP Awards A few … Read more »
The Very Under Rated Marc Bulger Retires
Marc Bulger retired this week. I believe he retires as the one of the most undervalued quarterback … Read more »
Dan Marino Rated the 24th Best All-Time QB
Dan Marino Rated the 24th Best All-Time QB I recently browsed an interesting book at Borders called the … Read more »
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Willie Thrower – 1st African American QB in the NFL
Willie Thrower – 1st African American QB in the NFL The WPIAL Hall of Fame announced new inductees … Read more »
Pittsburgh Quarterback – Memorial Day Feature
1944 John Wally Schroyer Cradle War Hero This blog features many statistical numbers and records to validate individual … Read more »
Pittsburgh Quarterback – Master List
I have compiled a master list of some of the important quarterbacks from the Pittsburgh area starting … Read more »
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Greatest Western Pennsylvania Quarterback Moments #28
Greatest Western Pennsylvania Quarterback Moments #28 Terrelle Pryor Wins Back to Back BCS Bowl Game MVP Awards A few days into 2011, Pryor put another brick in his resume’ wall when he was named the Sugar Bowl MVP as Ohio State defeated Arkansas. Pryor passed for more than 200 yards and rushed for more than 100. He had already won a Rose … Read entire article »
Monday Evening Pittsburgh Quarterback
It looks like Willie Colon is out for the season due to an injury that occurred with four minutes left in the blowout loss on Sunday. I was surprised to observe that all the starters were still playing late in the game. At the time I thought that was foolish, especially with all the cheap shot plays the teams were … Read entire article »
Broadway Joe Coming Back To Beaver Falls
Over the years, Joe Namath has returned to Beaver Falls with some regularity. Often, the trips were not announced and out of the public eye. On September 9th and 10th, Namath will return in a high profile manner, followed by cameras from HBO and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Namath, JIm Mutscheller, and deceased Coach Larry Bruno will be … Read entire article »
Steelers Able to Keep Top Backup QB(s)
The Steelers are considered to have the deepest one through four depth in the NFL at quarterback once again this year. This has been an overlooked component of the excellent run the team has made since Big Ben was a rookie. The quality of organization, the chance for Super Bowl runs allows the team to keep or bring in quality … Read entire article »
Top WPIAL Senior Passers
A strong senior quarterback crop is about ready to open the WPIAL football season. At this time, only one passer has signed with a Division I program. This class is considered long in depth and quality, but at least at the start of the season, there are not any can’t miss blue chip prospects. The attached Tribune-Review article gives a … Read entire article »
“Recruiting Violations:” Now (Miami) and Then (Namath)
It seems like the biggest story of the college football season is the high profile recruiting violations uncovered at Ohio State and Miami. Common sense dictates that if Yahoo or the NCAA wanted to find a significant recruiting violation at any BCS school, that they would be able to find something, even though the violations might not be quite to … Read entire article »
The Very Under Rated Marc Bulger Retires
Marc Bulger retired this week. I believe he retires as the one of the most undervalued quarterback of all the passers that came from the region. Babe Parilli, a virtual unknown quarterback to most people, yet a College Football Hall of Fame member and AFL Hall of Fame resident probably is even more under appreciated. After the 2006 season, Bulger stood … Read entire article »
Dan Marino Rated the 24th Best All-Time QB
Dan Marino Rated the 24th Best All-Time QB I recently browsed an interesting book at Borders called the QB Abstract: Ratings Guide for NFL Quarterbacks, by John Maxymuk. The book statistically rated every quarterback that has played in the modern era of NFL football. The author heavily weighted QB passer ratings in comparison to other passers of the same era, the … Read entire article »
Pitt Football Receives Highly Rated QB Commit
New Pitt Coach Todd Graham wants to have a high octane offense. In order for that to happen, he will need to have a strong signal caller. Graham received an encouraging commitment from a Tennessee quarterback considered by one scouting service as the sixth best passer in the nation. Chad Voytik would enter Pitt in time for the 2012 season, … Read entire article »
