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My point is that while he was very good, he was also somewhat limited in how far he could really take the offense. I would even speculate that had he NOT gotten injured in the last reg season game in 2014, tOSU may not have steamrolled Wisconsin and gotten into the playoffs. And had they managed to get in, the would have been steamrolled by Bama. Not because JT was not a good player but because he could not pop the top off the defense the way the Jones did.  Bama would have just loaded the box and dared JT to throw it downfield. He may have completed a couple here or there, but most likely would have thrown a few picks.

With all of that said, the issue was that Barrett played to the best of his ability and had some great wins and awesome moments. I am very grateful that he was the QB and happy with the results. But his throwing ability along with UM's insistence that HIS system was the only way to go, possibly cost them even greater success. And even with that, he had another QB later that could both run and throw the ball downfield but never gave him an honest opportunity to demonstrate it. Had he given Burrows that opportunity, they may have achieved even more. But who knows.

Second, I thought Millennials didn't drink that much beer.  Article. 

I've always liked Yuengling.  Until a few years ago I couldn't get it in Ohio so it was something of a special treat that I would get once in a while when I went to PA. 

And you counter with passing yardage? 


Miraculous that such a limited QB could be the ALL TIME B10 leader in TD passes and passer rating (and only 15th in attempts) AND being a top-3 ALL TIME rushing QB in B10 history....same guy, one career.


But he was limited.  He wasn't that good.  Only played because of loyalty.  I guess he was just lucky...on 1,867 plays.

So here's some reality for OSU, and a couple others.

I think it was back around 2013 or so, LSU and Florida players took to twitter to start arguing about who is DBU, a pointless yet ongoing spat.  Recently I've seen OSU enter the fray (which is kinda rude, nobody invited you to our BBQ).  Not OSU players, mind you....the actual school started putting stuff out comparing selective numbers.  They also think they're DBU.

The real question is:  why isn't Alabama ever included in that discussion?  Those guys have had a number of very impressive DBs over the last several years, particularly safeties.  They routinely field one of the most productive and talented secondaries, and they're as high a profile team as it gets.  I'm surprised you don't hear more about them....especially from them.  I mean, claiming titles they want to be true is kind of their thing. 

Everyone knows real BBQ is in Texas and DB U is the U of Texas-Austin