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When was the last BC QB performance that was as impressive as the one Anthony Brown put up against Virginia? 19-24, 275, 3td's , no INT's, 32 yds rushing

In my opinion it was 11/01/14 - Tyler Murphy against Virginia Tech. 127 yds rushing, 8/15 110 yds passing, 2 TD's, no INT's.

QB play is so crucial to BC performance against P5 teams, and it has been a long time since it has been decent.

Curious to see what others think.

BC has been blessed with excellent QBs throughout the last 25 years (Foley, MattHass, TimHass, PaulPete, BSP, Matt Ryan, Tyler Murphy). Though not necessarily great, Hartsell, Mutryn, Porter, Crane, Don Davis and Rettig were still more than capable at this level.

QB play started to falter as soon as Spaz ran-off Cesspool (because of fit) and replaced him with Thornton Melon. Since then, BC has been a patchwork of youth, transfers and differing styles. After Billy Madison, we suffered through the painfully slow maturation of Rettig (who never really developed year-over-year). Dazoo brought us a fun year of Tyler Murphy but then blew up the position in an attempt to hand it to Wade as a sophomore. That brought us the space odyssey of Flutie-Fadule-Smith... followed by the Towles disaster last year. It should be the surprise to no one that Spaz/Daz-combo has struggled developing QBs. While their much-discussed shortcomings are a factor, the primary problem has been a revolving door of 7 OCs in 9 years.

From Foley to Ryan, each BC QB had at least 2 years as a starter. Since, only Rettig has accomplished the feat. Removing the Rettig years, BC has had 10 starting QBs over 6 seasons after Matty Ice.

We aren't out of the woods yet, AB is young and has shown promise. However, he has had only one great game (which could be a fluke as he was the 2nd worst QB in the conference prior to). Wade is certain to leave, so the depth behind him next year is complosed of 2 true freshmen (but both are decent recruits).

This is just a long way to say... yes, that was the best performance since Muph. But, considering who we've started since 2014, it really isn't saying much.

i'm sure i'm missing others but the game that jumped out at me was the cranium at rcc in 08, 34/51 428 yards 2 tds 1 pick & 3 rushing tds

looking forward, it was hit on in the other thread but having 6 starting offensive lineman return for '18 is going to be huge

not to get in the way of moj's racist-spaz agenda, but didn't cesspool fail out?

claver2010 {l Wrote}:i'm sure i'm missing others but the game that jumped out at me was the cranium at rcc in 08, 34/51 428 yards 2 tds 1 pick & 3 rushing tds

looking forward, it was hit on in the other thread but having 6 starting offensive lineman return for '18 is going to be huge

That game got everyone back on the Crane Train after an unremarkable start to the season. Looking at the game notes it was a 15 yard Crane run that lifted the Eagles over the Pack. 5 TOT TDs is impressive no matter how you slice it.

I will always maintain Chase could have been one of the greats had his time not overlapped with Spazoo and four OCs.

I understand that everyone looks at passing numbers first and foremost, but Tyler Murphy rushing for 191 yards on 13 carries against USC pops off the page at me looking back.

The VT game where he threw for 110 and 2 TDs and ran for 127 and a TD also stands out.

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:The VT game where he threw for 110 and 2 TDs and ran for 127 and a TD also stands out.

The VT game flies under the radar because of what he did to USC, but it was no less impressive a performance.

Can I point out one thing... seemingly no (or very few) drops from the WRs these past 2 games. It's been an issue for 2 seasons basically but boy does it make a difference in moving the ball (duh). BC very well may have led the country in drops last year. That one simple problem can go a long way if fixed and let's hope it stays this way.

I put Brown's performance ahead of any of Tyler Murphy's games. I liked Murphy. He was the best rushing QB in college football that year and fun to watch but was completely one dimensional. AB is a complete QB and was outstanding last weekend in all aspects. His QBR was unreal.

MattTheEagle {l Wrote}:I put Brown's performance ahead of any of Tyler Murphy's games. I liked Murphy. He was the best rushing QB in college football that year and fun to watch but was completely one dimensional. AB is a complete QB and was outstanding last weekend in all aspects. His QBR was unreal.

slow your roll. Kid finally threw the ball at his receivers after 6 games.

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:

MattTheEagle {l Wrote}:I put Brown's performance ahead of any of Tyler Murphy's games. I liked Murphy. He was the best rushing QB in college football that year and fun to watch but was completely one dimensional. AB is a complete QB and was outstanding last weekend in all aspects. His QBR was unreal.

slow your roll. Kid finally threw the ball at his receivers after 6 games.

I’ll acknowledge it’s too early to tell, but AB has a lot of promise. He threw much better last weekend (as a freshman) than Murphy or Towles ever did.

MattTheEagle {l Wrote}:

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:

MattTheEagle {l Wrote}:I put Brown's performance ahead of any of Tyler Murphy's games. I liked Murphy. He was the best rushing QB in college football that year and fun to watch but was completely one dimensional. AB is a complete QB and was outstanding last weekend in all aspects. His QBR was unreal.

slow your roll. Kid finally threw the ball at his receivers after 6 games.

I’ll acknowledge it’s too early to tell, but AB has a lot of promise. He threw much better last weekend (as a freshman) than Murphy or Towles ever did.

And Murphy ran a thousand times better than he ever will throwing similarly inaccurately

That was the best performance by a BC QB since Willie Hicks against Ohio State in 1989. Down 34-7, Willie lead BC to a massive comeback. On the last play Bicknell elected to run a fullback instead of giving Willie another chance and BC lost 34-29.

DrJackRyan {l Wrote}:That was the best performance by a BC QB since Willie Hicks against Ohio State in 1989. Down 34-7, Willie lead BC to a massive comeback. On the last play Bicknell elected to run a fullback instead of giving Willie another chance and BC lost 34-29.

Ed Toner up the gut!

TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:not to get in the way of moj's racist-spaz agenda, but didn't cesspool fail out?

Yes.

I was at that BC OSU game. Taking the ball out of Hicks's hands with the game on the line was maybe the worst coaching move in BC history...even worse than TOB thinking he had to go for 2 in OT against Miami. Hicks was unstoppable in that game.

BCMurt09 {l Wrote}:

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:The VT game where he threw for 110 and 2 TDs and ran for 127 and a TD also stands out.

The VT game flies under the radar because of what he did to USC, but it was no less impressive a performance.

The VT game flies so far under the radar it was mentioned in the first post in this thread.

2001Eagle {l Wrote}:

BCMurt09 {l Wrote}:

twballgame9 {l Wrote}:The VT game where he threw for 110 and 2 TDs and ran for 127 and a TD also stands out.

The VT game flies under the radar because of what he did to USC, but it was no less impressive a performance.

The VT game flies so far under the radar it was mentioned in the first post in this thread.

we'll miss you during your time of murter