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FB: Top 5 QB's In Clemson Football History
Feb 19, 2015, 7:39 PM
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I am not the oldest Tiger, so be gentle with me- graduated in 1993...... here is my list. Thoughts? Your list?
1. Steve Fuller
2. Tajh Boyd
3. Woodrow Dantzler
4. Homer Jordan
5. Charlie Whitehurst
sorry, but Watson might end up being the greatest but he needs to play a whole healthy season or 2 IMHO....
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Rodney Williams will always be one of my favorites.***
Feb 19, 2015, 7:42 PM
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Re: Rodney Williams will always be one of my favorites.***
Feb 19, 2015, 8:10 PM
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I agree. Williams and Homer Jordan will always be two of my favorites.
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Favorite or not
Feb 19, 2015, 8:54 PM
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He's not one of the top five QBs to ever play at Clemson. Poor arm and surrounded by talent. He could run the option and he was a gamer but as far as quarterback skills; not even close.
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Except for the fact
Feb 19, 2015, 9:38 PM
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that was the type of skills we wanted our QB to have. He was running a triple option offense, not run and shoot. The skill he needed the most was making his reads and making an accurate pitch at the perfect time. If he could complete a pass further than 10 yards down the field then it was a bonus. Rodney ran our offense like he was conducting an orchestra thus he did his job as a QB.
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Re: Favorite or not
Feb 20, 2015, 7:56 AM
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Rodney was probably a perfect QB for Coach Ford's offense. I don't believe he was asked to do a whole lot of throwing, but you're right as far as numbers go, Rodney or Homer were never at the top. I do respect the fact that they were both winners, and that will always make them favorites to me. If we're talking numbers alone then, Tajh, Woody, Charlie, Fuller, and maybe Nealon Greene.
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Re: Favorite or not
Feb 20, 2015, 9:59 AM
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Just check the wins!!!!! That's all that matters and Rodney threw the ball pretty darn well in the bowl games. Oh these boys now play a lot more games than Rodney did.
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Re: FB: Top 5 QB's In Clemson Football History
Feb 19, 2015, 8:05 PM
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Homer Jordan moves up the list to #2 for me. Rodney is not in my top 5.
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Re: FB: Top 5 QB's In Clemson Football History
Feb 19, 2015, 8:07 PM
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Have you ever seen Homer play, he wasn't as good as Tajh.
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Re: FB: Top 5 QB's In Clemson Football History
Feb 19, 2015, 8:20 PM
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Homer didn't have anywhere near the numbers Tajh had, that's for sure, but I'll always remember the games he played against USC in '80 and the Orange Bowl. Those two games alone make him one of my favorites.
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Re: FB: Top 5 QB's In Clemson Football History
Feb 20, 2015, 10:02 AM
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How could Homer have the numbers ?? D@mm guys we didn't throw the ball much but you check his stats and see what he down in Canadian football league. OH he won the NC I don't think anyone else has done that
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Re: FB: Top 5 QB's In Clemson Football History
Feb 20, 2015, 11:22 AM
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I've got some DVDs of The Tiger during the championship year, and one thing that impressed me most about Homer, was the clutch third down plays he made. Some with his running some with his passing.
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Right people, wrong order. fuller,whitehurst,boyd,jordan,
Feb 19, 2015, 8:11 PM
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dantzler
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2nd 5 in order: Rodney, White, Addison, Shingler, Bussey***
Feb 19, 2015, 8:18 PM
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Re: 2nd 5 in order: Rodney, White, Addison, Shingler, Bussey***
Feb 19, 2015, 11:14 PM
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Please remind me about Shingler...
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As I have stated before, Homer Jordan is....
Feb 19, 2015, 8:50 PM
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the best QB in Clemson History because he possesses two things all the others do not...a National Championship Ring and a perfect season.
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Re: FB: Top 5 QB's In Clemson Football History
Feb 19, 2015, 8:55 PM
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Mike Eppley? Billy Lott?
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Re: FB: Top 5 QB's In Clemson Football History
Feb 19, 2015, 9:21 PM
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Nobody can say who's the best,it's all
opinion.
We can only have our favorites from those
special games.
Mine are:
1. Homer Jordan
2. Jimmy Addison
3. Charlie Whitehurst
4. T. Boyd
5. Rodney Williams
Each one had special moments especially
Homer Jordan in that magical year.
Hopefully we can add D. Watson to this list.
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No Fuller?
Feb 19, 2015, 9:29 PM
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I never got to see him personally, but I know the stats, and he was a great quarterback from what I've heard and the stats I've seen.
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Every list has to begin with Fuller, then
Feb 19, 2015, 9:13 PM
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Boyd, Whitehurst, Homer, Eppley
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Right except for Dantzler and
Feb 20, 2015, 1:22 AM
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your order is all wrong
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Don King, Harvey White Lowends Shingler???
Feb 19, 2015, 9:20 PM
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You need to put in decades. Most of you never saw these guys. They were great for their time. There is no such thing as "best in history."
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Best QB in Clemson history is a ?, but best player is not.
Feb 19, 2015, 9:28 PM
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The best player in Clemson history is the same as it always has been: Banks McFadden.
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Re: Best QB in Clemson history is a ?, but best player is not.
Feb 19, 2015, 9:41 PM
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Would McFadden even start on Clemson today?
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Re: Best QB in Clemson history is a ?, but best player is not.
Feb 19, 2015, 10:07 PM
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It is impossible to compare players across generations.
Look at our starting offensive line in our 81 national championship.
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Morroco. Fuller, Whitehurst, Williams, Parker***
Feb 19, 2015, 9:45 PM
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Re: FB: Top 5 QB's In Clemson Football History
Feb 19, 2015, 10:18 PM
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Charlie's arms, some cheerleader had bigger arms! He could throw a 60 yard
Pass with EZ ! Pluse No body, all Arms!
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Re: FB: Top 5 QB's In Clemson Football History
Feb 19, 2015, 10:18 PM
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Charlie's arms, some cheerleader had bigger arms! He could throw a 60 yard
Pass with EZ ! Pluse No body, all Arms!
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the best qb in clemson history is
Feb 19, 2015, 10:41 PM
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Currently on campus. A once in a lifetime player, without a doubt. To perform the way he did in Georgia & talahassee, that's freakish. So number one is locked up imo. 2-5: boyd, dantzler, fuller & Whitehurst. Enough of this banks McFadden stuff, guys.... No leather helmet players allowed lol
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Re: the best qb in clemson history is
Feb 19, 2015, 10:55 PM
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Banks McFadden was an AP All-American. Any of your 5 make it?
History includes leather helmets.
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Re: FB: Top 5 QB's In Clemson Football History
Feb 19, 2015, 11:34 PM
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1. Fuller
2. Whitehurst
3. Woodrow
4. Boyd
5. Jordan
Boyd and Jordan were both surrounded by ridiculous talent. Fuller and Charlie only 2 who could sustain in the League. Woodrow did something no other player in CFB had done (2000,1000) at that point. Hobestly, when talking Clemson QB, 5 is too many to list. It's a stretch to call a couple of them good.
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first of all the list has to start with Steve Fuller, who...
Feb 19, 2015, 11:57 PM
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1) Led Clemson to an 11-1 record and #6 ranking in the 1978 final AP poll.
2) Was the only player in CU history to be a two time ACC Player Of The Year.
3) Was a two time First Team Academic All American.
4) Was a 1978 AP All American QB.
5) Was 6th in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1978.
6) Was a 1st round NFL draft pick.
7) Played 7 years in the NFL and had 5 starts for the 1985 Chicago Bears that won the Super Bowl.
You take any player from any generation, I don't care who it is, and go down that list. Whoever you have in mind, be it McFadden, Jordan, Whitehurst, Boyd, whoever ... and ask yourself if they achieved that.
No matter who your "favorite" is, it's a safe bet your answers are No, No, No, No, No, No & No. In fact, only Homer Jordan has achieved even one of those criteria, all of the rest completely strike out and are OH-FOR-SEVEN.
Sorry, but it's not even close.
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Re: first of all the list has to start with Steve Fuller, who...
Feb 20, 2015, 12:07 AM
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1.Fuller
2.Whitehurst
3.Boyd
4.McFadden
5.Dantzler
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Re: first of all the list has to start with Steve Fuller, who...
Feb 20, 2015, 8:25 AM
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Oof...Whitehurst over Boyd? I'm assuming that's only due to their records against South Carolina...right? Other than that, Boyd was much better than Whitehurst.
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Re: first of all the list has to start with Steve Fuller, who...
Feb 20, 2015, 9:22 AM
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> Oof...Whitehurst over Boyd? I'm assuming that's only
> due to their records against South Carolina...right?
> Other than that, Boyd was much better than
> n Whitehurst.
No.the fact that Charlie wasn't surrounded by all pro wr and has actually stuck in the league. Whitehurst would have thrown for 40000 yards in morris system in 4 years with those weapons. People don't realize how good he was. Other than fuller, best we have had. Just ask nfl gms....or they just are all wrong about Boyd?
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1-watson 2-fuller 3 Jordan 4- charlie
Feb 20, 2015, 9:36 AM
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4-Boyd 5-Williams
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Re: first of all the list has to start with Steve Fuller, who...
Feb 20, 2015, 11:32 AM
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Yea, that's a very good point about the WRs. We didn't really have much when Charlie was here, and the WRs--and system--with Tajh were both stellar. I guess I'm basing my ranking on success and not potential.
I don't think the NFL scouts are wrong about Tajh--I just think he was a great college QB.
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My Picks: Will Proctor, Kyle Parker, Cullen Harper....***
Feb 20, 2015, 12:06 PM
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Good picks. Now in the "Gutsy" category, it's
Feb 20, 2015, 12:15 PM
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Brandon Streeter. The punishment he was able to take and keep on coming, was amazing.
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