[GP1]

I always say that good teams start with good players. Especially the QB. Coaches all know about the same thing so I think they largely get too much credit when things are going well and too much blame when things are going poorly.

Let me ask Urban Meyer how important a good QB is.

The Great GP1: "Coach Meyer, how important is it for a coach to surround himself with a great QB at the college level?"

Urban Meyer: "Excellent question. I'm not surprised that a man with your enormous intellectual ablility would see the ultimate question in football in modern times has a lot to do with the quality of QB. If you have a good one, you are a genious. If you don't, you are an idiot. Just ask any Gator fan...they all think I'm an idiot after this season. I'm the same guy, just with a less talented kid at QB."

The Great GP1: "Thank you for your kind words Coach Meyer. I'm probably even smarter than you may think as you don't know me very well. Can you elaborate on your previous answer."

Urban Meyer: "For such a gracious host, I'd be glad to. I started my head coaching career in 2001 at BGSU and coached there for two years. During my time, I had a really good QB named Josh Harris. You may remember him...he was one of the all time greats at BGSU. His ability allowed me to move on to Utah where Alex Smith was the QB. You may remember him as a guy good enough to play in the NFL and was one of the top college football players during my time at Utah.

When I moved on to Florida, I had Chris Leak as my starting QB. He was a solid player who won us a national championship, but there were better players to follow. You may remember a guy named Tim Tebow. He followed Leak and the rest is history. I became a genious.

This season, I have John Brantley. Around this time last season, I started to think about Brantley as my starting QB in 2010 and that is about when I started having panic attacks. As you have seen this year, the panic attacks were warranted. The kid is terrible and every time I look at him I can feel my chest tightening. God I wish I had retired last year when I wanted. Now I look like just another coach."

The Great GP1: "Coach Meyer, what will it take for people to think you are a genious again?"

Urban Meyer: "Another great QB."

[Buckzip]

You can certainly win without a great QB in college.

Obviously you need to make it up other places.

If you have a great defense, a great o-line and great running game, you will only need a decent QB.
If you have a QB that manages the game, doesn't lose it, you will be fine.

UT wont he NC the year after Peyton Manning Graduated. Krenczel was as average as you can get.
Dorsey was nothing special. Leak was nothing special. All fo those guys had great running backs and a great defense. That is the difference.

UF problems go much deeper than Tebow. UM has been sick and that is affecting his coaching. Their current QB doesn't fit the offense that Meyer runs. The gimmick offenses are shut down once they are figured out.

[Dr Z]

Tennessee won the National Football Championship the year after Peyton Manning Graduated.

That's because Tamaurice Martin was a better QB. ...AND he did it in his JUNIOR year.
Just ask GP1 how great Tamaurice was, T got drafted by his favorite NFL team.

PS Tee is now the UK's wide receiver coach (kind of funny).

[Buckzip]

Tennessee won the National Football Championship the year after Peyton Manning Graduated.

That's because Tamaurice Martin was a better QB. ...AND he did it in his JUNIOR year.
Just ask GP1 how great Tamaurice was, T got drafted by his favorite NFL team.

PS Tee is now the UK's wide receiver coach (kind of funny).

Holy crap. I always thought his name was Tee. I didn't know it was Tamaurice. I would have gone by Tee too.