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I despise when people make judgements about the players motivation. If you are not on the team, anything you have is second-hand and you are getting it from one person's perspective and that person, has a bias, whether they are aware, or not. It does no one any good to cast aspersions of character and motivation. If you have something negative to say about a player's character, IMHO, you better be willing to name the source (and by name, I mean name - not just someone close to the team, or someone on the team.). Otherwise, it is better kept it to yourself.

 

These kids have enough to deal with in their lives without grown adults destroying their character on a public forum.

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This conversation really derailed...bringing it back to the Woodson vs. Frye discussion.  This was something I was going to post about back before the Kent game because the statistics of throwing for like 4TDs a game and 300+ yards per game were putting Woodson in a place where he could beat out Frye's records.  Since he missed three games, though, this season due to his shoulder injury...he probably won't beat Frye's career stats.

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2 hours ago, Dr Z said:

Do Bowl games and MCC games count toward career stats? TW could get back a few starts there.

 

I factored that in when I did my calculation.  He could out do the W/L percentage and the overall TDs for a career.  It's the Yards he's going to struggle to overcome because Frye got 11,049 in 4 years, and was he was played as the starter in the vast majority of those games.  Woodson's first year he only played a handful of games, he didn't start all of his games his sophomore or now junior year.  He currently has around 4,500 career yards. In order to beat Frye's career yards he would have had to average somewhere around 300 yards per game (including MAC Championship game and Bowls) to beat it, without missing 3 games.

 

Frye's best season passing was 3,549 yards, 22TDs.  Dalton beat the TDs with 25 in 2012, came short in yardage.  

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There are a lot of other factors than just pure career numbers to determine whose the GOAT Zips QB. I didn't see Frye play enough to cast judgement on intangibles, but I'd look for the guy that had the most positive impact for the team. If a guy puts up nearly as many yards and tds in 3 years while maintaining a similar or better TD/INT ratio, I'd go with the guy that played 3 years over a guy that it took 4 years to put up slightly larger totals. I don't know if that's the case as I haven't bothered to look at the numbers. If Woodson keeps doing what he is doing and stays healthy, I'll revisit this discussion and provide an evaluation the best that I can a year from now.

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7 minutes ago, kreed5120 said:

There are a lot of other factors than just pure career numbers to determine whose the GOAT Zips QB. I didn't see Frye play enough to cast judgement on intangibles, but I'd look for the guy that had the most positive impact for the team. If a guy puts up nearly as many yards and tds in 3 years while maintaining a similar or better TD/INT ratio, I'd go with the guy that played 3 years over a guy that it took 4 years to put up slightly larger totals. I don't know if that's the case as I haven't bothered to look at the numbers. If Woodson keeps doing what he is doing and stays healthy, I'll revisit this discussion and provide an evaluation the best that I can a year from now.

I would agree with this. I do think the potential is there, but things must align correctly for him and he has to live up to the potential.

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Does throwing for more yards in more games make you a "better" college quarterback, or does winning big games during your college career make you a "better" QB? I wouldn't use yards as my number one criteria in deciding best Akron QB. I would also add Luke Getsy to the debate of best UA QB. I would start with biggest games won, and throw in TD's per game, and mix in some third down conversion rate, and end with some qb efficiency rating if I were to debate. Talent around you should have to be in the discussion as well. 

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19 minutes ago, Dr Z said:

Does throwing for more yards in more games make you a "better" college quarterback, or does winning big games during your college career make you a "better" QB? I wouldn't use yards as my number one criteria in deciding best Akron QB. I would also add Luke Getsy to the debate of best UA QB. I would start with biggest games won, and throw in TD's per game, and mix in some third down conversion rate, and end with some qb efficiency rating if I were to debate. Talent around you should have to be in the discussion as well. 

Getsy could be in the conversation, if not for the 2006 season and the volume of endzone interceptions he threw.  He certainly has one of the top moments in program history.

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31 minutes ago, Buckzip said:

Akron has had a decent number of good QB's that many don't remember. Marcell Weems, Vernon Stewart, Mike Johnson.

All the QB's you mentioned threw more interceptions than touchdowns in any year they played. I would give some credit to Butchie, since he did the opposite and is second in career yards, but still not close to the Woodson/Getsy/Frye discussion. 

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I think if Tommy leads the Zips to a MAC title, he is worthy of strong consideration. He has potentially 2 opportunities to do so. WE could potentially have a stronger offense next year than we do this year. I think Tommy's off-season this prep work this winter will ultimately determine where he falls. I feel like there was tremendous improvement between last season and this season. If he continues to elevate his game IQ, and leads the Zips to win the MAC title, I think it's tough to argue against him.

 

That being said, I am not sure his throwing motion will make him of any interest to NFL scouts.

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24 minutes ago, zipsoutsider said:

That being said, I am not sure his throwing motion will make him of any interest to NFL scouts.

Have you seen the tripe being trotted out at the QB position in the NFL lately? Having a QB that can hit an open receiver is a rare commodity.

 

If Woodson continued to improve, and had a healthy 2017, someone would take a late-round flier on him.

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2 hours ago, Captain Kangaroo said:

Have you seen the tripe being trotted out at the QB position in the NFL lately? Having a QB that can hit an open receiver is a rare commodity.

 

If Woodson continued to improve, and had a healthy 2017, someone would take a late-round flier on him.

I would love to see him get a shot.

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Woody is good, like really good IMO. Maybe I was taking some comments out of context or reading articles the wrong way, but I was feeling a subtle tone on the board before the WMU game that people were lobbying for Chapman to be the starter yet again.

 

I've thought of his chances at being a pro as well, but I'm far from a QB scout. That stuff seems like more of a crap shoot than anything to me.

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12 hours ago, Blue & Gold said:

Woody just tweeted "Nothin better than a chiropractor poppin your neck & back.."

The team should have a Summa Health Care chiropractor, acupuncturist, and hyperbaric chamber available to him at all times. His health is directly related to the success of this team.  

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