I was at that game, Lord was a warrior in that game. Chris Simms never played that well in any other game in his college or pro career.
Huskers top running QBs of all time. Who ya got?
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Big red surfers
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Thanks for good ole laugh. Needed a good knee slapper this morning. Tmart #1. Good lord.
Crouch
Frazier
Gill
Frost
Pick anybody.
Crouch
Frazier
Gill
Frost
Pick anybody.
Mierin
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*rolls eyes*
It's not funny or ridiculous to pick Martinez as one of the top QBs we've ever had. He wasn't surrounded by the talent and dominating lines that the QBs you listed had.
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Big red surfers
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Never said he wasn't a top qb. Not just number one. I'd put him at 5 with gdowski and lord.
Gdowski could've been one of the all time greats if he had started more than one season imo. To many people forget he even played for us now. I've been guilty of that as well and I was a huge fan of his the one year he got to start.
krc1995
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grandpasknee
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No Nate Mason? No Jeff Quinn? WTH????!!!! LOL
For my money, the smoothest operator in the option world was Turner Gill He didn't run that often because he didn't have to. But I can clearly see him taking the snap, doing that quick half reverse spin, pausing just long enough to read the defense and for the backs to get in motion, then moving down the line of scrimmage, waiting till the perfect moment to pitch. Good lord he was smooth.
For my money, the smoothest operator in the option world was Turner Gill He didn't run that often because he didn't have to. But I can clearly see him taking the snap, doing that quick half reverse spin, pausing just long enough to read the defense and for the backs to get in motion, then moving down the line of scrimmage, waiting till the perfect moment to pitch. Good lord he was smooth.
California Husker
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Is this best pure runner? Most explosive runner with big play ability? Best running QB? Best option QB?
Anyway here's my list because this is for fun and the original question wasn't specific enough.
1) Tommy Frazier (best option QB which made his already exceptional running skills almost impossible to stop)
2) Eric Crouch (speed kills)
3) Scott Frost (faster and with better moves than most people remember...mostly because he was running people over so much)
4) Turner Gill (in my eyes, the second best we ever had at running the option)
5) Keithen McCant (only started one full year but had more yards per carry than anyone above him on MY list)
6) Gerry Gdowski (just really freaking good.... 8.0 yards per carry? Wow)
7) Steve Taylor (so smooth)
8) Jamaal Lord (over 1,400 yards rushing his junior year...very underrated as others have said)
9) Tommy Armstrong (very good at running the spread, just wish he was a little faster)
10) Taylor Martinez (after the way he broke out in his freshman year I though he had a chance to be the best ever...was never the same after being bitten by the injury bug)
Well there's my list and I wouldn't argue if someone says I should switch McCant and Gdowski...both very good runners.
Anyway here's my list because this is for fun and the original question wasn't specific enough.
1) Tommy Frazier (best option QB which made his already exceptional running skills almost impossible to stop)
2) Eric Crouch (speed kills)
3) Scott Frost (faster and with better moves than most people remember...mostly because he was running people over so much)
4) Turner Gill (in my eyes, the second best we ever had at running the option)
5) Keithen McCant (only started one full year but had more yards per carry than anyone above him on MY list)
6) Gerry Gdowski (just really freaking good.... 8.0 yards per carry? Wow)
7) Steve Taylor (so smooth)
8) Jamaal Lord (over 1,400 yards rushing his junior year...very underrated as others have said)
9) Tommy Armstrong (very good at running the spread, just wish he was a little faster)
10) Taylor Martinez (after the way he broke out in his freshman year I though he had a chance to be the best ever...was never the same after being bitten by the injury bug)
Well there's my list and I wouldn't argue if someone says I should switch McCant and Gdowski...both very good runners.
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Count 'Bility
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Or good qb coaches. Seeing the hay Langs is making with Tommy, I really feel for Martinez. And Tommy.
NUance
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Four defenders in the backfield chasing him around, all the way back to our 6 yard line. And TMart takes it to the house. Show me a better QB scramble on a broken play. At any level[SIZE=11pt]—[/SIZE]FBS, FCS, NFL, high school, Pop Warner, you name it.
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Joe_5700
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Eric Crouch and it is not even debatable.
I see no mentions of Steve Taylor. He was a very good runner and I would put Scott Frost above Frazier. Everyone remembers the run against Florida, but Frost also had some big runs and punished tacklers.
Crouch
Martinez (when he didn't fumble and was healthy)
Frost
Frazier
Lord-Taylor
I see no mentions of Steve Taylor. He was a very good runner and I would put Scott Frost above Frazier. Everyone remembers the run against Florida, but Frost also had some big runs and punished tacklers.
Crouch
Martinez (when he didn't fumble and was healthy)
Frost
Frazier
Lord-Taylor
Nebfanatic
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Martinez was easily the most electric Nebraska QB of all time. This play is probably the most prime example of that but I guarantee no other husker QB has more runs of 75+ yards
Four defenders in the backfield chasing him around, all the way back to our 6 yard line. And TMart takes it to the house. Show me a better QB scramble on a broken play. At any levelFBS, FCS, NFL, high school, Pop Warner, you name it.
Mavric
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I'd probably still give the edge to Martinez but it's similar to Crouch at Missouri.
Four defenders in the backfield chasing him around, all the way back to our 6 yard line. And TMart takes it to the house. Show me a better QB scramble on a broken play. At any level[SIZE=11pt]—[/SIZE]FBS, FCS, NFL, high school, Pop Warner, you name it.
broganreynik
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Not to be an a-hole, but I mentioned Taylor, along with eight other people; including one three posts above yours.
Just saying