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<blockquote data-quote="Rodney Kent" data-source="post: 34628" data-attributes="member: 923"><p>The statement of the best quarterback that has played for Tech brings up a topic that probably can never be finalized. It would always be according to one's own bias. Personally, the best and most athletic quarterback I have seen at Tech (started following Tech in the 40's) is Shawn Jones.</p><p> </p><p>The second quarterback was similar to a card shark who could fool you while you were watching the cards carefully. His name was Bill Brigman; he was a quarterback in the Belly Series back in the 50's. He was so deceptive with his faking and handoffs to the running backs, that the defenses seldom knew who of the four backs in the backfield had the ball. He was a magician in the Belly Series; you see it then, you don't see it. You are looking at one back, yet another is already 15 yards downfield headed toward a TD. He would probably have continued to be the quarterback, but the NCAA went to one-platoon, and he was not a good defensive player.</p><p> </p><p>The third was Lil Joe; he was a very good QB, but was a little less athletic than Shawn Jones.</p><p> </p><p>The fourth was Lothridge; he did everything from quarterbacking to handling all the kicking.</p><p> </p><p>The Fifth was probably a tie between Kim King and a few others. Others were good in some areas (such as fullback at quarterback for running the ball, and some were pure passers), however, Kim King was a good passer and a good field general.</p><p> </p><p>In the one-platoon, Wade Mitchell was as good on both offense and defense as you could have in that situation at the time. However, he could never be compared to the two-platoon quarterbacks because of the duties of both offense and defense.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rodney Kent, post: 34628, member: 923"] The statement of the best quarterback that has played for Tech brings up a topic that probably can never be finalized. It would always be according to one's own bias. Personally, the best and most athletic quarterback I have seen at Tech (started following Tech in the 40's) is Shawn Jones. The second quarterback was similar to a card shark who could fool you while you were watching the cards carefully. His name was Bill Brigman; he was a quarterback in the Belly Series back in the 50's. He was so deceptive with his faking and handoffs to the running backs, that the defenses seldom knew who of the four backs in the backfield had the ball. He was a magician in the Belly Series; you see it then, you don't see it. You are looking at one back, yet another is already 15 yards downfield headed toward a TD. He would probably have continued to be the quarterback, but the NCAA went to one-platoon, and he was not a good defensive player. The third was Lil Joe; he was a very good QB, but was a little less athletic than Shawn Jones. The fourth was Lothridge; he did everything from quarterbacking to handling all the kicking. The Fifth was probably a tie between Kim King and a few others. Others were good in some areas (such as fullback at quarterback for running the ball, and some were pure passers), however, Kim King was a good passer and a good field general. In the one-platoon, Wade Mitchell was as good on both offense and defense as you could have in that situation at the time. However, he could never be compared to the two-platoon quarterbacks because of the duties of both offense and defense. [/QUOTE]
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