Top QB's in GT History

[CuseJacket]

1) Jimmy Southard - ( Dad) - Thanks for the Posts & Prayers Group !
2) Joe Hamilton
3) Shawn Jones
4) Mike Kelley

Great first post and prayers to you and your family.

 

[orientalnc]

I am surprised no one has mentioned GT hall of famer Kim King fr0m Atlanta's Brown High School who played '65-67. Could I get an HM for him?

Not Kim King. A loyal GT guy, but not a great QB.

 

[chewybaka]

Surprised Dewberry's name has not been mentioned...2 wins out of 3 games vs dem dawgs...

 

[Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau]

Well, this about the list. Pepper Rodgers lettered three years at QB for Bobby Dodd -- '51, '52' 53 -- had a 32-2-2 record, three major bowl wins when bowls were scarce, like six of them total, the Sugar Bowl passing record and the 1952 national championship. In addition he booted a late field goal to beat Baylor in the '52 Orange Bowl, I think it was. As Walter Hagen is alleged to have said to his playing partners, all wealthy hangers-on, after making an ace, "Anybody beat a one?"

Darryl Crawford? Jimmy Southard? If you win 26 or 27 games as a starter, aren't you in the conversation? Ten game seasons, only four our five bowl games available, playing in the SEC?

 

[Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau]

Darryl Crawford? Jimmy Southard? If you win 26 or 27 games as a starter, aren't you in the conversation? Ten game seasons, only four our five bowl games available, playing in the SEC?

http://www.georgiatrend.com/August-2002/The-Man-With-The-Golden-Arm/

 

[Skeptic]

Darryl Crawford? Jimmy Southard? If you win 26 or 27 games as a starter, aren't you in the conversation? Ten game seasons, only four our five bowl games available, playing in the SEC?

Great ones for sure. The trouble that we have, all of us apparently, is that when the conversation goes to "the greatest ever," we all stop at 20 years, maybe figuring the game really wasn't that good out of our personal memory.

 

[Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau]

Great ones for sure. The trouble that we have, all of us apparently, is that when the conversation goes to "the greatest ever," we all stop at 20 years, maybe figuring the game really wasn't that good out of our personal memory.

And opinion is colored by "the ones we saw in person". I saw Marvin Tibbett's in my childhood and every quarterback since. We have had some good ones.

 

[Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau]

Not Kim King. A loyal GT guy, but not a great QB.

What? He was pretty good with limited support. Had to deal with the loss of Dodd. I have always wondered how he would have flourished under Dodd's guidance.

 

[reubenjet]

Surprised Dewberry's name has not been mentioned...2 wins out of 3 games vs dem dawgs...

He has my vote based on the smack-down he put on their candy asses alone!! Hold that #1 up high on the way to the end zone "Duiberry"!

 

[Northeast Stinger]

And opinion is colored by "the ones we saw in person". I saw Marvin Tibbett's in my childhood and every quarterback since. We have had some good ones.

The first quarterback whose name I learned while watching Tech was Kim King, so he will always hold a fond place in my memories. But it sounds like Crawford may in fact have been the best Tech quarterback ever.

 

[Northeast Stinger]

What? He was pretty good with limited support. Had to deal with the loss of Dodd. I have always wondered how he would have flourished under Dodd's guidance.

I think he only had one year without Dodd, if I recall. But maybe I am wrong.

 

[Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau]

I think he only had one year without Dodd, if I recall. But maybe I am wrong.

No, you're correct. But there couldn't have been more of a change in personalities than going from Dodd to Bud the Dud. And don't forget, Dodd was a College Football Hall of Fame quarterback AND a Hall of Fame Coach and teacher. I just think King's place in history might have been different with that one more year. Hell, he started the Orange Bowl as a junior. In his book he admits to almost leaving the team in his senior year.