Did Elway ever go to a bowl game? I think his NFL career is clouding his college career.
The Play in 1982 kept him from getting into some minor bowl (Garden State?) his senior year, and his last opportunity. He whined about it afterwards. His own fault for calling time out with eight seconds left, instead of four. At the time, he did hold a lot of conference passing records, IIRC; a great college QB on a mediocre team.
Elway beat the #1 ranked Huskies and singlehandedly beat Oklahoma.
But Stanford sucked and there weren't 87 bowls
And he was the QB for quite a few losses...
Stanford's record with Elway as starting QB was: 6-5 (3-4 conf) 4-7 (4-4 conf) 5-6 (3-5 conf)
Win or GTFO. Nothing else matters. Right?
You should learn how to read
OK, Elway played a couple of really good games, but his team sucked and the opportunity for bowl games was less than today. All of that is true. But playing a couple of really good games in a 3 year career with a 15-18 record is not worthy of All Century Team. Clearly he's on the list based on his pro career.
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Mostly, you can't really argue with these guys. They are all fucking good.
But Stanford sucked and there weren't 87 bowls
Stanford's record with Elway as starting QB was:
6-5 (3-4 conf)
4-7 (4-4 conf)
5-6 (3-5 conf)
Win or GTFO. Nothing else matters. Right?