Warren Moon is interesting because I was there. I believe him and his family that they heard shit in the stands of a racial nature. I didn't because we had 50 yard line Tyee seats among the refined old time UW alums
But we fucking hated him as a QB. He was horrible all three years EXCEPT for USC and the Rose Bowl as a senior. The opposite of Browning. He struggled against the shit teams.
He was a more important recruit than Joe Steele regardless of what James said. We had to show LA that the Jim Owens shit show was over. Benching the local hero from Roosevelt who was better QB paid long term benefits.
But it was tough to watch. Moon's career and HOF election is one of the real surprises to me in sports.
@RaceBannon what do you mean long term benefits? did UW start recruiting more black players? I am millennial doof that has no perspective on UW before 2000
We were in trouble with the lucrative So Cal recruiting area after the racial upheaval in the program under Owens. A boycott by the players over an all white staff of Junction Boys who weren't ready for progress.
USC had at least one Black qb in the 60's. UW was still using quotas and not allowing Blacks to play certain positions.
Chris Rowland once threw 7 TD passes against Cal and was on the roster. James went to LA CC and brought Moon in year one and started him for his three years of eligibility.
James told his staff to recruit the guts USC recruited. It made the program
Was Cal ranked?
Cal was tuff in the 70's under Mike White. Chuck Muncie, Steve Bartkowski, and Joe Roth among others. Wesley Walker.
Warren Moon is interesting because I was there. I believe him and his family that they heard shit in the stands of a racial nature. I didn't because we had 50 yard line Tyee seats among the refined old time UW alums
But we fucking hated him as a QB. He was horrible all three years EXCEPT for USC and the Rose Bowl as a senior. The opposite of Browning. He struggled against the shit teams.
He was a more important recruit than Joe Steele regardless of what James said. We had to show LA that the Jim Owens shit show was over. Benching the local hero from Roosevelt who was better QB paid long term benefits.
But it was tough to watch. Moon's career and HOF election is one of the real surprises to me in sports.
The only QB we put in the NFL Hall had at 49% completion percentage at Washington.
Warren Moon is interesting because I was there. I believe him and his family that they heard shit in the stands of a racial nature. I didn't because we had 50 yard line Tyee seats among the refined old time UW alums
But we fucking hated him as a QB. He was horrible all three years EXCEPT for USC and the Rose Bowl as a senior. The opposite of Browning. He struggled against the shit teams.
He was a more important recruit than Joe Steele regardless of what James said. We had to show LA that the Jim Owens shit show was over. Benching the local hero from Roosevelt who was better QB paid long term benefits.
But it was tough to watch. Moon's career and HOF election is one of the real surprises to me in sports.
The only QB we put in the NFL Hall had at 49% completion percentage at Washington.
The passing game was so different back then. A few teams had relatively sophisticated passing games, but many didn't. UW was one of the ones that didn't.
Joe Montana was a career 52% passer at Notre Dame.
Still, the difference in Moon's passing accuracy from his days at the UW to his NFL career was shocking.
Warren Moon is interesting because I was there. I believe him and his family that they heard shit in the stands of a racial nature. I didn't because we had 50 yard line Tyee seats among the refined old time UW alums
But we fucking hated him as a QB. He was horrible all three years EXCEPT for USC and the Rose Bowl as a senior. The opposite of Browning. He struggled against the shit teams.
He was a more important recruit than Joe Steele regardless of what James said. We had to show LA that the Jim Owens shit show was over. Benching the local hero from Roosevelt who was better QB paid long term benefits.
But it was tough to watch. Moon's career and HOF election is one of the real surprises to me in sports.
The only QB we put in the NFL Hall had at 49% completion percentage at Washington.
The passing game was so different back then. A few teams had relatively sophisticated passing games, but many didn't. UW was one of the ones that didn't.
Joe Montana was a career 52% passer at Notre Dame.
Still, the difference in Moon's passing accuracy from his days at the UW to his NFL career was shocking.
James ran the I and would always run on first and second down then try some short pass to get the first down that Moon would miss 51% of the time. It was frustrating
Moon threw a great deep ball in college as he did in the pros but we didn't use it near enough
Warren Moon is interesting because I was there. I believe him and his family that they heard shit in the stands of a racial nature. I didn't because we had 50 yard line Tyee seats among the refined old time UW alums
But we fucking hated him as a QB. He was horrible all three years EXCEPT for USC and the Rose Bowl as a senior. The opposite of Browning. He struggled against the shit teams.
He was a more important recruit than Joe Steele regardless of what James said. We had to show LA that the Jim Owens shit show was over. Benching the local hero from Roosevelt who was better QB paid long term benefits.
But it was tough to watch. Moon's career and HOF election is one of the real surprises to me in sports.
The only QB we put in the NFL Hall had at 49% completion percentage at Washington.
The passing game was so different back then. A few teams had relatively sophisticated passing games, but many didn't. UW was one of the ones that didn't.
Joe Montana was a career 52% passer at Notre Dame.
Still, the difference in Moon's passing accuracy from his days at the UW to his NFL career was shocking.
James ran the I and would always run on first and second down then try some short pass to get the first down that Moon would miss 51% of the time. It was frustrating
Moon threw a great deep ball in college as he did in the pros but we didn't use it near enough
Warren Moon is interesting because I was there. I believe him and his family that they heard shit in the stands of a racial nature. I didn't because we had 50 yard line Tyee seats among the refined old time UW alums
But we fucking hated him as a QB. He was horrible all three years EXCEPT for USC and the Rose Bowl as a senior. The opposite of Browning. He struggled against the shit teams.
He was a more important recruit than Joe Steele regardless of what James said. We had to show LA that the Jim Owens shit show was over. Benching the local hero from Roosevelt who was better QB paid long term benefits.
But it was tough to watch. Moon's career and HOF election is one of the real surprises to me in sports.
The only QB we put in the NFL Hall had at 49% completion percentage at Washington.
The passing game was so different back then. A few teams had relatively sophisticated passing games, but many didn't. UW was one of the ones that didn't.
Joe Montana was a career 52% passer at Notre Dame.
Still, the difference in Moon's passing accuracy from his days at the UW to his NFL career was shocking.
Back in those days James offense had three passing plays, one of which he predictably ran 81% of the time on third down. To Race's point, after they ran out of the I on first and second they ran a play action option boot (James called it a sprint out) away from the strong side where the TE ran a drag route across the field and the receiver ran an out. A 50-50 proposition. Sometimes Moon kept it...that's what black QB's did in the 70's until someone figured out black QBs, too, made good decisions in the pocket (heady, smart, film rat) and could find open receivers.
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Joe Montana was a career 52% passer at Notre Dame.
Still, the difference in Moon's passing accuracy from his days at the UW to his NFL career was shocking.
Moon threw a great deep ball in college as he did in the pros but we didn't use it near enough