Is Zaire The Best ND Quarterback Since Tony Rice?
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He's the same style of QB that Rice was, but lets not jump the gun, Zaire has started 1 reg season game, but he looks good!!
As a college quarterback Kevin McDougal was our best QB since Tony Rice. Right now Zaire has a long way to go to achieve that, but starting with wins over LSU in a bowl game and Texas in a season opener does not hurt the resume.
I LOVED...Tony Rice......and Kevin McDougal......and I LOVE MALIK ZAIRE!!!!!
Just Win Malik!!!
BEAT da cavs!!!
McDougal had a great year in 93. The fact that he could never beat our Mirer would suggest Mirer was the better college QB.
No offense to Tony, but Zaire being better than Tony does make him good. Tony ran the option well. But there are many that could have ran with that offensive line. As far as the rest remember, breath in through the nose and out through the mouth. We had ONE game with at down Michigan, oops I mean Texas team. Proof is in the pudding and we have a looooooong season ahead of us.
Way too soon to tell, but the one thing I see in Zaire that was evident with Tony Rice was poise. Zaire has faced down 3 College Football Super Powers USC, LSU, Texas and has not lost his poise. And I don't care how down people are on Texas, they are Texas and Charlie Strong is an excellent football coach. Of the all the Kelly QB's (Crist, Rees and Tallahassee Boy) Only one of them could take the coaching and not crumble like a cookie, and that was Rees, unfortunately he did not have a spec of ability. Lou Holtz would absolutely roast a QB on the sideline and so does Brian Kelly.
Zaire early on appears to have the physical and mental make up to succeed under a guy like Brian Kelly.
Zaire early on appears to have the physical and mental make up to succeed under a guy like Brian Kelly.
Its upsetting how little respect Clausen gets. The guy couldn't have played much better while he was here. I can't recall how many times he would lead a go-ahead drive only for the defense to lose the game. His biggest problem was not taking enough time off the clock.
jruff - completely agree with your statement. Also, when he ended up on the ground, the opposing players would walk by and kick him and there was no response from his own teammates.
That doesn't happen to a Brian Kelly player.
That doesn't happen to a Brian Kelly player.
Are we just looking at wins or actual talent? No one has been more talented than Jimmy Clausen. It's not his fault he never had a defense.
Bodizephax
I've posted how many times?
Contrary to popular belief, ND football did not begin with Lou Holtz. There have been great, no, incredible QBs at ND before the Holtz era. One QB in particular won three national titles, a Heisman trophy, was a two time All American, lettered in four sports while at ND, earned AP Athlete of the Year honors, and found time to serve in WWII. This gentleman is the gold standard for Irish QBs. I think you all know who I am talking about. Irish fans all owe a mighty big thanks to great ND QBs from the past. It's a list that most programs would kill for. Montana, Theisman, Huarte, Lamonica, Clements, Powlus, Mirer, Hanratty, Beuerlein, Quinn, Clausen, Rice, McDougal, Budka, Hornung, Guglielmi, Bertelli, Cartier, Walsh, Dorais, Stuhldreher, Sitko, and Williams. Not too shabby.
The best year of QB play we have had since Tony Rice was Kevin McDougal in 1993. Unlike many others, the better the opponent, the bigger the game, the bigger the moment, the better he played.
Oh how quickly we forget. When it comes to the really great ND QB's how about:
George Cartier or Ed and brother Pat Coady or Nick Dinkel or Angus Mc Donald or Fuzzy McGlew or good ole Irish boy Nate Silver or Tex Alison. MZ has a long way to go to catch up with the likes of those boys!
George Cartier or Ed and brother Pat Coady or Nick Dinkel or Angus Mc Donald or Fuzzy McGlew or good ole Irish boy Nate Silver or Tex Alison. MZ has a long way to go to catch up with the likes of those boys!
