Which school is Quarterback U

[cgsports12]

http://altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/521881.html?nav=5017

Lengthy research project using various criteria such as NFL starters produced, NFL games started, Heismans won, Super Bowls won, etc., to come up with an answer.
Story doesn't make a case for one school but lists all 478 quarterbacks, by alma mater, who have started a game in NFL during Super Bowl era.
Check out the results of the poll at the bottom. Purdue ran away with it.
How about this fact: Oklahoma hasn't had a guy start an NFL game since 1949 (Aikman counts as UCLA alum).

 

[TigerVols]

If you want to base it on salary, only one school can boast two former quarterbacks making more than 96 million each:

One has a contract for 99.2 million dollars, and a street named after him leading to the stadium.

Another has a contract for 96.9 million dollars, and plays first base for the Colorado Rockies.

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[Batman]

If you want to base it on salary, only one school can boast two former quarterbacks making more than 96 million each:

One has a contract for 99.2 million dollars, and a street named after him leading to the stadium.

Another has a contract for 96.9 million dollars, and plays first base for the Colorado Rockies.

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And another is ripping off taxpayers daily for $96 million

 

[buckweaver]

Damn. That's an impressive project, Cory. Good work.

 

[Stoney]

I remember when everyone used to call BYU Quarterback U back when they had that nearly continuous line of NFL signal callers from Nielson to Wilson to McMahon, to Young to Bosco to Detmer. Funny that they don't even get mentioned among the candidates now.

 

[slappy4428]

IIRC, every Michigan starting quarterback since Elvis Grbac has played in the NFL

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

IIRC, every Michigan starting quarterback since Elvis Grbac has played in the NFL

I'm pretty sure you're right.

 

[Drip]

Back in the day, Miami was quarterback U.

 

[Stoney]

IIRC, every Michigan starting quarterback since Elvis Grbac has played in the NFL

Funny how that began the moment Schembechler retired. Harbaugh's the only noteworthy QB I can think of from the Bo years.

 

[Armchair_QB]

IIRC, every Michigan starting quarterback since Elvis Grbac has played in the NFL

Funny how that began the moment Schembechler retired. Harbaugh's the only noteworthy QB I can think of from the Bo years.

Harbaugh was Bo's only NFL QB.

 

[Stoney]

IIRC, every Michigan starting quarterback since Elvis Grbac has played in the NFL

I'm pretty sure you're right.

Out of curiosity, I googled Michigan starting QBs and got this: http://www.geocities.com/davetgc/Michigan_Quarterbacks.html I don't know if Scott Dreisbach or John Navarre had NFL careers. Still an impressive post-Bo list, though.

 

[Hank_Scorpio]

Navarre was drafted by the Cardinals. He played two games.

Dreisbach only saw preseason action, I believe. Mostly with the Lions and Raiders.

 

[murphyc]

For a while Washington State was known as Quarterback U, in pretty quick succession went from Rypien to Rosie to Bledsoe to Leaf. I will admit a slight bias in this post, however. ;D
And laugh all you want, but Leaf was one helluva college QB. He badly needed another year in college for the maturity, but there was no team coming back after the '98 Rose Bowl (something like 16 starters were seniors) so I can't blame him for leaving early and cashing in.

 

[Bubbler]

Wisconsin is the backup QB factory.

 

[Football_Bat]

Wherever Norm Chow hangs his shingle is Quarterback U.

 

[slappy4428]

IIRC, every Michigan starting quarterback since Elvis Grbac has played in the NFL

Funny how that began the moment Schembechler retired. Harbaugh's the only noteworthy QB I can think of from the Bo years.

Harbaugh was Bo's only NFL QB.

Only because Rick Leach chose baseball.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I did this off the top of my head, so if I'm wrong on one or two I apologize...

These are the colleges of the 32 projected starters...

Based on that, Southern Cal (Palmer, Cassell, Sanchez) would be No. 1
Marshall has two (Pennington and Leftwich) and Purdue has two (Orton, Brees)

Cal
Vandy
Southern Miss
Georgia
LSU
Purdue
NC State
Southern Cal
Maryland
Northern Iowa
Boston College
West Virginia
Ole Miss
Syracuse
Auburn
Northern Illinois
East Carolina
Tennessee
Penn State
Southern Cal
Miami, Ohio
Virginia
Southern Cal
Notre Dame
Marshall
Louisiana-Lafayette
Delaware
Boston College
Purdue
Marshall
Michigan
Stanford

 

[Armchair_QB]

Miami (Ohio) has an alum starting at QB in the NFL. Miami (Fla.) does not.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

Also interesting that Florida has had eight NFL starting quarterbacks and every one of them has sucked ass...

 

[Armchair_QB]

Also interesting that Florida has had eight NFL starting quarterbacks and every one of them has sucked ass...

Super Bowl starting QB Rex Grossman is deeply offended at that comment.

He's also a ****ty quarterback so he can't really disagree with you.