GCMB Poll: Rate the top UF quarterbacks

[Gatorraid81]

I didn't say favorite btw.

I know

 

[crosscreekcooter]

Tebow
Wuerffel
Leak
Spurrier
Grossman

 

[crosscreekcooter]

I think I said potentially.

There were three good backs on the 1996 team. You see what happens with lack of depth on 2001.

Also 2 AA's at WR

 

[stephenPE]

Another crappy offseason poll brought to you by Mr. Bored.

My top 5.

1) Danny Wuerffel
2) Tim Tebow
3) Rex Grossman
4) Steve Spurrier
5) Chris Leak

Noticeably absent: Kerwin Bell, John Reaves

Rex may have been the best but the most accomplished are 1,2 and 4 in your list. I like Chris in the there...........no I love Chris Leak.
Next 3 are Shane, John Reaves and Kerwin..............Shane reminded me of Leak. Only Leak didnt have SOS as his OC. Leak is the only non SOS QB to put up those SOS #s and UNDER 3 different OCs.................deserves way more love than he ever got.............
(and now the here comes the (couldnt have done it without Timmy rebutals)

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Also 2 AA's at WR

Actually I think Quezzie was AA the next year, if not he was certainly All SEC.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Rex may have been the best but the most accomplished are 1,2 and 4 in your list. I like Chris in the their............no I love Chris Leak.
Next 3 are Shane, John Reaves and Kerwin..............Shane reminded me of Leak. Only Leak didnt have SOS as his OC. Leak is the only non SOS QB to put up those SOS #s and UNDER 3 different OCs.................deserves way more love than he ever got.............
(and now the here comes the (couldnt have done it without Timmy rebutals)

The shyt Leak went through was incredible.

Could you imagine sitting at the game prep table and having Dan Mullett walk in, explain that he knows you are an All American 3000 yard passer who is deadly accurate, but we are going to run the option?

 

[Gatorraid81]

Rex may have been the best but the most accomplished are 1,2 and 4 in your list. I like Chris in the there...........no I love Chris Leak.
Next 3 are Shane, John Reaves and Kerwin..............Shane reminded me of Leak. Only Leak didnt have SOS as his OC. Leak is the only non SOS QB to put up those SOS #s and UNDER 3 different OCs.................deserves way more love than he ever got.............
(and now the here comes the (couldnt have done it without Timmy rebutals)

Without a doubt Leak is the most underrated QB we've ever had.

 

[Maxxodd]

What do I do with him? Put him ahead of Champions and Heismans? Nah...

Agreed, but it's worth noting that Rexy got completely robbed of winning the Heisman his sophomore year. At the time, no underclassman had ever won the award I believe and the establishment was not ready start at that time. Rex set the record for highest completion percentage (at the time) that year. The senior nebraska QB ended up winning it with far less impressive numbers (other than rushing). Disclaimer: I didn't use "the Google", so some of my info may be off...

 

[Circle City Gator]

Wuerffel was the best college quarterback I ever saw.
Tebow was the best college leader I ever saw play quarterback.
Grossman was the most NFL-ready quarterback to ever play at Florida. Reaves was second.
Spurrier was Florida's first great quarterback.
Bell was far better than he gets credit for - the last year he took a beating he never recovered from. People forget how great those mid-80s teams were
Matthews was absolutely reliable and the first to make Spurrier's system work.
Leak was a winner.

If I had to pick a top-5 among those, as college quarterbacks, they'd be:

1. Wuerffel
2. Tebow
3. Reaves
4. Grossman
5. Bell

Why? I think the first two are easy. But why Reaves over Matthews or Leak? Better arm, bigger gunslinger attitude. And why Reaves over Grossman? Gunslinger attitude just a bit better under control.

Why Bell, and not Spurrier or Matthew or Leak? Maybe bias, a nod to my own time, but he was really very good. He had all the throws, a fire that was amazing, and he won. The Auburn game wasn't just a great game, it is Top 5 Gator history.

But I'd take every single one of them over anybody who has played lately. And not in their prime. Now. I'd take a 71 year old Spurrier or a coked up 60-something Reaves over anything we've put on the field since Tebow.

 

[Thick&ThinG8r]

40 picks vs. 34 TDs in Peace's four seasons. Liked him but couldn't pick him.

I'm shockrd by this, but, I guess our expectations weren't very high back then.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I'm shockrd by this, but, I guess our expectations weren't very high back then.

What's old is new.

 

[78]

I think I said potentially or perhaps most talented.

There were three good backs on the 1996 team. You see what happens with lack of depth on 2001.

What you wrote in the last poll.

They werent the best offense in UF history 96 was. 01 was probably better also though without the depth at RB at RB tha 96 had.

 

[78]

What you wrote in the last poll.

But on second thought, I think you meant also better than '08's. My bad.

 

[ThreatMatrix]

5 favorites no particular order.
Tebow
Danny
Shane
Kerwin
Sexy Rexy

Spurrier before my time so no comment.
Leak would be in there for his accomplishments but I don't remember him as being exciting to watch.

Worst would be anybody since Tebow with Treon at the top of the list. Oh and Tyrone Young.

 

[78]

Wuerffel was the best college quarterback I ever saw.
Tebow was the best college leader I ever saw play quarterback.
Grossman was the most NFL-ready quarterback to ever play at Florida. Reaves was second.
Spurrier was Florida's first great quarterback.
Bell was far better than he gets credit for - the last year he took a beating he never recovered from. People forget how great those mid-80s teams were
Matthews was absolutely reliable and the first to make Spurrier's system work.
Leak was a winner.

If I had to pick a top-5 among those, as college quarterbacks, they'd be:

1. Wuerffel
2. Tebow
3. Reaves
4. Grossman
5. Bell

Why? I think the first two are easy. But why Reaves over Matthews or Leak? Better arm, bigger gunslinger attitude. And why Reaves over Grossman? Gunslinger attitude just a bit better under control.

Why Bell, and not Spurrier or Matthew or Leak? Maybe bias, a nod to my own time, but he was really very good. He had all the throws, a fire that was amazing, and he won. The Auburn game wasn't just a great game, it is Top 5 Gator history.

But I'd take every single one of them over anybody who has played lately. And not in their prime. Now. I'd take a 71 year old Spurrier or a coked up 60-something Reaves over anything we've put on the field since Tebow.

Calling Grossman the most NFL ready of our passers isn't saying much. He was a turnover machine in Chicago.

 

[Gatorphan]

1. Bobby Sablehaus
2. Everybody else

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Leak would be in there for his accomplishments but I don't remember him as being exciting to watch.

There is nothing exciting about Zaunbrecher or Mullett's offfenses.

 

[jdh5484]

I'm shockrd by this, but, I guess our expectations weren't very high back then.

He had serious tunnel vision. Especially in the red zone. Made for a good SI cover though:

 

[Gatorphan]

Tebow gets my #1 vote because how he motivated the whole team.

 

[jdh5484]

Without a doubt Leak is the most underrated QB we've ever had.

Leak , coached by Spurrier, would have been something to see.