Todd Blackledge vs. Kerry Collins: Pick one

Who best managed dominating, undefeated teams.

especially if he keeps doing games in B1G country

He had the same sort of confidence and leadership skills as Collins, but it just seemed more natural coming from Collins. After all, Collins was this big dude who looked like he had been a quarterback when he left the womb. It never seemed as easy for Blackledge.

Then there was his playing style. Again, I don’t quite know how to describe it. You should probably just get the ’82 Nebraska game, but I think what I mean is something like this:

Against Oregon on one play, Kerry slipped down almost to his knees, recovered, and then threw a gorgeous, simply gorgeous pass to Freddie Scott, who had been running a post pattern to the back of the endzone. Scott dropped what would have been a tough catch (Yeah, Engram would have caught it), robbing us of one of the greatest total plays in PSU history, but it was still awesome.

I think Blackledge could have made the same play, only he would have looked like he was working harder to make it happen. I guess that’s what I mean. Blackledge and Collins both made the art of quarterbacking as beautiful as it can be, but Blackledge, to me, looked like he had worked his balls off to go beyond his “natural” range.

Also, I loved how often he seemed to be jumping when he passed:

another PSU Legend (Our greatest D Lineman ever) might disagree with you on the cooler post-football profession.

That was probably Archie.

Also, two things: 1) the 1982 offense was plenty explosive, and 2) the 1982 offense probably would have been almost as good as the 1994 offense if the offensive line wasn’t in a rebuilding year. That’s why we leaned so much on Blackledge and why it took so long for Curt to get going. Blackledge didn’t have Hartings, Rivera, Greeley, Andre Johnson, etc.

TCS did a bunch of games, but I’m pretty sure that was available only over the mountains in Pittsburgh. Here in the 717, it would just be what one of the Big Three networks decided to show.

I guess you don’t remember the absolutely hideous pick 6 John Sacca threw early in the 4th quarter of that game. That more than Fayak’s missed FGs cost us the game-and ultimately the season.

I’m going to rec this just because I can’t believe you actually admitted to supporting John Sacca! That’s a first!

Do you remember the 1993 USC game? Sacca was awful.

Collins was pretty awful throughout a good chuck of 93 and even 92 as well.

In 1993, Collins barely completed 50 percent of his passes, and threw 11 interceptions, some of which were just as bad as Sacca’s pick 6 against Indiana, which I do, in fact, remember.

That said, I recognize now that Collins was the better QB. It’s just that at that time, I didn’t think Kerry was any better than Sacca the younger.

Boy, was I wrong.

They chanted “F*$% Ohio” before our mandatory drubbing of Youngstown State.