Lee vs. Stafford: The Comparison

These are purely statistics and is an arguement I bring up to Lee-Haters consistantly. Stafford, in my opinion, is the best QB in the SEC and runs a comparable offense to LSU and would be a fair comparison. Here are some stats from each Lee and Stafford's freshman seasons.

Stafford - True Freshman
- 4 losses - Kentucky, Florida, Vandy & Tennessee (unranked Vandy & Kentucky)

- 52.7% completions
- 134.5 yards per game
- 108.99 effeciency rating
- 7 TD & 13 INT (0.5 : 1 TD to INT Ratio)
* Georgia had the #8 ranked total defense in the NCAA

Lee - Redshirt Freshman
- 3 losses - Florida, Georgia & Alabama (all in the BCS top 10)

- 53.4% completions
- 178.7 yards per game
- 120.6 effeciency rating
- 13 TD & 14 INT (0.9 : 1 TD to INT Ratio)
* LSU has the #24 ranked total defense in the NCAA (Bama #4, UF #14 & UGA #28)

It should be noted that UGA had Lumpkin, Ware & Brown as a 3 man rotation at RB, with Lumpkin getting the bulk of the load. Ironically this is very similar to the current LSU RB system.

My point is that so many fans are up-in-arms about the QB situation when they should be patient. I believe most coaches try to have a great team every year, but realistically they should prepare themselves for a cycle of 3-4 year runs.

After the 2003 Championship we were left with Marcus Randall and redshirt-freshman JaMarcus Russell. And that season wasn't much better than this year.