He lost 2 games - Kentucky (inexcusable) and Arkansas.

Regardless of numbers Flynn was the glue and the calming influence that got the job done in the big games. Yeah, Flynn threw picks, but he rarely had negative plays - plays were we fumbled by his hand or lost yardage.

He brought us a National Championship. That trumps all that individual garbage in a team sport like football.

By your rationale Timmy Chang was better than both of them because his statistics blow them both away.

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Posted by SlowFlowPro

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Posted on 1/4/13 at 11:50 pm to Da #1 Stunna

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Regardless of numbers Flynn was the glue and the calming influence that got the job done in the big games.

2007 LSU didn't play the same quality of "big games" in the regular season compared to 2006 LSU

2006 LSU went on the road against the eventual national champions and on the road against another top10 team

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Yeah, Flynn threw picks, but he rarely had negative plays

not sure if...serious

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He brought us a National Championship

no, the team did, after a large number of lucky events occurred. he led the team to a 2-loss regular season in 2007...JR led the team to a 2-loss regular season in 2006 playing harder opponents

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Posted by Open Your Eyes

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Posted on 1/4/13 at 11:56 pm to Da #1 Stunna

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Regardless of numbers Flynn was the glue and the calming influence that got the job done in the big games.

How many 4th quarter comebacks did Russell lead in his career compared to Flynn?

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Yeah, Flynn threw picks, but he rarely had negative plays - plays were we fumbled by his hand or lost yardage.

I'm not going to spend time looking up fumble stats because they are harder to find and you are wrong anyway.

But explain how interceptions are not negative plays.

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He brought us a National Championship. That trumps all that individual garbage in a team sport like football.

He wasn't even the quarterback for the SEC championship game. For all we know that team led by him loses another game against an inferior opponent and doesn't even make the bcs game.