re: Hodson article got me thinking. Who is the best all-time LSU QB?

Glad to see Herb Tyler getting some love. I rank him about 5th. And that is pretty good considering you had Bert Jones, Rohan Davey, J. Russel and Hodson ahead of him. Toss up between Flynn, Mauck.

I agree with

Y.A. was a good QB at LSU for his time, but was over shadowed by the greats at other colleges while he played for LSU.

Near 30% of his TD's, throwing yards etc come from the 4 Tulane games, out of the 37 games he played in for LSU.

He played hurt his last 7 games of his Sr year at LSU.

He was a far better pro than college player. My father watched LSU games from 1939-81 and said he was one of the top 2 at Qb, Bert being the other. I have seen games since 1964 and do the reseach on old LSU players, I place Y.A. a little lower than most.

Y.A. pro career is outstanding for it's time and this in the day when you were not playing flag football(like today).

No doubt YA!!!

"Jones was still a little raw out of college b/c Cholly Mac didn't know how to develop or use him.
He was a great talent, but Hodson was more polished in college"

Bingo, Mack wanted to run the ball.

All i want to score some Herb! Him and k. Faulk were a dangerous combination.

I like Rohan and purple drank too. frick Hodson. ;)

I'd take Russell over Hodson. I remember Hodson but I still feel he is overated because we went so long of a span without a decent QB. People just love him so their perception is off. The same way people think Russell sucked because they hated him. I watched 60,000 LSU fans chant one more year after the Sugar Bowl so he can't be too hated. By far the most talented.

What is this span of which you speak? Post Hodson?

I'm 32 so I've seen mostly good QB play. Rohan was awesome but only one season. Mauck was ok but not special. Flynn was very solid. Herb Tyler was great for the type of offense we ran at the time. Russell was great talent but seemed sloppy with the ball at times (botched snaps and fumbles).

I can't speak to the QBs pre-Howard.

I just love Rohan, Russell, Flynn. In that order.

I feel like it should go to Russell.

If you consider both their college and pro careers, Bert Jones is my pick. Also...of all the past QBs to compare, Mett reminds me more than anyone as the second coming of Bert Jones. He has that same self assured aura, stands tall in the pocket, rifle arm and other physical similarities. Finally, the coaching philosophy with a bias toward a punishing running game which reduced the passing stats for Jones in college is also eerily similar...unless of course Miles let's Mett air it out this year. But with our stable of RBs, bet it will be very similar to the Jones era...except for no 2QB system...PLEASE!!