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

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Flynn was terrible against Bama in 2007.

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I think that had a lot to do with their defense scheming to make him struggle, which helped our running game be more productive (not a great offensive showing overall, but far more productive than the championship game of course). They didn't have to do that (and didn't) in the championship game; they schemed to contain our running game and let Jefferson struggle all on his own (or so it seemed to me).

I always thought Mike Hillman was one of the better quarterbacks that LSU had. May not be up there with the other folks mentioned but I thought he was an outstanding quarterback.

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Agree.
That is the lazy man's, hindsight, recliner analysis.
A less mobile QB would have made things worse.
JJ connected on 65% of mostly what the D gave.

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Well, that doesn't really dispute my point. My observation from the championship game was that the Bama defense committed heavily to containing our running game because they had no fear of Jefferson hurting them deep. They gave him plenty, and all he was able to do with it was not much. That left the O-line in the position of trying to block defensive linemen and linebackers who were as talented as they were (at least) and had a numbers advantage. That's enough to make a great performance by an OL look pretty bad.

In general, I look at it this way: throughout the season, our OL and running game were pretty dominant while our QB play varied from suspect to inconsistent (especially from the first Bama game on). In the championship game, Bama stacked the line significantly and both our running game and passing game were ineffective. Now, when I see a defense shut down all phases of an offense while committing significantly more to stopping one phase than the other, I generally do not blame the offensive impotence on the phase of the offense that the defense was keyed to stop. Usually, I see it as the other phase of the offense (in this case, the passing game) being unable to take advantage of the imbalance in the defense.

Jefferson had shots deep, as you noted. At least two of the in the first half were close to being big plays, but the throws were just too far off the mark. And as you noted, that also happens on Sundays. But on Sundays, when a QB goes the whole game without connecting on any of those deep opportunities while missing on multiple ones, they call it a bad performance by that QB. In this case, it was a bad performance by our QB. And he did have time on at least some of those throws.

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You would really have to study the coverage to say if he should have thrown to some deep routes

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Well, perhaps that's true. But whether he "should have" or not, there were at least a couple of throws where he threw to a receiver who had an opening to make the catch but the pass went too far astray. Whether it was correctly reading the coverage or getting lucky with a blown coverage, the throw was there and he simply didn't connect on it.

Without reading 5 pages, I'll go ahead and give my 2 cents...Rohan Davey was the best college QB at LSU in the last 30 years. Prior to that, I can't testify b/c I was either too young or not born yet.

However, in terms of being a complete college QB, Rohan was the freakin tits! He was a very accurate passer with a better-than-average arm. He was also a challenge for DL's and LB's to bring down one-on-one. He didn't scramble much, but on designed passing plays he stayed upright long enough to either deliver the ball or throw it away. He was also a well-respected team leader and the other players followed his lead.

While he had some elite play-makers to help him, he didn't have near the supporting cast our previous 5 or 6 QB's enjoyed. Put Rohan on last year's team and we beat anyone handily and that includes Bama...by 2 or 3 TD's.

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Oh sorry you don't like facts.fact= can't be disputed. Like it or not JJ had a higher qb rating than Flynn. This wasn't to show JJ was good, but to show Flynn wasn't.

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the only fact is that you bring up this stupid comparison any time someone posts that they think Flynn was a their favorite qb. No, Flynn doesn't touch Rohan or JR in a ranking of LSU qb's, but he was asked to do much more on offense compared to JJ, and ran a more potent offense. He made mistakes typical of a first year starter, but brought much more to the position compared to JJ.

Stan Humphries

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And then are people looking at JJ and Lee the same way as Mauck?

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not really, last year's offense was highly managed and took great advantage of an opportunistic defense and special teams. When the defense and special teams didn't make those plays on 1/9, the offense had no chance. 2003's offense had some potency regardless of the mistakes Mauck made.

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QB was the only weak spot on that 2003 team

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I guess there is some truth to that, but it only hurt in the Florida game. Without the Skyler Green punt return it would have been a shutout.

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Mauck is the most overrated LSU QB ever. QB was the only weak spot on that 2003 team. I know some will call that blasphemy. But I clearly recall early in that season getting so pissed because I knew how good that team was, and it was obvious to me that below average QB play from Mauck could kill us.

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I never thought Mauck was bad at all, but yes he is overrated. I think fans just remember the 13-1 record and that he seemed like a good guy. Its amazing to me that anyone would put him ahead of Flynn. Put Rohan, Flynn, JR, and even Tyler on that 2003 team and its probably 14-0 and more dominant.

Bert Jones hands down