RG3 VS Luck common opponents

[Calzone Lord]

They both played Oklahoma State and Washington this year.

RG3 is said to have better skill position players. Luck is said to have a better O-line.

Baylor got blown out by Ok State. Stanford lost in Overtime to OK State.

RG3's numbers: 33-for-50 ... 425 yards ... 1 TD 2 INT's ... 16 carries 27 yards.
Luck's numbers: 27-for-31 ... 347 yards ... 2 TD 1 INT ... 4 carries -3 yards.


In those two Oklahoma State games -- the best player on the field both times was OK State WR Justin Blackmon.

Blackmon VS Stanford: 8 catches for 168 yards and 3TD's. 1 carry for 52 yards. Was voted MVP of the game.

Blackmon VS Baylor: 13 catches for 172 yards and 2 TD's.


Baylor scored 67 and beat Washington. Stanford scored 65 and blew out Washington.

Luck had a passer rating of 175.0 from just 21 passes and 3 carries for 23 yards. RG3 had a passer rating of 157.8 from 33 passes and 18 carries for 55 yards.

The numbers look fairly close... but Baylor plays a spread offense that often snaps the ball very quickly and runs more plays. This is going to mean very inflated statistics versus a pro style offense like Stanford.

RG 3 threw 19 more passes and attempted 12 more carries against OK State. RG3 threw 12 more passes and attempted 15 more carries against Washington.

Robert Griffin's rushing ability seems to be somewhat exaggerated.

Vince Young's Rushing stats in the Big 12 at Texas:

457 carries - 3127 yards - 6.8 yards per carry - 37 TD's.

RG3's Rushing stats at Baylor:

328 carries - 1334 - 4.1 yards per carry - 18 TD's.

He did have a better career passer rating than Vince Young by 165.5 versus 144.9 but Sam Bradford had a career passer rating of 175.6 and almost all of his games came as a freshman and sophomore. He was KO'd in the 1st game of his Junior year.

The fact that Vince Young is still the Big 12's all-time NFL passing yards leader is basically why I don't trust QB's from that conference.