[gailtate]

Was talking with a buddy about the Voldemort due to AFLAC question on the UW-OU game "Name the players the last time the Pac-xx had two QBs as finalists." I said one had to be a Stanford QB, thinking the answer was Luck and Barkley. He thought I was thinking about Elway, who he assumed I believed to be the best Stanford QB of all time. While Elway might be the most successful Stanford NFL QB, I said no, as good as Elway was, Luck was the guy who I felt could lead the Cardinal to victory in every game in which he played. Long way to say, Andrew Luck is my QB1, and all-time Stanford MVP.

BTW, the answer to the AFLAC question was Aikman and Peete, who both lost to Barry Sanders, who might be the best college football player ever.

This is a generational thing, of course, as well as an emotional one. To me, and many others of a certain age, there is but one and only one Stanford QB on whom we place the golden laurel wreath. There is only one Cardinal Highsman Trophy recipient and Rose Bowl Champion who also wears two Super Bowl rings. Everybody's All-American. First name Jim. Surname Plunkett. The Greatest of All Time. There is no question, no doubt and no argument. Case closed.

[gailtate]

Was talking with a buddy about the Voldemort due to AFLAC question on the UW-OU game "Name the players the last time the Pac-xx had two QBs as finalists." I said one had to be a Stanford QB, thinking the answer was Luck and Barkley. He thought I was thinking about Elway, who he assumed I believed to be the best Stanford QB of all time. While Elway might be the most successful Stanford NFL QB, I said no, as good as Elway was, Luck was the guy who I felt could lead the Cardinal to victory in every game in which he played. Long way to say, Andrew Luck is my QB1, and all-time Stanford MVP.

BTW, the answer to the AFLAC question was Aikman and Peete, who both lost to Barry Sanders, who might be the best college football player ever.

This is a generational thing, of course, as well as an emotional one. To me, and many others of a certain age, there is but one and only one Stanford QB on whom we place the golden laurel wreath. There is only one Cardinal Highsman Trophy recipient and Rose Bowl Champion who also wears two Super Bowl rings. Everybody's All-American. First name Jim. Surname Plunkett. The Greatest of All Time. There is no question, no doubt and no argument. Case closed.