07-03-2013, 11:20 AM
Finishing at the top of Elite 11 means that you are the definitely the best of the best at these drills and probably going to be a pretty good college QB in real games. I'm reminded of something Han Solo once said about Luke Skywalker's light saber practice session: "Look, good against remotes is one thing. Good against the living? That's something else."
To me, stuff like this is like the recruiting stars, another data point that indicates probabilities. A good crystal ball, not an infallible oracle. And there's no way to predict/measure qualities that Stanford QBs are known for: leadership, smarts, grit, etc. For Stanford's recent QB experience here, this is the data. Luck was the runner-up to Blaine Gabbert for Elite 11 MVP. Kevin Hogan was not at Elite11, but his understudy Evan Crower was. Ryan Burns got an invite to the finals but it turned it down for a team camp instead. A statement of leadership.
To me, stuff like this is like the recruiting stars, another data point that indicates probabilities. A good crystal ball, not an infallible oracle. And there's no way to predict/measure qualities that Stanford QBs are known for: leadership, smarts, grit, etc. For Stanford's recent QB experience here, this is the data. Luck was the runner-up to Blaine Gabbert for Elite 11 MVP. Kevin Hogan was not at Elite11, but his understudy Evan Crower was. Ryan Burns got an invite to the finals but it turned it down for a team camp instead. A statement of leadership.