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I don't consider Edwards to have been that accomplished before his Senior season.  

This strikes me as a "no true Scotsman" argument.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRG9Gq-xtr8

Edwards had been a three-year starter by 2006 and going into the season was:
On the 2006 Davey O'Brien Watch List 
Pre-season all-American honorable mention (Street & Smith's)
Pre-season first team all-Pac-10 (The Sporting News)
Pre-seasons second team all-Pac-10 (Athlon, Steele's)

He had been the MVP of the 2005 team, and ranked 28th in the country in pass efficiency rating.

And he did all of this while playing for teams that won a combined 13 games if my math is right while he was there.  Which is my point; a great quarterback on a dreadful team with no offensive line and no running game to speak of won't by himself be able to generate much offense.  Put Costello, or hell, even Luck, on that 2006 team, and you really think the team is going to win 6 games?  Conversely, give Edwards the keys to the 2012 team, and we are a decent bet to make it to the BCS championship (we lost two games that year, by 4 points at Washington , and in overtime at Notre Dame; both games we failed to score an offensive touchdown).

BC

[BostonCard]

I don't consider Edwards to have been that accomplished before his Senior season.  

This strikes me as a "no true Scotsman" argument.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRG9Gq-xtr8

Edwards had been a three-year starter by 2006 and going into the season was:
On the 2006 Davey O'Brien Watch List 
Pre-season all-American honorable mention (Street & Smith's)
Pre-season first team all-Pac-10 (The Sporting News)
Pre-seasons second team all-Pac-10 (Athlon, Steele's)

He had been the MVP of the 2005 team, and ranked 28th in the country in pass efficiency rating.

And he did all of this while playing for teams that won a combined 13 games if my math is right while he was there.  Which is my point; a great quarterback on a dreadful team with no offensive line and no running game to speak of won't by himself be able to generate much offense.  Put Costello, or hell, even Luck, on that 2006 team, and you really think the team is going to win 6 games?  Conversely, give Edwards the keys to the 2012 team, and we are a decent bet to make it to the BCS championship (we lost two games that year, by 4 points at Washington , and in overtime at Notre Dame; both games we failed to score an offensive touchdown).

BC