05-06-2020, 11:39 AM
(05-05-2020, 10:32 AM)Spiny_Norman Wrote: Maybe make room for a KJ Costello game, ... even WSU in 2018 which is probably the 2nd best performance by a Stanford QB in a losing effort behind Luck in the Fiesta Bowl.
Another interesting performance in a losing effort is Mills vs WSU in 2019.
33-50 for 504 yards and 3 TDs. That's the Stanford all-time record in yds/gm by over 50 yds.
Of course there were some downsides, notably 2 INTs.
It's also a case in point as to why raw yds/gm isn't such a great stat.
I'm not sure whether it really qualifies as top 10, but its more interesting than just going through Hogan's career.
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Another interesting bit is the non-Luck games in the top 10 in ESPN's QBR.
Looking at 2010, Luck had three games better than any on the Shaw-era list:
vs Wake Forrest, W 68-24, QBR 99.4
vs Washington, W 41-0, QBR 99.4
vs cal, W 48-14, QBR a cool 100.0
For the 2010 season ESPN gives Luck a QBR of 93.8 vs 90.0 for Cam Newton (Voldemort winner), 83.8 for Luck in 2011, 87.3 for Hogan in 2015.
It's not so clear to me that Luck in 2010 was that much better than Luck in 2011, though he did mostly stop running in 2011.
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Was there a discussion of the official sites article on the top 10 wins of the Shaw era?
Here is their list:
10. 26-20 over Oregon in 2013
9. 27-24 over UCLA in Pac 12 Championship 2012
8. 38-31 over Oregon (OT) in 2018
7. 21-14 over $C in 2012
6. 38-36 over und in 2015
5. 17-14 over Oregon (OT) in 2012
4. 41-22 over $C in Pac 12 Championship 2015
3. 56-48 over $C (3 OT) in 2011
2. 20-14 over Wisconsin in Rose Bowl 2013 (2012 season)
1. 45-16 over Iowa in Rose Bowl 2016 (2015 season)
There are three games listed here that are also on the top QBR list given by Papa John.
Hogan vs. Oregon 2013, Costello vs Oregon 2018, and Hogan vs und in 2015.
[Hogan vs Oregon 2013 is a little iffy to be on a top QBR list - his passing was limited and mediocre but presumably made the list because he ran for 57 yds - including a critical third down conversion fairly deep in our own end.]
That's not as strong an overlap with top QB performances as I might imagine.
A couple of the games were notably not-great QB performances, mostly the set of 2012 games.
