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Name Team Yr Pos G Att Comp Pct. Yards Yards/Att TD Int Rating Att/G Yards/G
25 Everett Golson Notre Dame SR QB 4 135 94 69.6 1142 8.5 11 2 164.62 33.8 285.5
57 Kevin Hogan Stanford SR QB 4 100 71 71.0 883 8.8 8 2 167.57 25.0 220.8

Hogan completes a touch larger percent of his passes, gets slightly more yards per attempt, has fewer touchdowns, the same number of interceptions, and has a slightly higher rating.  From where I sit, they look comparable, except that Golson has attempted 35% more passes than Hogan (and of course the defenses that each faced).

Looking at ESPN's QBR:

PLAYER PASS EPA RUN EPA SACK EPA PEN EPA TOTAL EPA ACT PLAYS RAW QBR TOTAL QBR
Everett Golson, ND 28.2 5.3 -4.4 1.1 30.2 190 82.5 80.2
Kevin Hogan, STAN 18.1 -6.2 -3.7 -0.6 7.6 142 53.3 53.4

Here Golson comes across looking a lot better in both run and pass (though not in sacks).  ESPN is very opaque about the QBR; it says what factors go into it, but not the exact statistics that are are used:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...e-football

I generally like the idea, but worry a bit that the methodology is way too cumbersome, and that it "overthinks" the statistics.  But I offer it anyways as one assessment that Golson may be the better QB, even when adjusting for the opposition (Total QBR supposedly adjusts for the opponent).

BC

[BostonCard]

Name Team Yr Pos G Att Comp Pct. Yards Yards/Att TD Int Rating Att/G Yards/G
25 Everett Golson Notre Dame SR QB 4 135 94 69.6 1142 8.5 11 2 164.62 33.8 285.5
57 Kevin Hogan Stanford SR QB 4 100 71 71.0 883 8.8 8 2 167.57 25.0 220.8

Hogan completes a touch larger percent of his passes, gets slightly more yards per attempt, has fewer touchdowns, the same number of interceptions, and has a slightly higher rating.  From where I sit, they look comparable, except that Golson has attempted 35% more passes than Hogan (and of course the defenses that each faced).

Looking at ESPN's QBR:

PLAYER PASS EPA RUN EPA SACK EPA PEN EPA TOTAL EPA ACT PLAYS RAW QBR TOTAL QBR
Everett Golson, ND 28.2 5.3 -4.4 1.1 30.2 190 82.5 80.2
Kevin Hogan, STAN 18.1 -6.2 -3.7 -0.6 7.6 142 53.3 53.4

Here Golson comes across looking a lot better in both run and pass (though not in sacks).  ESPN is very opaque about the QBR; it says what factors go into it, but not the exact statistics that are are used:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...e-football

I generally like the idea, but worry a bit that the methodology is way too cumbersome, and that it "overthinks" the statistics.  But I offer it anyways as one assessment that Golson may be the better QB, even when adjusting for the opposition (Total QBR supposedly adjusts for the opponent).

BC