OKAY SO SOMEONE FROM BAYLOR IS REALLY GOOD

by Orson on Sep 24, 2008 3:59 PM EDT

Peter's all like, "blah blah Baylor quarterback good," and whatevs, and we're like "blah blah Baylor what blah blah," and we didn't believe him since Peter, lovestruck for the next VY on the landscape and looking for any signs of 2005 Vince Young being reborn, maturing in two years, and then returning to the Texas Longhorns, looks for Vince Young everywhere.

So we sort of forget about this until we watch some highlights of the UConn/Baylor game, an underviewed contest of surprising entertainment value given the lackluster brands attached (don't deny this UConn or Baylor fans--sexy the labels aren't,) and eyebrows arch: um, that Robert Griffin dude? At quarterback for Baylor? He's...thunderbolts will rain down on the head for saying this...he's positively Vince Young-ish.

Lightning strike from angry God...arrived. While we wash the scorch marks off, please gawk at the highlights from the Washington State game.

So he passes the Youtube test, but further anecdotal evidence of the freshman's quick-twitch

credentials comes from a current player and self-described "fat white guy," UConn defensive lineman Rob Lunn, who writes this on his blog Thoughts From A Fat White Guy.

Top to bottom, running back to receiver to offensive guard, that team had some serious speed. I would compare them with the only other team I've seen demonstrate this kind of athleticism...thats right...our beloved toothless friends from the south, West Virginia University. And while Griffin (their QB) didn't have "Gold Frontz" (you alone hold that honor Noel Divine), he did have some serious speed.

Want to know just how serious his talent is? The kid won the NCAA's when he should have been in the end of his senior year in High School. He graduated in the Fall and entered Baylor in the spring. Still not convinced? Why don't you check out the play where I had him cornered in the pocket, already cutting the tape for my highlight real, and he made me (a slow fat white guy) look like...well...a slow fat white guy. He was gone in a flash and rolling out. I chased in vain. He was good.

Guy Morriss didn't even recruit Griffin while he was coaching at Baylor; Briles brought Griffin with him when he came from Houston to his new digs in Waco, calling him after he took the job and asking him along. So you've learned three things today: one, Guy Morriss is frightened of having blistering running talent at quarterback, blistering new hottness at quarterback equals Robert Griffin, and three, that Rob Lunn is your favorite new blogger, especially when he writes in painfully honest fashion about how unnatural the act of playing football is. Your brain is full, go smoke cigarettes surreptitiously in the restroom now.

(Oh, and the term "Gold Frontz" for ball-ripping speed? It's in the lexicon now. Muchas, senor Lunn. Muchas.)

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i must meet this Pete fellow as one of my main goals in life is to witness the nastiest college dual threat qbs whenever possible…

Scrambling QB’s has been an item in my Facebook interests since ’03 (no homo), and i have a feeling terelle pryor and this dude will be keeping it quite VYish for a while in college

by timeisillmatic on Sep 24, 2008 4:06 PM EDT reply actions

That Baylor QB was the goodness. Baylor had no running game, no defense and one good WR. But they had that f’in QB.

I’m just so happy to see UConn sort of mentioned on here…a proud day, no doubt. But UConn isn’t a sexy label team? I did not know that…I thought we were quite sexy.

by Edsall is God on Sep 24, 2008 4:08 PM EDT reply actions

Y’all should get Lunn on the show. Sounds like he’d be an entertaining interview.

by Holly on Sep 24, 2008 4:19 PM EDT reply actions

Griffin’s throwing motion is already far superior to VY. And I bet he doesn’t consider suicide when people boo him. If so he wouldn’t have gone to Baylor.

by Last Dragon on Sep 24, 2008 4:21 PM EDT reply actions

Baylor’s my favorite team this year. A couple of weeks ago, they actually had WSU as a 2.5 point favorite on the road at Baylor. I laid the lumber on Baylor, and now the rest of my wagers this year are with the house’s money. Bookies took a bath on that game.

by Brian O'Blivion on Sep 24, 2008 4:23 PM EDT reply actions

He ain’t nothin’ compared to Knowshon..

by lucky pillowpants on Sep 24, 2008 4:24 PM EDT reply actions

Oh sure, Orson. Don’t believe a female. I’ve been saying this on this list for quite some time, fellow. I’m just a girl, what could I possibly know?

by blon on Sep 24, 2008 4:26 PM EDT reply actions

i was watching some of that Baylor/Wash St game for some unknown reason…possibly i was confused or couldn’t find the remote, but then i discovered Robert Griffin and was glad i had. i was sending out mass texts to all my friends telling them Baylor had a better QB then anyone in the SEC not named Stafford or Tebow. if that kid gets Baylor to a Bowl game then he deserves Heisman consideration.

by suicidewatch on Sep 24, 2008 4:30 PM EDT reply actions

Edsall Knob Bobber, Baylor’s starting RB had 11 rushes for 85 yards (7.7 per pop). If he’s no good, your defense must suck out loud.

by Zorro on Sep 24, 2008 4:30 PM EDT reply actions

Rather than make a suicide joke that is in terribly poor taste – I’ll say that I hope this kid gets the proper coaching and the chance to learn under a strong “elder statesman” qb when he advances to the NFL.

Unreasonable expectations and poor prep work is a bitter cocktail

by Ryno on Sep 24, 2008 4:34 PM EDT reply actions

Great find – that Blog.

by NewAZTiger on Sep 24, 2008 4:36 PM EDT reply actions

…I bet he doesnt consider suicide when people boo him. If so he wouldnt have gone to Baylor.

#4—thanks, now I have Coke Zero all over my monitor. +1.

by Hawkeye on Sep 24, 2008 4:43 PM EDT reply actions

I agree with NewAZ Tiger — this is by far the best blog written by an athlete that I have ever read.

by 4.0 Point Stance on Sep 24, 2008 4:43 PM EDT reply actions

Ironic…

If there is anything that UT fans do well, it is complain about, harass, torture, etc. our QB. Just ask Chris Simms and numerous QBs before him. In fact, I do believe UT wrote the manual on how to effectively obliterate your QB’s self-esteem in just one season.

VY was not subjected to this harassment due to his exceptional ability.

If these rumors are true, (and that is what they are right now-rumors-until we have concrete proof, despite the dribble that Deadspin spews out) then we have failed.

We will definitely need to rewrite the entire manual.

by blon on Sep 24, 2008 4:45 PM EDT reply actions

During the game (yes we are that addicted to cfb) they said that he enrolled early. He then proceeded to win the Big 12 Championship in the 400 Hurdles. Then dude went out and got like 16th in the Olympic Trials.

I mean jebus, I can’t even remember my first 3 months of college.

by Raleigh Urbain on Sep 24, 2008 4:49 PM EDT reply actions

ESS-EEE-SEEE

SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED

(as soon as he transfers to ole miss)

GOD DAMN, this boy may be faster than Enrickey.

by Houston's Nutts on Sep 24, 2008 5:06 PM EDT reply actions

blon: Chrissy Simms had it coming — you had that Opie Taylor-looking assasin Major Applejack, er, Applewhite under center and decided to split time with Phil Simms’ kid.

Genius coaching decision by Mister February there — and I know, Nebraska hasn’t beaten Texas since, I think, ever.

by Albino Tornado on Sep 24, 2008 5:17 PM EDT reply actions

I’m not defending Simms, per se. My point was that we just know how to make a QB’s life miserable.

Those Opie-looking kids are dangerous.

by blon on Sep 24, 2008 5:43 PM EDT reply actions

blon- I spent most of the 90’s in Austin and don’t recall having much negative to say (or hearing much negative) about any of our QB’s, with the possible exception of that one who quit to become a male model. Gardere was a hero, as was James Brown. And anyone who didn’t love Major was a communist. It wasn’t until Simms and his overblown sense of entitlement showed up that any Longhorns I knew started ragging on the QB.

Of course, that should all be caveat’d by noting that a Longhorn fan will complain about every single aspect of the team that is not perfect every single Saturday (especially the fact that we’ve never, ever been able to stop the option). I just never noticed any extraordinary hardship on the QB’s in comparison to the rest of the team.

by Kahuna on Sep 25, 2008 9:10 AM EDT reply actions

#17

why you got to go and drag my team into this? we didn’t do anything to you.

anyways we’ll just have to see how good this Griffin III character is when he comes to Lincoln in a few weeks.

by Iggy on Sep 25, 2008 9:36 AM EDT reply actions

@9 – I missed the first half due to a wedding rehearsal. Baylor had no running game in the 2nd half, save for the QB.

by Edsall is God on Sep 25, 2008 10:13 AM EDT reply actions

#19

Then you haven’t paid close attention.

And you are right, it wasn’t just QBs. They all got harassed. But that is part of playing in a program like UT and I’m sure it happens in others, as well. Players know it comes with the territory.

VY just escaped that scrutiny while he was here.

by blon on Sep 25, 2008 10:20 AM EDT reply actions

not VY-ish…. more like Mike Vick

by josh on Sep 25, 2008 12:18 PM EDT reply actions

Peters all like, blah blah Baylor quarterback good,

the kirby freeman jokes are just tee’d up and ready to be smacked out of the park, but i can’t bring myself to do it.

by lt.winslow on Sep 25, 2008 1:56 PM EDT reply actions

Why do you bring this up during this of all weeks? Baylor’s on a damn bye, and my gambling will suffer for it. I think I’m going to have a bye week also. Like they say, you gotta play, on Saturday, if you wanna get pay; there’s no way, that this sounds gay, hey hey hey…

During the bye week, your homework for Baylor 101: An Intro to Art Briles, Lesson 1:
http://gunrun73.googlepages.com/ArtBriles-TexasTech-SpreadOffenseand.doc

by BadgerMan on Sep 25, 2008 4:02 PM EDT reply actions