I would appreciate it, if you feel so inclined, if you could include the 2nd place stats when Purdy gets various records.
Side note -- I also like commas: 3,575 yards.
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Side note -- I also like commas: 3,575 yards.
Crazy stat, Purdy almost has as many completions this year (280) as Sage had his career (306)
That is crazy. Just shows how much the game has changed since then. Ill take Sage in the pros and Purdy in college.
You could have been my roommate at ISU undergrad, as "********" was the nickname my roomy and I used for each other (we actually liked each other and lived together two years before he found a roommate that would do what I wouldn't...he got married!)
Pretty amazing stuff. Really wish that ISU could get some cushion in a game so they could rest him. I see why they don't want him to run. He has really made things happen with his legs when ISU was desperate this year.
The Richardson-era offense was all about short, easy passes, so he had a lot of them!
Yes the game has changed but Purdy is putting up numbers that are near the top nationally. Name me an Iowa State quarterback that led their perspective era in passing yards in conference or #4 nationally.
Not exactly the same but David Archer led the Big 8 in total offense and ranked 8th nationally in 1983. He was #9 in passing yards behind some guy wearing #22 as a QB and in front of Randall Cunningham. He also led the league in passing TDs with 18.
I might add that Archer made a short but decent career for himself in the NFL.
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Slingin' Sammy! Actually quite impressed given some of the lines he played behind. There were a lot of games he missed too, due to injury or getting benched for Rohach/Lanning later in his career. There were games I could've sworn he had negative yards with all the lateral passing and sacks he took. Those were some dark times for the ISU offense. He put up numbers in hindsight, but you also have to consider that the Spread Offense was in its Hay Day at the time, and almost everyone else was putting up better numbers.
