[G.O.D.F.A.T.H.A.]

Read this short biography on Mr. Grossman. If he did good in big college games why shouldn't he do good in the SB?


Considered one of the nation's premier performers after finishing second in the Heisman Trophy balloting in 2001 (only the fifth sophomore to ever finish in the top two of that prestigious balloting) and receiving the 2001 AP National Player of the Year Award...Declared for the NFL Draft after his junior season...Drafted in the first round by the Chicago Bears with the 22nd overall choice in the 2003 NFL Draft.
CAREER: Appeared in 35 games with 31 starts for 1,765 plays and also started the 2001 Sugar Bowl, while playing in the 2002 Orange Bowl...Started each of his last 30 regular season games...23-8 record as a starter (18-4 in SEC play)...Holder of 18 UF records...Completed 677 of 1,110 passes for 9,164 yards and 77 touchdowns with 36 interceptions in his career for a pass efficiency rating of 146.77...Career pass efficiency rating of 146.77 ranks 19th in NCAA history and ranks third in SEC history...55 career touchdown passes is a NCAA Division IA record for most TD passes in a combined freshman-sophomore seasons...Third all-time in the SEC with 77 career touchdown passes...Second in UF history with 77 career touchdown passes...All three of his individual season totals for TD passes rank among the top 10 in school-history (T10th with 21 in 2000; 3rd with 34 in 2001; T8th with 22 in 2002)...Third in UF and fifth in SEC history with 9,164 career passing yards...Second in school-history with a 61% career completion percentage with a minimum of 400 completions...Owns two of top three season completion totals in UF history (287 in 2002, a school-record and 259 in 2001)...Had a school-record 17 career 300-plus yard passing games, and became the first Gator to throw for 300-plus yards in more than three consecutive games (first nine game of 2001)...Owns 5 of the top 16 single game passing yardage totals (UF is 5-0 in those five games)...Holds three of the top six single-game pass efficiency marks (min. 20 comp.) in UF history (#1 - 235.86 vs. LSU, 2001; #3 - 230.68 vs. Miss. St., 2001; #6 - 198.0 vs. Marshall, 2001)...Set UF record for lowest interception percentage in a career (3.24)...258 total yards per game and 7.34 total yards gained per play are second best in school history...9,031 total yards in offense is third best in school history and 1,229 plays is fifth...1,110 pass attempts is fourth best in school history and 677 completions is third best...26 200-yard passing games is third best in UF history...13 consecutive 200-yard passing games ranks second in UF history...Did not throw an interception in 11 of his 31 career starts...Ranks second in UF history with 118 pass attempts without throwing an interception...Second in 2001 Heisman Trophy balloting, only the fifth sophomore ever to finish in the top two...Finalist for the Walter Camp Award, Maxwell Award, and O'Brien Award in 2001...Associated Press National Player of the Year in 2001...A First Team All-America selection in 2001, the first sophomore QB in school history to earn that distinction...Three-time All-SEC selection...A first-team All-SEC selection in 2000 and 2001 and in 2000, became the first freshman quarterback in UF history to be named first-team All-SEC...Named Second-Team All-SEC in 2002...Recipient of the 2001 Ray Graves Award, given to UF's "Most Valuable Player"...Set an NCAA record by averaging 9.1 yards per play in 2001...Efficiency rating of 161.81 in 2000 ranked as the third best for a freshman quarterback in major college history (trailing only Michael Vick and Donovan McNabb)...21 TD passes in 2000 led the SEC and ranked as the second best seasonal total for a freshman in SEC...

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Grossman is a journey man QB at best...I don't think he has proven much as the NFL level...sometimes college greatness does not translate well...

[EmpireWF]

Why should he do good in the SB? He hasn't proven he's a big game QB yet. He's proved he won't mess up many games though.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by EmpireWF

Why should he do good in the SB? He hasn't proven he's a big game QB yet. He's proved he won't mess up many games though.

Exactly...the guy is a clown...if they didn't have a D and one hell of special team...he would be home watching it on TV...

[ThePundit]

Let's be fair. The guy has only played about 24 NFL games in total.

According to Jerry Recco of WFAN radio in NYC who covered the Bears all week, he said Grossman was really uptight, didn't smile once and was cold to the media.

I would really be shocked if he played very well. The Bears only hope is to run the ball down the Colts' throats and keep Peyton Manning off the field.

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by ThePundit

Let's be fair. The guy has only played about 24 NFL games in total.

According to Jerry Recco of WFAN radio in NYC who covered the Bears all week, he said Grossman was really uptight, didn't smile once and was cold to the media.

I would really be shocked if he played very well. The Bears only hope is to run the ball down the Colts' throats and keep Peyton Manning off the field.

Yeah lets be fair...saw him play when the lowly Cardinals rattled the heck out of him...he is not an NFl caliber QB...maybe the CFL...but not the NFL...

[bearsfan95]

Bears Rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

[Gotham Dark Knight]

Originally Posted by bearsfan95

Bears Rule!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!

What year are you talking about?...I mean we could talk about the mid 80's...