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Lets take a look at is favorite QB's
1) Bruce Eugene: Understandable
2) Alvin Cowan: A guy from Yale? R U serious. Ivy league teams only play each other and they are definitely not the same caliber.
3) Jason Murietta: Understandable. But Moss says: "1,131 yards and eight TDs during a three-game stretch that included wins over Weber State, Sacramento State, and Eastern Washington" Those teams are all subpar. He got lit up by Montana. I don't buy a top 5 for this guy.
4) Ryan Fitzpatrick: Another Ivy League guy. Moss sure does love that Ivy league. Maybe its because he is based in Philly. Do I hear "east coast bias."
5) Craig Ochs: I'm not sold. My guess is that he was picked because he plays for Montana. And Mr. Moss just LOVES Montana
6) Chris Brown: Understandable. Guy goes to NC game last year. I'll buy it.
7) Lang Cambell: Who? Oh wait... a guy from an A-10 school. Since is a starter on an A-10 school he must be the 7th best QB in the nation. Plus he plays in a QB system.
8) Erik Meyer: Not buying that one either. E. Wash finished 6-5 last year. I don't understand how this guy can be the 8th best in the nation.
9) Ray Nelson: Starting QB from Samford? Who? Wow, an OVC QB cracking the top ten. Unbelievable. Must have picked up an old OVC media guide and realized he was one of the only Qb's returning this year and thought "Oh, we should probably have 1 OVC guy in the top 10"
10) Chaz Williams: Mr. Moss loves Georgia Southern probably more than Montana, but not as much as the A-10. How does an option qb get put on the same list as passing one's? Leave it to good old T. Moss.
11) Ben Dougherty: This is his "better get a MEAC guy on there" addition, so that Moss can talk about FAMU's aborted jump to I-A once again.
12) Martin Hankins: This guy played for a team in its first year of football since the 80's and he makes the top 12? Another system qb that puts up good stats and Moss just eats it up.
13) Travis Lulay: Moss says himself: "...It is easy to yawn at the mere 12 touchdown passes that Lulay threw in 13 games last season, or the four times that he cracked the 200-yard plateau on the year..." So why did he make the list? Probably because he beat Montana and Moss just loves Montana.
14) Mike Granieri: Another A-10 QB makes it. What a suprise.
15) Niel Loebig: "Though the level of competition he faces is not always among I-AA’s strongest (at Duquesne), Loebig has quietly built a reputation as one of the sub-classification’s top quarterbacks." This guy plays for a I-AA mid-major. Another one of those "better get a guy from non-scholarship on there" from Mr. Moss
What about Joel Sambursky of SIU? He lead the Gateway in pass efficiency and lead his team to one of the best seasons in SIU history with a shared Gateway title, 10-2 record, and heis back once again only as a junior. Sambursky is a winner and Moss indicated in his article how much he likes winners despite the stats. So why dosen't he list Sambursky? Or any Gateway qb's for that matter.
The same case could be made for Tom Petrie who also lead his team to a shared Gateway title, 18 tds to 7 ints, over 2,300 yds, 10-3 record. He gets mentioned at 19. But, if Tom were a 4-year starter at an A-10 school he would be near the top of the Payton List in Mr. Moss's eyes.
My point is: Tony Moss is supposed to be the authority for I-AA sports media. But the problem is, he dosen't take the time or effort to give anyone but the A-10, the Ivy League, Montana, or Georgia Southern adequate coverage. If most people at our level look to him as their source for I-AA information, shouldn't he completely cover all of it with the same effort?
I'm out.
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