Just how good was freshman Marcus Mariota’s collegiate football
debut for the Oregon Ducks on Saturday, September 1, 2012? Marcus completed 18 of 22 passes with 3
touchdowns and was taken out 23 minutes into the game with a 50-3 lead over the
Arkansas State Redwolves at Autzen Stadium.
How does that compare with the preseason-leading Heisman-hopeful, Matt
Barkley?
Matt Barkley and the USC Trojans hosted the Hawai’i Warriors
Saturday at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
Barkley, a senior, wasted no time with the first offensive play, hitting
wide receiver Marquise Lee for 75 yards and a touchdown. Barkley went onto complete
23 of 38 passes for 372 yards and 4 touchdowns.
He played up until 12:58 remained in the fourth quarter.
Matt Barkley played Hawai’i twice as long (47 minutes) as
Marcus Mariota played against Arkansas State.
At 23 minutes into the Hawai’i vs. USC game, Matt Barkley had completed
12 of 22 passes for 210 yards and 2 touchdowns.
This included two incomplete passes on a couple of failed 2-point
conversion attempts. The score at this
point of the game favored the Trojans 26-0, which isn’t enough of a lead to
start pulling starters out of the game.
That wouldn’t happen until early in the fourth quarter, after Barkley
connected with Randall Telfer for a touchdown to give the Trojans a 49-10 lead.
Marcus Mariota achieved a quarterback rating of 203.2 after
week one. Matt Barkley achieved a
quarterback rating of 168.8. Barkley
finished the 2011 season with a 161.2 QB rating, which was 8th best
among NCAA Division I-A quarterbacks. Even though Mariota shined with his 81.8%
completion percentage, Barkley edged out Mariota when it came to plays for big
yards and averaged 9.8 yards per attempt to Mariota’s 9.1 yards per attempt. Which quarterback stat is most important to you - high completion rate? or big yards per attempt?
If a freshman can achieve similar numbers to a senior
Heisman-hopeful, then the Oregon Ducks have a lot to look forward to this
season.
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