Can I be in the minority? I will face wrath if I am incorrect as I’m writing this on the Saturday morning of the big game and I have a feeling…I’m not the biggest fan of Andrew Luck as the Jesus of football because everyone knows that’s Tim Tebow (jk). But seriously I’ve watched him enough to form my opinion and in MY opinion, he’s not even the best QB in the country, that honor belongs to Robert Griffen III of Baylor. Now having said that I do believe he is an excellent QB, more of a Matt Ryan talent than an Aaron Rodgers talent. Case in point, Jim Harbaugh. Jim Harbaugh convinced me of his former university of San Diego protege, Josh Johnson, as being the best QB ever. In his departure from Stanford Harbaugh has convinced me that Alex Smith is a really good player. Damn, I thought Alex Smith stunk, no, actually I KNEW he stunk having watched him for the previous 6 seasons.
Now recall how the majority of “scouts” and fans feel about Andrew Luck and relate that to Harbaugh and his flaunting of each QB he’s ever coached. I think it’s safe to come to the conclusion that we the public may be buying a bit more into Jim Harbaugh’s opinion than formulating our own. In the last two weeks I’ve seen Luck throw some very poor passes, two pick six’s. In addition a number of his throws are, while indeed they may have been completed, they are NOT of good accuracy.
I understand most “scouts” and fans don’t share my opinion, but I’d beg them to take a look at how their opinion has been skewed by the hype of which Harbaugh has created. After all, Jim Harbaugh is a great coach, but he’s also a GREAT advocate for his players….Toby Gerhart anyone?
Cal has a very good defense and I will be very interested to see how Luck performs against the Pac 12′s best defense. As you can see in my picks, I think Cal will cover.