| Does a QBs college affect his play late in the season?
So, I got to thinking about Eli Manning yesterday, and I wondered if his Southern upbrining had something to do with his late-season struggles the last two years and int he playoffs.
Case in point:
In 2005's first 8 games: 133-for-258 (51.6%), 14 TDs, 5 INTs
2005's last 8 games: 161-for-299 (53.8%), 10 TDs, 12 INTs
2006 first 8 games: 160-for-261 (61.3%), 15 TDs, 9 INTs
2006 last 8 games: 141-for-261 (54.0%), 9 TDs, 9 INTs
2007 first 8 games: 145-for-249 (58.2%), 13 TDs, 9 INTs
2007 last 8 games: 152-for-279 (54.5%), 10 TDs, 11 INTs
Obviously, his performance gets worse as the weather gets worse. He was also born and raised in Louisiana and went to school in Mississippi. He had little exposure tot he cold before coming to NY.
I thought I would separate the "cold weather college" QBs from the "warm weather college" QBs, and see if there's any correlation.
Warm weather college QBs:
Eli Manning - Ole Miss
Paeyton Manning - Tennessee
Jason Campbell - Auburn
Carson Palmer - USC
Philip Rivers - NC State
Rex Grossman - Florida
Brett Favre - Southern Miss
David Garrard - East Carolina
Jay Cutler - Vanderbilt
Cold weather college QBs:
Donovan McNabb - Syracuse
Tom Brady - Michigan
Drew Brees - Purdue
Ben Roethlisberger - Miami (OH)
Tony Romo - Eastern Illinois (but born in San Diego)
Derek Anderson - Oregon State
Kurt Warner - Northern Iowa
Jon Kitna - Central Washington
Matt Hasselbeck - Boston College
I'm just setting it up now...I'll look at their split stats later...for now, I gotta start doing some work, before I get fired! |