For all the Lee-bashers

[msudawg12]

per KV

<font face="Georgia" size="2">Pass completions Lee lacks to move into eighth place on the school's all-time completions list. He has 240; Omarr Conner has 269. <font size="4">Of quarterbacks who have attempted at least 150 passes, Lee's .587 completion percentage is an all-time best.</font></font>

 

[MSUCostanza]

when you consider our history of great QB's at MSU.

 

[jcdawgman18]

For instance, Chad Pennington has the highest completion percentage in the history of the NFL. And Chad Pennington is an average AT BEST NFL quarterback. In fact, Miami's offense has gotten better with a second year, first-time starter in the last two games they played going into their bye week. The reason, Chad Henne completes more difficult passes than Chad Pennington. So while he doesn't complete them at the same high percentage, the ones he does complete carry more weight.
The same thing can apply to Tyson Lee versus say Taite, Madkin, etc. His completion percentage doesn't make him a better QB than them because they could make throws that count for a lot more.

 

[diehard4dawgs]

but please don't let completion percentage fool you. 95% of our passes are at or within 8 yards of the line of scrimmage, so you would expect anyone to have a good completion percentage. This should be credited to Mullen, as he has this offense moving better than we have ever seen.

 

[msudawg12]

not saying he's better than Taite, Madkin, etc...... I'm saying he's better than our other options. The other guys won games. I dont care if you're 2 for 14 in the game if you win it. But he does give us the best chance to win

 

[Ivehadbetter]

And, this is just me speaking, but I could give a damn about completion percentage. I want to win ball games, individual stats be damned.

 

[FlabLoser]

Regardless of what stats show, I held my breath every time Taite dropped back to pass. Taite was similar to Dixon in a way - in that they main reason his stats are so high is because he was a 4 year starter. Not that any other Taite-Dixon comparison would be valid, as Dixon has developed into a good football player.

 

[Dawg in a pile]

My four year old and I will sometimes throw a ball in our den from the couch to the chair, a distance of about 6 feet i guess, and count each time we throw it without dropping it. We have gotten to 100 before and it's boring, we could get to 200 or 300 if we really tried hard.

 

[LimpinDawg]

I don't care what you say or who you are! I'd almost say the Henig > Taite but I won't go that far.

 

[sardis]

just like a lot of QB's we've had, so it proves nothing.

 

[dogfan96]

nm

 

[ScoobaDawg]

You have to give Croom credit.. *GASP*
Because He already had the best completion record last season

COMPLETION PERCENTAGE (MIN. 150 ATT.)
Player Seasons Att. Cmp. Pct.
1. Tyson Lee 2008 260 153 .588

That was entering the season..
Here is the current one

COMPLETION PERCENTAGE (MIN. 150 ATT.)
Player Seasons Cmp. Att. Pct.
- TYSON LEE 2008- 240 409 .587

BTW...one other record he is going to break looks like.

INTERCEPTION PERCENTAGE (MIN. 150 ATT.)
Player Seasons Int. Att. Pct.
- TYSON LEE 2008- 11 409 .0269
1. Omarr Conner 2003-06 15 507 .0296

Here are his other various passing stats he is working towards.. Courtesy of this weeks media notes.

PASSING YARDAGE
Player Seasons Att. Cmp. Yds.
1. Wayne Madkin 1998-01 887 462 6336
2. Kevin Fant 2000-03 866 461 5631
3. Derrick Taite 1993-96 734 362 5232
4. Don Smith 1983-86 738 342 5229
5. John Bond 1980-83 665 307 4621
6. Tony Shell 1988-90 715 349 4292
7. Tommy Pharr 1967-69 648 339 3720
8. Omarr Conner 2003-06 507 269 3080
9. Rockey Felker 1972-74 424 207 2961
10. Matt Wyatt 1996-99 459 222 2940
- TYSON LEE 2008- 409 240 2500
PASS ATTEMPTS
Player Seasons Cmp. Yds. Att.
1. Wayne Madkin 1998-01 462 6336 887
2. Kevin Fant 2000-03 461 5631 866
3. Don Smith 1983-86 342 5229 738
4. Derrick Taite 1993-96 362 5232 734
5. Tony Shell 1988-90 349 4292 715
6. John Bond 1980-83 307 4621 665
7. Tommy Pharr 1967-69 339 3720 648
8. Omarr Conner 2003-06 269 3080 507
9. Matt Wyatt 1996-99 222 2940 459
10. Bruce Threadgill 1974-77 184 2746 446
- TYSON LEE 2008- 240 2500 409

PASS COMPLETIONS
Player Seasons Att. Yds. Cmp.
1. Wayne Madkin 1998-01 887 6336 462
2. Kevin Fant 2000-03 866 5631 461
3. Derrick Taite 1993-96 734 5232 362
4. Tony Shell 1988-90 715 4292 349
5. Don Smith 1983-86 738 5229 342
6. Tommy Pharr 1967-69 648 3720 339
7. John Bond 1980-83 665 4621 307
8. Omarr Conner 2003-06 507 3080 269
9. TYSON LEE 2008- 409 2500 240
10. Matt Wyatt 1996-99 459 2940 222

 

[Seinfeld]

if Mullen can help Lee put up the numbers that he's been putting up, I look forward to the day that Dan has a serious playmaker at QB for State

 

[Dawg in a pile]

Well you are kind of right, he's not horrible at fumbling the ball and throwing interceptions. Unfortunately those are not good things to be good at.