Another Gabbert QB
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Speaking of Gabbert, Chase Daniel was seen in a NJ Hooters putting ghost pepper sauce on his nose fruit.
Josh Freeman.
Then Joe Ganz had some bizarre made-up story about them nearly getting in a fight.
Ganz told it during a radio talk show as I recall. I remember it being verified by some of his former teammates. I liked the baller way Ganz played but he's an ass Freeman might have been a Husker if not for Ganz and like him or not, he was a better college QB.
I'm trying to find the original audio of him on "The Bottom Line" radio show talking about it, but it's hard to find. Here's a post from another forum that summarizes it.
I remember that the Ganz's tone of voice and omission of in-between details sounded really odd. Coupled with the fact that he mixed up dates.
Damn, that's crazy but definitely sounds like college dudes. This is the kind of behind-the-scenes stuff that goes on in a program that us fans never hear about at the time. Like, there's probably two guys on defense right now that hate each other and we have no idea. It can effect on the field stuff.
Better NFL potential perhaps, but better college QB? Absolutely not. In fact, Kansas State lost more than they won with him and their coach got fired as a result. Lol
Their coach got fired because he was a flake and awful coach. Freeman got drafted. Ganz did not.
You said Freeman was the better college QB
Ganz vs Freeman (2006-2008):
Completion %: 65.1 to 59.1 Ganz
TD/Int: 44/18 to 44/34 Ganz
QB rating: 157.4 to 124.7 Ganz
Running: 115 for 341 (3.0) to 214 for 343 (1.6) Ganz
Freeman started 3 years at KSucks
2006 7-6
2007 5-7
2008 5-7
Ganz started some in Callahan’s disastrous final season before being 9-4 as the starter in 2008. This included a Bowl win over Dabo Swiney’s Clemson squad.
Ganz was definitely the better college QB
Ganz vs Freeman (2006-2008):
Completion %: 65.1 to 59.1 Ganz
TD/Int: 44/18 to 44/34 Ganz
QB rating: 157.4 to 124.7 Ganz
Running: 115 for 341 (3.0) to 214 for 343 (1.6) Ganz
Freeman started 3 years at KSucks
2006 7-6
2007 5-7
2008 5-7
Ganz started some in Callahan’s disastrous final season before being 9-4 as the starter in 2008. This included a Bowl win over Dabo Swiney’s Clemson squad.
Ganz was definitely the better college QB
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They should erect a statue of him. This is the stuff of fantasy these days.
Ganz most definitely had better offensive coaches than Freeman but I’ll accept your numbers without fact checking them. Do better college statistics mean the QB is better or is he playing on a better team with better coaching?
Haha yeah sure. And Chubba Purdy was better than Jayden Daniels, just LSU had better team, coaches, etc🤪
Meanwhile here is Ganz throwing for a school record 510 yards and 7 TDs against KSucks in 2007.
Freeman probably had 2-3x as many starts as Ganz though.
Either way, Freeman was a bust people should've seen coming from miles away. There was an awkward period where guys like him, Christian Ponder, EJ Manuel, etc were drafted high just because they looked pretty in the pocket with a football in their hands.
Anthony Richardson is a throwback to this familiar phenotype.
I was a Joe Ganz fan before he was a starter. He played with reckless abandon but threw a lot of picks. Way better QB than that last clown Callahan brought in. That said, Josh Freeman's talent exceeded Ganz's. Ganz had a way better offensive coaching staff.
Gantz is the guy that ALWAYS makes me think there has to be a guy on the roster that would ball out if given a shot. How many Gantz types spend their career on the pine and never get that shot?
We see QBs at MAC or small schools pop up almost every year on draft boards. Ganz was a multi-sport player who was on track to play college baseball until NU offered him. He threw too many interceptions to be an elite QB but he had guts.
Nebraska would be minimum 8-2 if Ganz was our QB this year
I don’t think any player could overcome the coaching atrocity we’ve borne witness to this season
