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Nice choice with Harrell. I couldn't think of anyone good.

I can't stand seeing those stats for Paul Smith. He hasn't played a legit D yet.

Harrell isn't underrated at all. He is on everyone's list (rightfully so), and all over the news based on his statistical production. But lets look at the obvious here...when is the last time you heard Paul Smith's name on ESPN? Have you ever? Probably not.

Harrell has Michael Crabtree to throw to, Paul Smith has...well...yeah

Harrell is a part of a system that is proven to put up superior statistics (though he is doing it much better than his predecessors), Smith's offensive coordinator Gus Mahlzahn couldn't get any of the Arkansas quarterbacks to put up remotely near the numbers that Smith has this year.

I saw a comment below about the competition Smith has played, and ???legitimate??? defenses. I guess ???Peavy fan??? thinks Oklahoma no longer has legitimate defense???.

oops that was supposed to go in the argument box....

Either way, are you trying to say the Sooners don't have a legit defense?

It's neither...Matt Grothe of SF. #2 in the Nation..no one knows who he is.

Everyone knows who Groethe and the Bulls are. Sorry bud, the starting QB of the #2 team in the country is hardly unheralded...

Tulsa lost to Oklahoma 62-21, because Oklahoma put up 62 points on Tulsa's defense...Tulsa's defense isn't good and has lost them two games, their offense is actually quite good.

You list Graham Harell, Chase Daniel, Matt Ryan, and Chase Holbrook. Out of those four the only one I would say is underrated is Holbrook. Ryan Daniel and Harrell are all over television and very highly touted. they are all listed as top ten QB's by most publications.

Ah well, I'll lose this one on the name recognition of the Texas Tech QB...since ESPN says he's underrated he must be...right??

Interestingly enough, in that link you supplied above if you click the Heisman watch link, Matt ryan is listed as the #1 person on the list...which also features BOTH Harrell and Daniel, prominently....

Sucks that I'll lose this TD, even though I'm obviously correct.

To be considered underrated, a QB must be good. To people living in Tulsa he may be all that with a bag of Fritos playing against small schools, but to the rest of the world he is not very impressive. Plus his stats don't even put him in the top 10. You should have picked a better QB.

I don't live in Tulsa, and his stats ARE in the top ten. He's #5 in total passing yardage, #4 in passing ypg (ahead of everyone but Harrell that you named in that category), and his QB rating is better than everyone in the country not named Sam Bradford, Graham Harrell, and Brian Brohm (yes that includes having a better rating than the likes of Andre' Woodson, and all the supposedly underated Qbs you mentioned above like Matt Ryan and Chase Daniel).

You are obviously no fan of college football. His stats put him at #4 in almost every passing category.

And if you're going to tell me that Texas Tech's schedule so far has been that much harder than Tulsa's, I'll put up a throw down that derides your obvious lack of knowledge of college football.

Their (Harrell and Smith's) stats against common opponent UTEP;

P. Smith, QB
26-43, 383 yds
2 TDs, 2 INTs
10 Rush, 18 yds, 3 TDs, 0 Sacks
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G. Harrell, QB
48-64, 484 yds
4 TDs, 1 INT
3 Rush, -8 yds, 0TDs, 1 Sack

Similar numbers, Harrell has the passing edge, but overall very even....

another point of interest is that Tulsa's strength of schedule is actually higher than Texas Tech's so far....

http://teamrankings.com/ncf/27powerratings.php3

http://www.gberatings.com/sos/