One Guy You'll Forget About Tomorrow

Yes sportsfans, today, we get to talk about college football. I don't care about the Spurs. They don't have Jordan, so anything about hoops dynasties is irrelevant. Since there was nothing else going on in sports, old reliable comes out.

There was an article on SI.com...some idiot talking about how Oklahoma's program is suffering and they aren't in contention anymore, blah blah. I was going to write about that but I then realized A. I would be giving into that joker and B. the Big 12 doesn't matter anyway now that Greg Pace is no longer snapping for the Colorado Buffaloes.

So I saw another article written on ESPN.com about the '01 UGA/UT game where UGA won with a few seconds left on the clock. This guy was writing about how it was the best game he'd ever seen, missing his daughter's wedding to go to it (amazing play by the way) and all this. Then it really sparked something with me. One can say that the most successful collegiate quarterback ever to play was the winner in that game.

If I was to ask you the following question, "Who is the winningest D1 college quarterback of all-time..."what would your answer be? Peyton Manning would be a good guess. He's second. What about a Chad Pennington...he won a bunch of games at Marshall? No. Maybe if you go back a ways...like a Kenny Stabler at Alabama? Try again.

David Greene my friends, in case you had forgotten has more wins than any other players in D1 college football at quarterback than any other player before or after him. Greene, an immobile southpaw hailing from the state of Georgia, was the SEC Offensive Rookie of the Year in '01 and SEC Offensive Player of the Year in '02 as a sophomore. His rookie year he was 8-4 as a stater including a loss to in the Music City Bowl to Boston College. His Sophomore season, 13-1 with an SEC title and a Sugar Bowl win over Florida State.

Greene finished his next two seasons with marks of 11-3 and 10-2, both including New Year's Day Bowl victories. You do the math...42-10 as a starter in college football. Not only is his record amazing...but the fact that he did it in the SEC East raises the bar. Every year Georgia draws Tennessee and Florida in the East, not to mention Auburn as a classic crossover game and the in-state rivalry with the ACC's Georgia Tech. Greene didn't get it done with a sense of flash...he was a classic manager of the game. He learned Mark Richt's system (which if you ask Bobby Bowden, displays talent) to the T (not to be confused with a power T) and used his assets to make the game simple. Needless to say, you want David Greene running your business.

Lest we forget...I hate the Georgia Bulldogs, possibly more than the Florida Gators. Probably not though. However, I will recognize that he is the greatest forgotten player, possibly of all time in College Football outsides the state of Georgia, unlike my lack of recognition for Phil Mickelson and Michelle Kwan. They're both terrible. And even while Greene was still there, all the Dawg fans wanted to see DJ Shockley anyway. Yeah, he was fast. Yeah, he could throw hard...but last I looked, Greene won. All the time, and more than anyone else. So next time you're talking about great quarterbacks, you will forget about David Greene. Eric Zeier won't.