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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/Davidellias on 2025-12-17 06:43:36+00:00.
in a thread earlier I saw u/user_56967 comment how they were surprised Colt Brennan was never in contention for AP First team and it made me think about there was a perception at the time of him being a “System” QB.
Back in the day I used to heard his applied to to QBs who would play heavy pass offenses like the June Jones Hawaii teams or the Mike Leach Texas Tech teams. The first QB I heard of being described as was Josh McCown from his season at Sam Houston State where he averaged 35(?) attempts a game.
But it’s occurred to me I really haven’t seen the term applied to many QBs lately and it got me thinking “Why?”
My assumption is that it’s the combination of the NFL turning into a more pass friendly league combined with the rise of spread concepts in the Big XII? Or were there other factors such as a new generation of NFL execs who maybe were more willing to take a pass on a spread QB, rather than their forefathers who had been burnt by Andre Ware and David Klingler?
Whats your thoughts?