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| Source:ABC Sports- The Illinois Fighting Illini taking on the Southern California Trojans, in 1989. |
"In was originally supposed to be the Glastnost Bowl played in Moscow, Illinois rallied from a late 13-0 deficit and beat USC in Los Angeles. Quarterback Jeff George led the comeback with touchdown passes to Shawn Wax and Steven Williams."
From Adam Osgood
When you are talking about physical talents of quarterbacks, I don't think there was a better quarterback who came out of the NFL, certainly not in the 1980s and perhaps even 1990s as well. I mean his throwing arm was as was strong as Dan Marino and John Elway's and he always had excellent mobility and could buy time for himself in the pocket. I think Troy Aikman might could be a good comparison as far as the physical skills that Jeff George had a a quarterback. And I believe George was the best QB in the Big Ten during his era.
When you are talking about physical talents of quarterbacks, I don't think there was a better quarterback who came out of the NFL, certainly not in the 1980s and perhaps even 1990s as well. I mean his throwing arm was as was strong as Dan Marino and John Elway's and he always had excellent mobility and could buy time for himself in the pocket. I think Troy Aikman might could be a good comparison as far as the physical skills that Jeff George had a a quarterback. And I believe George was the best QB in the Big Ten during his era.
The problems that Jeff George had in the NFL are similar to what Vinny Testeverde had with the Tampa Buccaneers, that he's drafted by the Indianapolis Colts during the early 1990s when they were pretty bad and he didn't have the talent around him, especially a solid offensive line and he ends up making a lot of mistakes and throwing a lot of interceptions early on in his career.
The Colts give up on George and trade him to the Atlanta Falcons in 1994. But when George had the talent around him like he had in Atlanta and eventually with the Minnesota Vikings in the late 1990s, George was a very good NFL QB and even won some games in the NFL.
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