There was not a year that he played that Edwards was even the best QB on the Griz, but Joe liked Daddy's money. It was the defense that won that '01 NC for us, not the QB. 13-6; huge offensive display.
The Griz were in the red zone 4 times in the 4th quarter in the '00 NC game and Edwards could not get a single score, any one of which would have won the game. Miller would have gotten it done had he not been knocked out of the game.
Can you even find a Griz QB, particularly a senior experience QB, that choked any worse that these two crunch games in '02?
MSU 11/23/02 (at home); loss 10-7
Edwards rushing: 7 for 10 yards; 0 TD; one fumble (lost)
Edwards passing: 8 for 32 with 1 int and 106 yards; 0 TD
Brandon Neill was available; did not play.
McNeese 12/7/02 (there); loss 24-20
Edwards ruishing: 11 for 4 yards; 0 TD, 1 fumble (not lost)
Edwards passing: 10 for 27 with 0 ints and 90 yards; 1 TD
Brandon Neill came into the game briefly and threw for 59 yards.
In my book Edwards rode the bus to the '01`NC and he cost us a '00 NC and a shot at a '02 NC.
But we got the Sprinturf we needed....
Miller was the best passing QB we have seen. Ochs was super; DD in a class by himself. A big dropoff after those three. Ah Yat, Neill, Bergquist and Selle were all better than Edwards.