One source rates team productivity vs opponent productivity on offense along with other metrics like defensive stops on 3rd, TO’s etc. WSU vs Cal was the second least likely win (Cal) due to team production vs final result this year in P5. Guess what made the loss? Two fumbles for TDs by Ward.
*ahem*
Well... if you want it...
As for first ? It’s hard to say, we really don’t know what the alternative was. Cam was inconsistent. Part of the problem with guys like that is you could bench him the day he’s gonna go off. He tore up a good defense in OSU and crapped himself against Furd.
Even if it’s half of the purported $2 million, it sets him up for life if he pays the taxes, invests the rest and doesn’t touch it for ten years.
He wowed me against Oregon State. One of the best QB performances I’ve ever seen in Martin Stadium in my 40 years attending.
You're kidding me right?
i was at that game it was a fun day all around. Let’s be honest though Ward didn’t light it up either of the Wisky wins. Last year was 100% credit to the D. This year you had BJack/Stone taking over, key turnovers. Offense had some drives but long stretches of doing nothing almost lost us the game. Without that 4th quarter fumble we lose. Those were fun wins but I’ll remember Henley, Bjack, Stone for these wins, not Ward.
Why does this have to be about hating. He was fine in that game, not bad not amazing. We won because of 3 turnovers. RS/BJ sack strip recover x2. One for a score. We scored 25 points offensively. We had a long stretch in the second half of doing nothing. It wasn’t some legendary performance. CJ and Leaf in the AC. Legendary. Minshew against Oregon in the CGD game. Legendary. Brink in the 2006 cup. Legendary. Bledsoe/Wright fair in the 92 AC. Legendary. Palouse posse. Legendary. Ward…eh. Sorry, but if you are putting him up there on cougar Mount Rushmore you have a limited memory.
Nah. Just a non conference game vs a middling Big 10 team
Curious. In the game I remember, we were a 5 point underdog. We played pretty well for most of the first half, and basically disappeared offensively in the second - which was pretty much Ward’s trend against opponents with a pulse.
No, sorry. That game was in Lincoln.
Brink lost the 2006 AC costing the Cougs a bowl birth. Maybe his performances weren't so legendary.
07? Whatever I was there, brink to Gibson, Husky killer. Always will be a Coug legend to me.
I don’t think anyone’s denigrating the performance because they are mad at Ward. You’re reading way too much into this. Look at 95s post. I didn’t care to look up the details but remember the game. Offense played well in the first half, went dormant in the second half and the three and outs put a lot of pressure on our defense. If not for that last fumble forced, we likely lose by 1000 paper cuts. It was a solid team performance all around and a good win. I’ve seen great QB performances, that wasn’t one of them. When you go 3 and out several times in a row allowing a team to gain control and momentum, there’s nothing great about that. We won. He played pretty well. The defense was awesome. That’s the truth about that game.
Cougar football also goes back more than recent years. To make proclamations that something is the greatest/most important ever is disrespectful to the all time greats like Jack Thompson
I have never ranked Cam Ward among Cougar QB’s as I find it irrelevant.
I’ll bite on this one…Bigger NC? No, but memorable, for sure.
That comeback against smurf turf JC was awesome! We should've kicked their ass though.
You just took a sample size of one and declared it the best. So technically you're right, but logically you've shit the bed.
