Bellotti and ESPN Crew Heaping Praise On Locker

Strongest Arm: Check
Best Under Pressure: Check
Best Dual Threat: Check
Best Leader: Check
Locker would have gone to Oregon if they had a better baseball program: Keep dreaming Bellotti

Jake Locker VS Andrew Luck

After listening to David Norrie come on to ESPN 710 go on and on about how he believes Andrew Luck is the best QB in the nation, I've come to only one conclusion. He doesn't know his head from his rear end. Here are some of the doozies he laid out there for Husky fans

"Five or six games into the season last year I thought that Andrew Luck was hands down the best NFL Prospect at QB in the country."

Really? Let's review his first five games last year:
VS Washington State (1-11) 11/23 passing for 193 yards 1 TD
VS Wake Forest (5-7) 23/34 Passing for 276 yards 2 TD 1 INT
VS San Jose State (2-10) 9/12 passing for 170 yards 1 TD 1 INT
VS Washington (5-7) 7/14 passing for 103 Yards 0 TD
VS UCLA (7-6) 14/20 passing for 198 yards 0 TD

So against the first five opponents who Andrew Luck competed against (who combined for a whopping 20 wins for the season between them) Andrew Luck threw for an average of 13/21 for 188 yds per game, while throwing 4 TD's and 2 INT's.

I almost didn't need to listen anymore because it was obvious that this guy was a complete moron. Unfortunately for him, he didn't just stop there:

"I thought he was the hands down the best NFL prospect at quarterback in the country...I think Andrew Luck is one of those once in every 6 or 7 year quarterbacks."

He went on to say that Andrew Luck is a Peyton Manning type talent, and that in a side-by-side comparison with Jake Locker in arm strength, release, accuracy, movement, intangibles, and who he would want leading his team out onto the field next year, the only category in which he gave Jake Locker the advantage was movement. David Norrie must love him some Stanford Koolaid, because he is drinking it up.

Jake Locker 20(10)

For those who haven't seen it yet, this is the video the UW Athletic department released as the beginning of their Heisman campaign for Jake Locker. If this doesn't get you pumped up for the season, you may not have a pulse.

Spring Game Stats White Team

White Team

Offense (1's)
Passing
Jake Locker 3-7, 15 yds, 0 TD, 0 Int, 1 Sack
Keith Price 4-9, 38 yds, 0 TD, 1 Int, 1 Sack

Rushing
Johri Fogerson 8 att, 50 yds, 6.3 avg, 0 TD
Deontae Cooper 13 att, 27 yds, 2.1 avg, 1 TD
Keith Price 5 att, 12 yds, 2.4 avg, 0 TD
Jake Locker 3 att, 0 yds, 0 avg, 0 TD

Receiving
James Johnson 4 rec, 31 yds, 7.8 avg, 0 TD
Devin Aguilar 2 rec, 16 yds, 8 avg, 0 TD
Kavario Middleton 1 rec, 6 yds, 6 avg, 0 TD

Defensive Standouts (2's)

Victor Burnett 8 tackles (3 solo, 5 assisted), 1 FF

Anthony Boyles 6 tackles (2 solo, 4 assisted), 1 fumble recovery 25 yds, 1 Int 26 yds

This will bring a smile to your face

Let the Heisman hype begin!