Snake Eyes

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Ken Stabler, Alabama QB for Bear Bryant who was under center for John Madden's sole Super Bowl victory following the 1976 season, dead at 69.

[Quality Start Machine]

Ken Stabler, Alabama QB for Bear Bryant who was under center for John Madden's sole Super Bowl victory following the 1976 season, dead at 69.

That was a fucking glorious team.

[SKO]

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Godspeed, you old badass.  

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Yeah, I remember reading his autobiography "Snake" when I was a freshman in high school.  It was one of the better auto-bio's I've read.  The man was truly epic.

It also frosts my ass that fellow Crimson Tide QB Joe Namath is in the Hall of Fame while Stabler is not.  Namath got a lot of mileage out of one game (in which he wasn't particularly exceptional either), but Stabler put together a damn solid career that somehow suffered by playing in the same era as Bradshaw and Staubach...though I don't know why Stabler was mutually excluded by the others but that seems to have been the case--and  Bob Griese's another HOF QB who couldn't hold Stabler's jock.  Really, though, it's the site of Namath and his goddamn 173/220 TD/INT ratio that bugs me most.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

DPD.

Okay, Stabler's TD/INT ratio (194/222) was only slightly better than Namath's.

Still, fuck Joe Namath.

[SKO]

DPD.

Okay, Stabler's TD/INT ratio (194/222) was only slightly better than Namath's.

Still, fuck Joe Namath.

TD/INT ratio was far less important in that era, especially for Stabler. Al Davis stressed deep bombs to the exclusion of almost everything. Stabler had 6 seasons with a QB Rating+ (adjusted for era) of 112 or better, Namath never even managed that once (although he did have slightly more above average seasons overall). Stabler also completed 59.8% of his passes for his career vs just 50.1 for Namath. Completing nearly 60% of your passes in that era, in a vertical offense, with nothing resembling today's pass interference rules? Legitimately hall of fame worthy in my opinion.

[Quality Start Machine]

DPD.

Okay, Stabler's TD/INT ratio (194/222) was only slightly better than Namath's.

Still, fuck Joe Namath.

Fuck him? He just wants to kiss ya.