I wasn't alive back then, but dam, those numbers nowadays would have ppl begging for Kyle Wright.
How tf was he a first rnd pick QB back then with those numbers. Way different era I suppose lol.
When you have the opportunity, go to YouTube and have a look at the offenses they were
running in college football back in the 1970s, even up to late 1980s.
People mock Mario's BroBall offenses, but if you take a look at what passed for offense in those
days.
Some teams were the exceptions, most notably BYU under Lavell Edwards and a few west coast
schools like San Diego State, Stanford, San Jose and whichever team being coached by Homer Smith.
Also, Bobby Ross at my alma-mater (Maryland).
Kelly may not have put up numbers like you see in today's game, but he possessed a very strong and accurate
arm.
He was also a tough dude.
A typical westernPA QB coached up by Schnellenberger, Earl Morrall, Gary Stevens, Marc Trestman, etc.
College football used to laugh at the "pass-happy" offenses which were considered "soft" back in the day.
UM was really the first program which proved you can win national championships passing the ball.
But then again, no one else had our athletes starting in the early 1980s.
Compare and contrast Kelly's contemporaries Dan Marino at Pitt, Jeff Hofstetler at WVU, Blackledge at
StatePenn and Boomer Esaison at Maryland.
Aside from Boomer, they were not putting up big numbers either.