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I'd say the one asterisk to that list is Vandenberg. His junior year, before GD showed up, he was at 59% completion, 3,000 yards, 25 TDs and only 7 INTs. That's damn good for a first year starter at Iowa.

What would he have done with a second year starting under KOK?

His numbers are pretty equal to Stanley's. It's hard to prove, but it felt like Vandenberg had a little better feel for the game and a bit of gamer to him. That's the area Stanley seemed to fall short. Almost tried too hard in big moments - overthought it, overthrew it, was in his head a bit...something.

I will be the bad guy here. I think JVB’s 2011 season is overrated. He piled up a bunch of stats in about 5 games, and the other 7, he wasn’t good. Was he the fall guy in 2012 for GD? Absolutely, and he deserves credit for that. That said, even if KOK had returned in 2012, he wasn’t good enough to overcome all the o-line injuries that made that 2012 team 4-8.

2009 OSU game…I thought we had a dude. After the 2011 season… I was skeptical and it played out as such.