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Don’t look now, but Clayton Thorson is having as good a season as any quarterback in Northwestern history.
The sophomore is just two touchdown passes away from tying the single-season program record. He’s a little more than 1,000 yards away from the single-season passing yards record set by C.J. Bacher in 2007, and will approach that number if he doesn’t pass it.
Thorson is a budding superstar. In fact, he’s well on his way to becoming the best pure passer ever to call Ryan Field home.
And yet, I have to ask: Where’s the hype? As the mobile, strong-armed Thorson leads an offensive renaissance at NU, the response from fans here and around the Big Ten has largely been a collective yawn.
There’s been plenty of praise heaped on sensational wide receiver Austin Carr, and rightly so. Linebacker Anthony Walker and running back Justin Jackson have remained fan favorites as juniors.
But ask many casual fans about Thorson, and I’d doubt you’d get much more than a shrug.
This is after Thorson completed nearly 80 percent of his passes as the Cats hung half-a-hundred on Michigan State. After he tossed for 285 yards and three touchdowns against a strong Indiana defense on homecoming weekend. After he looked every bit J.T. Barrett’s equal at Ohio State. Even after this past weekend, when he overcame a rocky start to finish with a career-high 352 passing yards at Purdue.
Thorson has blazed his way past Big Ten defense after Big Ten defense with little fanfare...
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/...-one-of-northwesterns-best-quarterbacks-ever/
The sophomore is just two touchdown passes away from tying the single-season program record. He’s a little more than 1,000 yards away from the single-season passing yards record set by C.J. Bacher in 2007, and will approach that number if he doesn’t pass it.
Thorson is a budding superstar. In fact, he’s well on his way to becoming the best pure passer ever to call Ryan Field home.
And yet, I have to ask: Where’s the hype? As the mobile, strong-armed Thorson leads an offensive renaissance at NU, the response from fans here and around the Big Ten has largely been a collective yawn.
There’s been plenty of praise heaped on sensational wide receiver Austin Carr, and rightly so. Linebacker Anthony Walker and running back Justin Jackson have remained fan favorites as juniors.
But ask many casual fans about Thorson, and I’d doubt you’d get much more than a shrug.
This is after Thorson completed nearly 80 percent of his passes as the Cats hung half-a-hundred on Michigan State. After he tossed for 285 yards and three touchdowns against a strong Indiana defense on homecoming weekend. After he looked every bit J.T. Barrett’s equal at Ohio State. Even after this past weekend, when he overcame a rocky start to finish with a career-high 352 passing yards at Purdue.
Thorson has blazed his way past Big Ten defense after Big Ten defense with little fanfare...
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2016/...-one-of-northwesterns-best-quarterbacks-ever/
