Not to say you are one of the people that don't know the college and pro QB rating formula is very different - but 115 for college is pretty low actually while making you MVP caliber in the NFL.
For what it's worth:
Per NFL QB Rating
ML 2016: 75.61
ML 2016 (ex InSt): 65.79
Truly - if Mitch played this bad as a freshman, we would be looking for a replacement for the upcoming season. Given he has had 5 years to get this bad, it is astonishing. I find it hard to believe he does not make the same moronic decisions in practice as he does in the games. Also, I find it hard to believe he has some unbelievable accuracy or ability to actually throw a spiral in practice that he does not demonstrate in the games. So, this means Mitch is either uncoachable and/or our coaching staff is incapable of diagnosing and correcting problems.
Not all of the team's problems can be placed on ML - lord knows he is trying his best. But, an average QB has this team undefeated or with a single loss. The fact that ML can't be coached up to be an average QB after 5 years and the staff can't find someone on the team that can - is shocking.
Can anyone do some research to find how many last drives Leidner has been successful and in how many attempts? It feels like the attempts have been many, which sucks because there are few players at the college level who are truly "clutch" and have a high success rate.
But if you aren't one of the few, which it appears Leidner is not, chances are the success rate is 50 percent or lower for any given player. To my recollection, it feels like he has been in way too many close games, and therefore, luck is running out or we are seeing the failure side of the statistics.
That said, I feel for Leidner. At times, he has appeared better in year 5, he will go on runs of 7-8 and a great completions rate, but the Penn State and now Nebraska INTs truly hurt. He definitely has the backing of the team, and it sounds like he works hard, does all the right things, but some athletes just aren't meant to be clutch, even when he is killing to be or when we are hoping he will be.
Personally, I was hoping he would put it together at NEB to boost confidence into the last two games. But unfortunately, last night showed me enough. I'll follow the games, but I'm not expecting any wins in NW or WISC.