abw0004 10,110 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 The story of Chris Todd, the most forgotten quarterback in recent Auburn history. Went from shoulder surgery, missing Spring practice to setting an Auburn record of 22 touchdowns in 2009. Fun season to watch for me. West Virginia game comes to mind. Coached up by, Gus Malzahn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger 8,818 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 AWESOME video. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToomersStreet 795 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Cool story Hansel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Manhunter 44 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Cool story, thanks for posting. @ 5:28--white men can jump? War Eagle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToomersStreet 795 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Didn't he spend three years at the college level under other coaches before Gus inherited him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuburnNTexas 7,140 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Great video and story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToomersStreet 795 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Nope I was wrong. Spent two years at Texas Tech one year at Hutchinson and one year under Franklin at Auburn before Gus. But yeah, way to coach him up Gus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abw0004 10,110 Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 4 minutes ago, ToomersStreet said: Nope I was wrong. Spent two years at Texas Tech one year at Hutchinson and one year under Franklin at Auburn before Gus. But yeah, way to coach him up Gus! He wasn't very good the three years before Gus took over. Leading up to the 2009 season, everyone was upset that Todd was QB. He did not have a very good junior year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToomersStreet 795 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Just now, abw0004 said: He wasn't very good the three years before Gus took over. Leading up to the 2009 season, everyone was upset that Todd was QB. He did not have a very good junior year. Yeah.. He is probably the reason for the 5-7 record.......................................................................................................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle79 3,569 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 But Tony Franklin said he could throw a football through a car wash without it getting wet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augolf1716 21,103 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WDE_OxPx_2010 5,294 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 2 hours ago, ToomersStreet said: Yeah.. He is probably the reason for the 5-7 record.......................................................................................................... Sarcasm? Because that's just flat out not true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverick.AU 13,279 Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Goat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lca408 366 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 1 hour ago, abw0004 said: He wasn't very good the three years before Gus took over. Leading up to the 2009 season, everyone was upset that Todd was QB. He did not have a very good junior year. Yeah that was all on him.....and his bum shoulder that required surgery midway through the season. I guess everyone forgets that Todd was by far the best QB of the bunch in 2008 even when his arm strength left him after the first half. He had some of the prettiest throws for TDs I've ever seen with my own eyes that year. The fade to Robert Dunn against LSU, the TD throw over Eric Berry's head against Tennessee. He sat out all Spring, didn't get to throw the ball once until summer workouts, and then won the job a mere 9 days into fall camp. Not sure you can convince me that Malzahn developed Todd into a record setting QB in 9 days of actual hands on coaching. Malzahn gets credit for putting Todd in the best position for success with a veteran O-line, solid and physical running game, and a couple of clutch receivers. Auburn reaped the benefits of a healthy and already experienced and developed 5th year Senior QB in 2009. No wonder he won the job once he was finally healthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTiger 7,789 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Good stuff and thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToomersStreet 795 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 14 hours ago, Maverick.AU said: Goat No argument here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUApostle 7,651 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Gus utilized his talents extremely well. He may have helped him improve some but he didn't make him into a great QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AU64 10,122 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, AUDevil said: Gus utilized his talents extremely well. He may have helped him improve some but he didn't make him into a great QB. I doubt many coaches make a guy into a great QB...mostly a good coach helps a guy reach his best potential....and if he is able to do that, then he's done a good coaching job. Chris had all kind of limitations....and Gus seemed to help him overcome enough of them to be successful....Very good job by Gus. JMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoetTiger 1,896 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 1 hour ago, AU64 said: I doubt many coaches make a guy into a great QB...mostly a good coach helps a guy reach his best potential....and if he is able to do that, then he's done a good coaching job. Chris had all kind of limitations....and Gus seemed to help him overcome enough of them to be successful....Very good job by Gus. JMO Exactly....It's not like Gus went Coach Kline with him and said visualize and attack. Then sat on the sideline. He utilized his skill set and put him in a position to be successful in a short period of time. Good job IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afblue 128 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Great video. Nice to see Chris overcome adversity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WarEagleSteve Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I've been saying for a while (not on here but in general) that "Chris Todd numbers" should be the baseline we should expect out of an Auburn starting quarterback. 2500-ish yards, 60% completion percentage, 20-ish TDs, and less than 10 picks. By the standards of college football these days those are pretty pedestrian numbers but Auburn QBs almost never seem to get there consistently. I imagine we would win a lot more games if they did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexava 6,973 Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 We win 10-11 games with Todd the last two seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUld fAUx@ 2,584 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 13 minutes ago, alexava said: We win 10-11 games with Todd the last two seasons. You may be right I may be crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GwillMac6 20,666 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 On 3/16/2017 at 1:32 PM, abw0004 said: The story of Chris Todd, the most forgotten quarterback in recent Auburn history. Went from shoulder surgery, missing Spring practice to setting an Auburn record of 22 touchdowns in 2009. Fun season to watch for me. West Virginia game comes to mind. Coached up by, Gus Malzahn. I LOVE Chris Todd the person. I have had the pleasure to talk to him a few times and he is a wonderful human being. Thank you for sharing the video. It speaks to how great a Auburn man he is. Those TD passes however were inflated. 16 of his 22 td passes came against non sec competition. The most overlooked QB recently for us is hands down Brandon Cox. He was 28-9 as a starter. He was a absolute STUD his sophmore year before his disease really hit him hard. His last 2 years he sucked it up and was a absolute gamer for us and Auburn was better for it. He is what I have always hoped Sean White would turn out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lca408 366 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 23 hours ago, PoetTiger said: Exactly....It's not like Gus went Coach Kline with him and said visualize and attack. Then sat on the sideline. He utilized his skill set and put him in a position to be successful in a short period of time. Good job IMO. He fit Todd in with the personnel he had around him like a good coach should and let him play his game. 2009 was one of the best, if not the best, managed Malzahn offenses at Auburn, considering the limitations they faced that first year. Todd is no dual-threat QB, he is a prototypical pocket passing spread QB. Malzahn utilized him very well as he did with Ben Tate, Darvin Adams, Terrell Zachery, etc. I certainly credit Gus with some great play-calling that year and overall management of that offense. The point of my post was to establish that Gus didn't have much to do with crafting Todd into a good or great QB. He already was one after years of experience - he just needed to be put in the right spot with the best pieces around him to be successful and Malzahn ID'd that 9 days into Fall camp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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