Being a small school quarterback is a lot like being an emotionally needy, boy-crazed girl, sitting at home watching Meg Ryan movies and waiting for some guy to call and ask her out, though in the case of quarterbacks, the call desired is one asking him to join the NFL. YouTube, however, may change this desperate limbo by acting as the equivalent of a personal ad, a mechanism for showing the world a QBs goodies, but with less chance of receiving messages requesting cybersex or dates to the Renaissance Fair.

According to the Bellevue News-Democrat:

Before the Internet and such self-promoting Web sites as YouTube, scouting small schools was taxing and cumbersome…

 

Few small-school signal callers know the feeling of winning a Super Bowl, and even fewer have their busts on display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Of the 23 modern-era quarterbacks enshrined in Canton, only Terry Bradshaw (Louisiana Tech) and Steve Young (BYU) could be considered small-college guys, though the Cougars did win a national title in 1984.

And just Roethlisberger, Warner, Favre, Young, Bradshaw, Trent Dilfer (Fresno State), Doug Williams (Grambling) and Phil Simms (Morehead State) are small-school, Super Bowl-winning quarterbacks.
Yet for every success story, there is a cautionary tale.

"When things don't go (well), when you're sitting at home and you have no other choice, you look at other people's paths to play in this league, in this position, and there's not a whole lot of smooth stories," admitted O'Sullivan, on his eighth NFL roster in seven seasons.

 If a small school QB were a damsel, then YouTube would be its knight in shining armor. Those poor little things have been saved from athletic oblivion by the video sharing website, which has enabled scouts to evaluate players without overextending themselves by watching a bunch of games. Small school quarterbacks should thank their lucky stars for the three founders of YouTube and remember that in their dealings with nerdy techies. Quarterbacks at large universities, on the other hand…