If you watched Alabama’s 35-7 win over Arkansas last Saturday, you may have heard CBS color man Gary Danielson make an interesting comment about the Crimson Tide’s starting quarterback, Greg McElroy.
Halfway through the third quarter, here was the interplay between Danielson and play-by-play man Verne Lundquist:
Danielson: “You know who McElroy reminds me of? Kyle Macy, the old point guard.
Lundquist: “For Kentucky.”
Danielson: “He never looked like he was in a hurry. Just distribute the ball to all his good players. Nothing looks fancy. You kind of never got wowed by the guy. Nothing stoods out. He never did anything fancy with the ball, just passed it to the open guy and just make the play. That’s how McElroy gets you, just distributes the ball all around the field and makes the play. He never wows you with any one throw.”
When Alabama scored on a 14-yard pass from McElroy to Mark Ingram, Danielson returned to the comparison:
Danielson: “Kyle Macy. You gotta hit the open shot. You give him the free throw and he hits the open shot. There it is.”
As it happens, Danielson was a star quarterback at Purdue, graduating in 1973. A year later, Macy enrolled at Purdue and played his sophomore season there, 1975-76. He came to UK in 1976, sitting out the 1976-77 season, then was the starting point guard on UK’s national title team of 1978.
And McElroy will lead the third-ranked Crimson Tide into Commonwealth to play Kentucky on Saturday.
