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With the 2011 season approaching, BECB wanted to look back at how quarterbacks performed last year using the Positive Impact Factor (what's this?). First, we'll look at how the starting quarterbacks in the Big East ranked in 2010.
There were 130 quarterbacks ranked in the FBS by the Positive Impact Factor (PIF) last year (a minimum average of 14 touches [pass attempts, rush attempts, or receptions] per game were needed to make the list). Click here to see the full list.
| National Rank | QB | Team | Touches | Total TD | Neg Play | XNeg Play | XPos Play | PIF |
| 34. | Tino Sunseri | Pittsburgh | 399 | 18 | 37.3 | 14.6 | 4.5 | 52.5 |
| 56. | Geno Smith | West Virginia | 478 | 24 | 34.9 | 23.9 | 5 | 46.2 |
| 66. | Zach Collaros | Cincinnati | 504 | 30 | 39.3 | 22.7 | 6 | 44 |
| 67. | Zach Frazer | Connecticut | 290 | 5 | 48.3 | 9.6 | 1.7 | 43.8 |
| 79. | B.J. Daniels | South Florida | 357 | 16 | 35.6 | 27.3 | 4.5 | 41.6 |
| 84. | Adam Froman | Louisville | 255 | 13 | 39.2 | 26 | 5.1 | 39.9 |
| 93. | Chas Dodd | Rutgers | 285 | 11 | 52.3 | 14 | 3.9 | 37.8 |
| 116. | Ryan Nassib | Syracuse | 425 | 20 | 46.6 | 25.4 | 4.7 | 32.7 |
To give you a feel for the range during the 2010 season, Auburn's Cam Newton led the country with a PIF of 70.4 while Temple's Mike Gerardi was dead last with an 8.2.
Zach Collaros led the Big East in total touchdowns and produced them at the highest rate as well at 6%. Tennessee's Tyler Bray was the cutoff for last season in the Top Ten in touchdown production rate at 7.38%. Collaros had 17 turnovers which also led the Big East. Nobody was worse in the Big East at making positive things happen than Chas Dodd of Rutgers (keep in mind how bad the offensive line was though). On 52.3% of his touches last season, an incompletion, sack or fumble occurred. Despite racking up the third most touchdowns in the Big East, Ryan Nassib of Syracuse also accumulated 13 turnovers last season along with a high rate of negative plays. That combination landed him in last place in the league.
Thirty-one times last season quarterbacks recorded a perfect PIF game (PIF of 100) or a PIF Plus game (PIF of 100+). Four of those games were recorded Big East quarterbacks: B.J. Daniels had a PIF of 104 against Cincinnati in South Florida's 38-30 win; Zach Collaros had a 100 rating against Miami University in Cincinnati's 45-3 win; Adam Froman was perfect in Louisville's 56-0 destruction of Memphis and Justin Burke had a perfect PIF game against Rutgers in Louisville's 40-13 victory.