And we have had guys drafted in the past decade or so who can match up with Pennington, Leftwich & Moss?
I don't think the debate is whether Marshall had more talented players than Ohio in the late 90s/early 00s. It's whether the talent level is as stark today as Terd fans think it is.
Also, a buddy of mine pointed out that Cato doesn't check down. For example, on the Bass interception, the ball was still in Cato's hand when the receiver fell down. I think that's by design, b/c Marshall's offense is built around quick tempo and getting as many snaps off as possible as quickly as possible. They want it at 17 seconds or less from snap to snap. If you check down, that takes more time; hence, Cato makes the read at the line and throws the ball based on that read.
T^2, when he is on, is the king of improv.
Cato is good (very good) for the system he is in. I don't know how good he would be in another system. My suspicion is that you could put T^2 in a different style offense and he would be pretty good there too, because he is a playmaker.
I like our QB. I think Vick the next couple of years might be even better.