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POSITIONS THAT NEVER CHANGE: BY POSITION, BY SCHOOL

Ohio State linebacker Andy "AJ" Laurinspielmakatzencarpenteritis

Ohio State linebacker Andy "AJ" Laurinspielmakatzencarpenteritis

Some friends enjoy dating the same person over and over again. Take that friend of yours who only dates Asian girls. Come on, Fen Huang, branch out, man! Viva la variety! Or that friend of yours who's never even dated a guy. Frank, once you get past a few of the logistical issues, men can be loving, caring partners like anyone else. Our friend Linda keeps dating the same type: hairy, really masculine, lives pantsless in the woods, and doesn't like to be photographed. She says antisocial, we say Yeti, but disagreement shouldn't come between friends. 

Anyway, people like the same thing over and over again, and football programs follow suit. They often do this by position. Auburn, for instance, has been placing the same generic, rag-armed white quarterback on their roster for over two decades now. Sometimes he's referred to as Patrick Nix, sometimes he's Chris Todd, sometimes he's Brandon Cox, but inevitably he sits no lower than second on the depth chart and is convinced he can scramble with 4.4 speed despite possessing 5.4 wheels.*

A list of the following schools and the universal form presented in various avatars throughout history.

OHIO STATE: BRENT MUSBURGER'S FAVORITE WHITE LINEBACKER. A "gritty" player, usually given an equally gritty name. Will be the object of Brent Musburger's affections for the duration until he assumes another name, changes his hairstyle slightly, and enrolls to replace himself at Ohio State and be slobbered over under an entirely different name. Beloved by slow white children, old columnists, and racists. Spottily desired by pro scouts. Was born with an old-school foam neck roll that always grows back no matter how many times it is surgically removed. 

ALIASES: Andy Katzenmoyer, AJ Hawk, James Laurinaitis, Bobby Carpenter, Chris Spielman. 

Star-divide

AUBURN: THE SOMEWHAT EPT WHITE QUARTERBACK.  The inspiration for every walk-on who ever believed they, too, could strap on a helmet, lace up some cleats, and play a few downs of college football, the recycled Somewhat Ept White Quarterback does best what Auburn fans want him to do anyway: hand the ball off to a running back. Wobbly-armed and prone to hopeless scrambles on par with that of wounded springboks evading lionesses on the hunt, they are best found in the wild by following the collective gasping noise the crowd makes when a play-action pass is called for them to hurl into opposing hands. Somehow wins seven or eight games a year before limping into a career in insurance or banking without so much as a glance at the NFL.

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He's the bro you want leading your team into battle...in frat-league flag football. Anywhere else and he's a liability. 

ALIASES: Brandon Cox, Daniel Cobb, Chris Todd, Patrick Nix, Ben Leard, Gabe Gross. 

SPECIAL NOTE: Also applicable to Maryland or Michigan State, who also always recruits the same quarterback-like Caucasian substance to play qb. 

WISCONSIN: THE FAT AFRICAN-AMERICAN RUNNING BACK. Wisconsin might sprinkle in a change-up like Michael Bennett every now and then, but when the chips are down fat boy trots out in red and begins leaning behind all that converted cheese and beef stick on the o-line for first downs. Ron Dayne is the prototype, but since then Wisconsin has been on a Vertigo-esque quest to find his replacement. "Here, P.J. Just put on this Ron Dayne wig. If you love me you'll wear it. WEAR THE WIG, P.J.! EAT THIS STICKY BUN AND WEAR THE WIG!!!" 

ALIASES: Ron Dayne, Anthony Davis, P.J. Hill, Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch (little known fact: was morbidly obese and still an All-American. Oh, and secretly black.) 

*This fucker also inevitably beats Florida. Son of a goddamn piss-shitting bitch. 

SOUTH CAROLINA: ONE HOPELESSLY OVERMATCHED AND TALENTED DEFENDER. When everything's on fire, South Carolina always has at least one firefighter who will hold the hose to the bitter end, a soldier who will tie himself to the tree, load up a stack of assault rifles next to him, and keep firing until they have to call in artillery to put his ass out of commission. Oh, he's doomed: make no mistake about it, since the offense will fumble away the ball at the one, or let David Pollack face-rape your hopes of victory, or just get down by forty to Florida before you can get to the half, but that one guy? He's going to be hitting people so hard they prolapse, because fuck you and the scoreboard, that's why. When the smoke clears, your men will not search his pockets for valuables out of respect for his valor no matter how many pieces he may be in after the battle. 

ALIASES: John Abraham, Sheldon Brown, Kalimba Edwards, Ko Simpson, Captain Munnerlyn, Jasper Brinkley

Leave your own below, since this phenomenon is not unusual or limited to these cases. 

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THE CURIOUS INDEX, 3/11/2010

Mar 2010 by Spencer Hall - 60 comments

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"THE BIG KAT"

I remember the summer he took “Golf” and “Aids Awareness” to get eligible.

by f o u r on Mar 8, 2010 2:15 PM EST up reply actions  

I remember the autumn

he introduced himself to Corby Jones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzeF2Van5ns

A: You can never go too far. B: If I'm gonna get busted, it is not gonna be by a guy like that.

by NormanConquest on Mar 8, 2010 10:09 PM EST up reply actions  

Added value

I also assume that the Michigan State QB has problems with alcohol.

by Brian_K on Mar 8, 2010 12:52 PM EST reply actions  

2 statistical outliers break the pattern at MSU

Hey we had Tony Banks for a couple years, and Drew Stanton actually was pretty mobile- he had to be to chase down all those DB’s who ended up with the ball after his wobbly throws

by Spartan D on Mar 8, 2010 1:27 PM EST up reply actions  

HR PUFFNSTUFF

"I'm colonel cool! And I'm the captain on this rocket to the stars!"

by psuphiman80 on Mar 8, 2010 2:27 PM EST up reply actions  

Well, a remedy of that is to imagine the 1st half of ND/MSU '98 game in E. Lansing.

State went up 42-3 by the end of the half. My friends were there and got “rowed” while in the State student section. They were happy to escape with nothing worse than bruised egos and a fuller vocabulary.

by GeauxIrish on Mar 8, 2010 3:39 PM EST up reply actions  

I was gonna post some Youtube of that game to get you back, but decided to drink instead.

by Spartan D on Mar 8, 2010 5:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Now that was a football game.

About 2 minutes after kickoff I was puked on by a fat, middle-aged woman who barfed up her wine coolers while shouting “GO GREEN!” But when Johnelle inexplicably started running the option in Hurricane Katrina, everything was right with the world.

Brian Kelly says no Burger King at 3 AM.

by Ancient Chinese Secret on Mar 8, 2010 2:34 PM EST up reply actions  

You watched the game with Mrs. John L?

The “L” stands for “don’t ever show your face in East Lansing again, you &_()$^@#!”

by Spartan D on Mar 8, 2010 3:22 PM EST up reply actions  

Whenever I think about Jeff Smoker and rehab I think of The Program...

and Craig Sheffer all depressed in rehab listening to his team lose on the radio. DAMN, Lattimore isn’t the same without the juice!

by HawkeyeRecon on Mar 8, 2010 3:17 PM EST up reply actions  

Southern Cal

Always at least one Samoan linebacker at all times. Roster requirement. See Tatupu, Maualuga, Moala.

"'I wish to hell God would stop trying to make me a better person." - T.J. Lambert

by Signal to Noise on Mar 8, 2010 1:03 PM EST reply actions  

of course...

….trend started by Junior Seau.

"'I wish to hell God would stop trying to make me a better person." - T.J. Lambert

by Signal to Noise on Mar 8, 2010 1:05 PM EST up reply actions  

Can’t forget about Seau.

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Mar 8, 2010 3:53 PM EST up reply actions  

and if there is no Samoan at LB....

…he plays safety (Polamalu.)

"'I wish to hell God would stop trying to make me a better person." - T.J. Lambert

by Signal to Noise on Mar 8, 2010 4:17 PM EST up reply actions  

and a flashy running back who bring game changing ability and cloud of impeding legal trouble
Reginthal Joe McBushsimp

by ATLSTU on Mar 8, 2010 3:07 PM EST up reply actions  

No Inexplicably Great White Iowa Receiver?

I am saddened.

"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"

by RossWB on Mar 8, 2010 1:08 PM EST reply actions  

Well...

…we wanted one we could speak semi-authoritatively on, and our dissertation didn’t include research on them.

by Spencer Hall on Mar 8, 2010 1:10 PM EST up reply actions  

Fair enough.

It’s really just a constantly regenerating, corn-fed version of Riley Cooper, though, if that helps.

Minus Riley’s lovely locks, of course.

"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"

by RossWB on Mar 8, 2010 1:20 PM EST up reply actions  

Trey (Terry, Troy) Stross, Andy Brodell, Ed Hinkel, etc.

Iowa always has a white wide receiver with pretty good wheels that tends to catch nigh uncatchable passes by laying out and extending the tips of the fingers to haul them in.

Next year will be Colin Sandeman (although he did well this past year too).

by HawkeyeRecon on Mar 8, 2010 3:14 PM EST up reply actions  

How could you include a list of the IGWIWRs

And NOT mention Time Dwight? For shame, sir, for shame.

I ate the blue ones ... they taste like burning.

by HoyaGoon on Mar 8, 2010 11:26 PM EST up reply actions  

He's not the normal Iowa receiver prototype.

Plus that’s back in the 90’s. He was awesome but not really a receiver.

by HawkeyeRecon on Mar 9, 2010 11:12 AM EST up reply actions  

It's more Big-Tenish than Iowa-specific.

Everyone fails. The successful learn from their failures. I just wish we'd quit giving ourselves so many learning opportunities.

by WhiteSpeedReceiver on Mar 8, 2010 1:25 PM EST up reply actions  

As is the OT Position

At Michigan, Iowa, and Wisconsin……………….they just use the same guy over and over. I don’t know how they handle it when they play each other, maybe a jersey change during t.v. timeout?

by justanotherbuckeye on Mar 8, 2010 1:37 PM EST up reply actions  

True

Gonzo, Hartline, Sanzenbacher from OSU. Most recently, Blair White from MSU.

A: You can never go too far. B: If I'm gonna get busted, it is not gonna be by a guy like that.

by NormanConquest on Mar 8, 2010 10:28 PM EST up reply actions  

Michigan

Until the Rich Rodriquez turnover had a slew of white, drop-back NFL style QB’s (Collins, Griese, Brady, Henne, etc). Ryan Mallet was ready to continue the tradition until Michigan went to the spread.

by GTFridge25 on Mar 8, 2010 1:10 PM EST reply actions  

Auburn Bonus

WR with hands of clay.

I'm Irish. I'm going to have to deal with something being wrong the rest of my life.

by boddagettaflyer on Mar 8, 2010 1:10 PM EST reply actions  

You could do a whole column

just on players that Brent Musburger falls in love with.

The 6’2’’ Caucasian substance quarterbacking for Michigan State comes from the town of Rusty Nail, Michigan, and must have a TD/Interception ratio of exactly 1:1.

Brian Kelly says no Burger King at 3 AM.

by Ancient Chinese Secret on Mar 8, 2010 1:11 PM EST reply actions  

UT

Kicker named Colquitt. There must be a whole clan of Kicking Colquitts up in the hills of east Tennessee, tending the moonshine still and practicing chip-shot field goals.

I'm Irish. I'm going to have to deal with something being wrong the rest of my life.

by boddagettaflyer on Mar 8, 2010 1:14 PM EST reply actions  

I was going to mention this one

The nice thing is that we don’t even have to spend money on new jerseys for them.

So Sayth King Zach I

by kingofzachland on Mar 8, 2010 2:26 PM EST up reply actions  

ORSON! How could you forget your Alma Mater's most famous!?

Cmon, Really? I have to do this?

Florida:

Brilliant College QB who is downplayed by scouts, who goes on to have a long, but relatively quiet Pro career. (Even applies to Chris Leak, currently a backup QB in the CFL!)

Examples: Steve Spurrier, Shane Mathews, Danny Wuerffel, Rex Grossman, Chris Leak, Tim Tebow?

by The Commenter Formerly Known as Not You on Mar 8, 2010 1:15 PM EST reply actions  

Too generic.

We needed physiological and ethnic specificity here.

by Spencer Hall on Mar 8, 2010 1:16 PM EST up reply actions  

Statistical outliers FTW!

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by BurritoBrosShits on Mar 8, 2010 1:18 PM EST up reply actions  

They're all white and/or blue-eyed.

Longest Atlanta Falcons winning-seasons streak: 2008 - current
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by Jason Kirk on Mar 8, 2010 1:33 PM EST up reply actions  

Inexplicably talented Running Back at Georgia Tech

In recent years, even during the Ball/Gailey deluge, Georgia Tech had a really good running back that would try his damndest to carry a team hopelessly mired in offensive woes. Examples include Tony Hollings, PJ Daniels, Tashard Choice, Jonathan Dwyer, Eddie Lee Ivery, Dorsey Levens, god this list is longer than I thought it would be.

by wfguiteau on Mar 8, 2010 1:24 PM EST reply actions  

If what Dwyer's played through can be classified as "offensive woes," I'll have another serving of woes please, but woesier.

I would say African American quarterbacks (Tank Nesbitt, Reggie Ball, Joe Hamilton, Donnie Davis, Sean Jones… the South’s first black starting QB, Eddie McAshan), but there aren’t a lot of common threads in their styles of play.

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by Jason Kirk on Mar 8, 2010 1:52 PM EST up reply actions  

George Godsey & Taylor Bennett

broke the black quarterback streaks, but GT has had a lot.

by five point stance on Mar 8, 2010 2:02 PM EST up reply actions  

However, George Godsey sounds like a black guy's name.

Longest Atlanta Falcons winning-seasons streak: 2008 - current
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by Jason Kirk on Mar 8, 2010 2:04 PM EST up reply actions  

And I still refuse to acknowledge that Taylor Bennett ever started for the Jackets.

La, la, la, there was no football on the flats in 2007, and you can’t tell me anything different.

by NoDak_jacket on Mar 8, 2010 3:00 PM EST up reply actions  

Mostly white boys between McAshan and Shawn Jones

Mike Kelly, John Dewberry, Jim Bob Taylor, Darryl Gast, Rick Strom, etc. Luginbill took Davis’ job until B*** L***s got fired.

Not really a trend.

by Golden Hand on Mar 8, 2010 4:41 PM EST up reply actions  

Dont forget Whisenhunt

Only one game at QB, but is was a big one.

by gtne91 on Mar 10, 2010 12:10 AM EST up reply actions  

Joe Burns

didn’t do much in the pro’s, but he was quite useful.

by five point stance on Mar 8, 2010 2:05 PM EST up reply actions  

Robert Lavette, Jerry Mays

Two GREAT college running backs, but too small for the pros.

by Golden Hand on Mar 8, 2010 4:43 PM EST up reply actions  

he is aware

Under 34 pts per game is unacceptable.

His 1998 Ga Southern team averaged over 43 pts per game. I would bring up the 1999 team, but that would be a crazy expectation (with another FG, would have been exactly 50 ppg).

About 10 pts to go.

by gtne91 on Mar 10, 2010 12:13 AM EST up reply actions  

Penn State/Ohio State share same predilection

For the white hammer LB…………….hell just include the entire Big 10 and throw in the MAC for the white hammer LB that is just a little smaller than his Big 10 brothers.

by justanotherbuckeye on Mar 8, 2010 1:25 PM EST reply actions  

Dennis Onkontz, Jack Ham, Greg Buttle, Shane Conlan, Brian Gelzheiser, Brandon Short,Paul Poslusny, Dan Connor, Sean Lee, Mike Mauti? (epreimental cajun version)

by gostate11 on Mar 8, 2010 2:29 PM EST up reply actions  

FSU? Choking FG kicker

Fuck me that was too easy and dumb…Fine.

Texas A&M – Heralded QBs whose careers are a flop except for then they take teh field against Texas.

by GatorTrey on Mar 8, 2010 1:27 PM EST reply actions  

Ben Leard...

I still hate you…
so predictable….
so little arm strength…
so many INTs…
so much booze to forget…not working

by Terry Bowden's Shoe Lifts on Mar 8, 2010 1:33 PM EST reply actions  

UGA: The Four-Headed, highly recruited, nearly identical RBs

All somewhat quick, but not lightning fast. Each one is average sized, meaning there’s no great short yardage back. Also, the RB-by-committee completely deprives any of them of yardage and TDs.

ALIASES: Thomas Brown, Kregg Lumpkin, Danny Ware, Washaun Ealey, Caleb King, Richard Samuel, any black RB not named Knowshon Moreno

by Torgo's Executive Powder on Mar 8, 2010 1:35 PM EST reply actions  

Don't forget Musa

And a surprisingly high percentage of the RB manifestation gets described during recruitment as “quite possibly, the next” you-know-who.

by NCT on Mar 8, 2010 2:25 PM EST up reply actions  

This list goes way back

Lars Tate, Tim Worley, Keith Henderson, Rodney Hampton, Garrison Hearst, Terrell Davis, Robert Edwards, Michael Cooper, Tony Milton, etc. Your mileage may vary, but, aside from Hearst and Davis, try picking any of those guys out in a lineup.

by aproposdenada on Mar 8, 2010 2:31 PM EST up reply actions  

Do I hit the softball?

Sure, why not. Im sure a majority of them have been picked out of a lineup.

by gtne91 on Mar 10, 2010 12:14 AM EST up reply actions  

more

Patrick Pass, Olandis Gary, Verron Haynes (might not qualify for the not-great-at-short yardage… also he stepped on your face with a hobnail boot and broke your nose), Jasper Sanks (IT WAS A TD! NOT A FUMBLE!)

by nms on Mar 9, 2010 4:11 AM EST up reply actions  

WVU

The small , quick RB who gets an NFL look but never really makes it.(Think famous Amos, Avon Coulbourn, Slaton, Devine) Also really coming on-the incredibly athletic black QB who plays like a combination of Madden Mike Vick and a drunken Akili Smith. (Major Harris, Rasheed Marshall, Pat White, Jarrett Brown, Whoever emerges this year they all look the same)

by Quickerthanturf on Mar 8, 2010 1:51 PM EST reply actions  

Also from WVU: The confused kicker/punter

A lot of our punters started out placekickers and vice versa (and some did both):
Todd Sauerbrun, Mike Vanderjagt, Pat McAffe, Paul Woodside, Mark Fazzolari,

"I like the taste of danger most of all." - Jonatha Brooke

by MtnEer_in_SC on Mar 8, 2010 5:13 PM EST up reply actions  

UGA Giant TE

Benjamin Watson, Randy McMichael, Leonard Pope, Orson Charles

by jokastrength on Mar 8, 2010 1:54 PM EST reply actions  

VT's QB

Incredibly athletic* quarterbacks that are all from Hampton Roads VA, capable of putting up numbers, but shackled by the offensive philosophy that values keeping special teams on the field.**
Vick, Randall, Vick, Taylor

*black

**1st down: inside handoff (2 yard gain) 2nd down: broken pass play scramble (7 yard gain) 3rd down: punt (the sooner we punt, the sooner we can finally score by blocking theirs)

If you win all your fights, you're pickin em

by imhugeinjapan on Mar 8, 2010 1:55 PM EST reply actions  

This wiil catch the masses off-guard - tOSU and wide receivers with long NFL careers

Cris Carter, Terry Glenn, David Boston, Santonio Holmes, Ted Ginn Jr, Anthony Gonzales, Brian Robiskie, Brian Hartline.

Or you could go the DB route – Shawn Springs, Antoine Winfield, Nate Clements, Ahmed Plummer, Mike Doss, Chris Gamble, Malcolm Jenkins. We also brought you Jack Tatum, for what its worth.

by Crabapple Buck on Mar 8, 2010 1:55 PM EST reply actions  

If you wanna go that route......

MSU can claim Courtney Hawkins, Mark Ingram, Plaxico Burress, Derrick Mason, Muhsin Muhammed, Charles Rogers (just substitute “jail” for “NFL” and it works), Devin Thomas.
All of our DB’s tend to spontaneously combust tho, so I can’t match that part of your list

by Spartan D on Mar 8, 2010 2:19 PM EST up reply actions  

Texas:

McCoys and Shipleys.

Forever.

by lhb98 on Mar 8, 2010 2:06 PM EST reply actions  

Isn't that a new country western song by the Outlaws?

McCoys and Shipleys; Forever.

- .... .- - .----. ... / .-- .... .- - / ... .... . / ... .- .. -..

by MarioVanPeebles Republic of China on Mar 8, 2010 2:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Oh, it’s one of the new trend of remaking the song after only about a year.

by lhb98 on Mar 8, 2010 3:24 PM EST up reply actions  

Joe Paterno's beloved field goal kicker

Joe loves field goals. He’d rather kick 7 field goals then score 3 TD’s. Sure they’re worth the same number of points, but it just FEELS better when you got them in 3 point increments; after sustaining 80 yard drives, who wants to punch it in? Kick the fucker and be done with it. If not for a savvy coaching staff, FG attempts on 3rd down would be regular occurances. Because Joe loves field goals so much, naturally he loves his field goal kickers. They’re steady, they’re money inside the 35, and they’ll score more points then any other kicker in B10 history. They’ll go on to be the highest paid NFL kicker of all time.

"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.

by millzners on Mar 8, 2010 2:18 PM EST reply actions  

oops

they’re money inside the 35 25. As if Joe would ever kick a field goal from outside the 30.

"We hugged as grown men do. It was a great moment. Then, it was business as usual." -- LJ Sr.

by millzners on Mar 8, 2010 2:22 PM EST up reply actions  

LSU

“Stocky” Louisiana-native defensive tackle who could double as a midget-wrestler or bodybuilder. He may be of nebulous professional potential but still manages to torpedo opposing running games and draw rampant chop-blockage by offensive linemen at least a foot taller than him.

Aliases include: Glenn Dorsey, Kyle Williams, Chad Lavalais, Anthony “Booger” McFarland, Henry Thomas, Fred Miller and Ronnie Estay.

by Billy Gomila on Mar 8, 2010 2:22 PM EST reply actions  

Auburn Quaterback Exception

Every now and then we get a talented black quarterback who has some struggles but ends up being pretty good (ie Dameyune Craig, Jason Campbell, Stan White?, and now maybe Cam “Sloppy Seconds” Newton).

by Happy Time Harry on Mar 8, 2010 2:25 PM EST reply actions  

yea he was good, not really as black as the others…but he was good, right?

by Happy Time Harry on Mar 8, 2010 8:57 PM EST up reply actions  

Dameyune Craig was a beast

for those Jimbo Fisher-led offenses and Campbell was good toward the end of his career, but Orson is right for the most part. Maybe Newton can change Orson’s general perception of “University of Auburn” quarterbacks. Also, Auburn has a history of churning out ferocious NFL caliber running backs, think of Bo Jackson, Stephen Davis, Brandon Jacobs, Rudi Johnson, Cadillac Williams, and Ronnie Brown.

by HyperHyPo on Mar 8, 2010 6:19 PM EST up reply actions  

A Great Name

And he also had one of the greatest phonetically spelled names in the history of mankind.

"It was like the Colosseum in Rome and we were the Christians." -- The late Bobby Dodd of Georgia Tech on playing in Tiger Stadium.

by damn strong football team on Mar 8, 2010 11:58 PM EST up reply actions  

Nebraska

Fair-skinned white guys who play skill/speed positions, such as WR, RB, DB, where there are otherwise no white guys effectively starting at these spots anywhere else in FBS (other than BYU).

Matt O’Hanlon, Tom Rathman, Rex Burkhead, Matt Davison, Todd Peterson, Nate Swift, Eric Crouch (running QB) Scott Frost (running QB and NFL safety).

Next in the stable: receiver prospect Mike Nobler!

by BroccoliD on Mar 8, 2010 2:32 PM EST reply actions  

Tom Rathman was the man in Super Tecmo Bowl

Which certainly counts for something. Like everything.

"Smokey, this be not the foul jungles of the darkest East Orient. This be ninepins. We are bound by laws."

by Joey C. on Mar 8, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions  

Out-of-State Nebraska Back That Will Straight-Up Murder You.....

….not literally, with one exception.

Mike Rozier (NJ,) Lawrence Phillips (Arkansas,) Ken Clark (Alabama,) Derek Brown (California,) Roger Craig (Iowa,)

Notable exception: Ahman Green, a native of Nebraska. Really.

by Jack Fact on Mar 8, 2010 2:37 PM EST reply actions  

Ha! I was thinking about doing the very same post.

/Cracking up at work,

by BroccoliD on Mar 8, 2010 2:43 PM EST up reply actions  

Da U Tight Ends

Shockingly productive, not as shockingly involved in memorable off-the-field incidents.

Bubba Franks (secretly ran chop shop/smuggling operation with Ryan Covington), Jeremy Shockey (ALL THAT IS AWESOME), Lt. Winslow (shares combat veteran status with Mike Cooper’s father), G-Reg (in her eye?), Jimmy Graham (O AN HE SEXY).

Also under consideration: Da U safeties (Al Blades, Ed Reed, Sean Taylor, Kenny Phillips)

by dmk on Mar 8, 2010 2:46 PM EST reply actions  

Shockingly productive, not as shockingly involved in memorable off-the-field incidents.

Isn’t that every player from the U?

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Mar 8, 2010 3:57 PM EST up reply actions  

BTW, don’t you need to include Thunder Collins (Ontario)*

  • Actual murderer

by BroccoliD on Mar 8, 2010 2:46 PM EST reply actions  

I believe that was the one exception.

"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Mar 8, 2010 2:55 PM EST up reply actions  

Miss State Running Back

Africa Black
75% of MSU offense
Only MSU offensive player on team with shot at NFL

by ATLSTU on Mar 8, 2010 3:15 PM EST reply actions  

Nebraska: The Small Town, Corn-Fed Walk-On

This may stretch the limits of the position-specific intent of the post, but it bears mentioning on the sheer strength of Musburger love alone. We’re talking, of course, about the young man who grew up in a tractor cab (who may have actually been conceived in a tractor cab)* in a town of less than 1,000 people, listening to Nebraska games on the radio (quite possibly during the moment of conception) and dreaming of the day when he, too, will run out of the locker room into the fabled “Sea of Red.” He grew up playing 8-man football or, in earlier decades, 6-man football (although this particular strain of STCFWO is just as likely to play basketball at NU, which explains a lot), which Brent Musburger will mention at least once per quarter when said player makes a tackle, throws a block, catches/throws a pass or scores a touchdown or any combination of the four.

This is not to insinuate that playing time is a statistical identifier for this particular player: he can be an All-American or he could be buried so far down the depth chart that the only people applauding his name at Senior Day are his parents (from their 85th row seats). As a matter of fact, given the sheer percentage of STCFWOs at Nebraska over the years, we’re probably talking about some vast cloning facility buried underground in Cherry County, and thus we’re looking at the Nebraska football equivalent of the Clone Wars. What, you thought Steve Pederson got fired? Hell, naw – it was Tom Osborne executing Order 66.**

  • But probably not born there. We do let the wimmin-folk do their birthin’ in a proper hospital/veterinary clinic/heated stable.
    • Why, yes, Osborne is both Palpatine and Yoda – is that so hard to understand?

"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Mar 8, 2010 3:39 PM EST reply actions  

Hey, it was unintentional—he just ingested massive amounts of the cattle feed used on his family’s ranch

by BroccoliD on Mar 8, 2010 4:48 PM EST up reply actions  

I wanted to walk on at Nebraska

but there was no way my dad could explain away all the BGH that would have required. True story!

"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Mar 8, 2010 10:56 PM EST up reply actions  

Notre Dame: pint sized WR

Mike Miller
Joey Getherall
Golden Tate
Roby Toma

by GeauxIrish on Mar 8, 2010 3:42 PM EST reply actions  

How is Rocket Ismail not on your list?

"...when the devil says to you: do not drink, answer him: I will drink, and right freely, just because you tell me not to."
— Martin Luther

by Go Big Rev on Mar 8, 2010 3:47 PM EST up reply actions  

I was going to go for Hwy 15 in the defensive backfield

Seems like we had a stretch of over a decade where there was somebody in the defensive backfield wearing #15 getting torched on a weekly basis. I hope we retired that damn number…

by JTGoirish on Mar 8, 2010 4:42 PM EST up reply actions  

No number will ever be retired

and our white safeties will be torched until the end of days.

Brian Kelly says no Burger King at 3 AM.

by Ancient Chinese Secret on Mar 8, 2010 5:06 PM EST up reply actions  

Similar to freeway 14 (Ivory Covington)

Aside from his one tackle in Oct ‘95 to stop Army’s 2 pt conversion, he was a gateway to the endzone.

by GeauxIrish on Mar 9, 2010 9:52 AM EST up reply actions  

Penn State is also White Linebacker U.

Randy Hahn: "I’ve been referred to as a playa…"

by 49er16 on Mar 8, 2010 3:54 PM EST reply actions  

Texas Tech QBs

Skinny, white, immobile QB’s with more arm stamina than strength (because that’s what you need to throw 672 passes per game) who throw for eleventy billion yards, and NEVER ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING in the NFL.

Aliases (TD/INT): Graham Harrel(134/34), Cody Hodges (31/12), Sonny Cumbie (32/18), B.J. Symons (52/22), Kliff Kingsbury (42/12)

by Billy Simms' Afro on Mar 8, 2010 4:49 PM EST reply actions  

Speaking of Aliases

I want mine back.

And you spelled our hallowed Heisman winner’s name like that crybaby panzy ex-texas* qb.

by Billy Sims' Fro on Mar 15, 2010 9:23 PM EDT up reply actions  

LSU/UF

the five star athlete that will eventually transfer or be kicked off the team in a drug/theft/murder related incident

drunk comment of the week: Loveliest Little Village on the Plains is just code for one road leading to a giant clusterphuck every gameday

by Wallacewade04 on Mar 8, 2010 5:27 PM EST reply actions  

Mich "Bat out of hell" 3-4 LB God

Way too many to name them all. Ian Gold, Lamar Woodley, Brackins……please add the rest!

by Nudoworldwide on Mar 8, 2010 6:00 PM EST reply actions  

M-berger loves them too!

They are tall , weight about 240lbs, black, and run a 4.5. You know the opposite of Buckeyes linebacker.

by Nudoworldwide on Mar 8, 2010 6:07 PM EST up reply actions  

Michigan LB's

Dhani Jones, Victor Hobson, Shawn Crable (and his late-hit against OSU in ’06 that killed any chance of a UM comeback), Jarrett Irons, David Harris, Rick Astley, Pierre Woods, Cato June (played safety at UM), Sam Sword, etc.

by Kang and Kodos on Mar 9, 2010 8:34 PM EST up reply actions  

Yep!

Prescott Burgess. The names always sound like 007 spy names. LOL

by Nudoworldwide on Mar 10, 2010 1:38 AM EST up reply actions  

Florida Quarterbacks

I’m not shocked this list didn’t include Gator quarterbacks who dominate the SEC, then become a pantload in the NFL – Steve Spurrier, Kerwin Bell, Shane Matthews, Danny Wuerrfel, Rex Grossman…and guess who is next?

by Jonathan Werner on Mar 8, 2010 8:57 PM EST reply actions  

QB Desperation in West Lafayette

Yeah, just noticed that somebody else already hit the Florida thing…but look at how lucky Purdue has been with quarterbacks – Len Dawson, Bob Griese, Mike Phipps, Mark Hermann, Kyle Orton, and Drew Brees. How the hell did they go from a list like that to Curtis Fucking Painter and Joey “What’s Footbaul?” Elliot?

by Jonathan Werner on Mar 8, 2010 9:03 PM EST reply actions  

VT and the "dual threat" aka black QB

Maurice Deshazo
Erik Chapman
Michael Vick
Bryan Randall
Marcus Vick
SEAN GLENNON
Tyrod Taylor

Who doesn’t fit here?

Respectfully, pfhokie

by pfhokie on Mar 9, 2010 10:05 AM EST reply actions  

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