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Topic: #1 Guy at each program

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847badgerfan

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Re: #1 Guy at each program
« Reply #14 on: May 13, 2020, 07:35:39 AM »
Barry Alvarez for UW as coach. If it's a player...

Crazy Legs (also served as AD) and Pat Richter (also served as AD) come to mind.

I'll go with Joe Panos.


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Re: #1 Guy at each program
« Reply #15 on: May 13, 2020, 08:16:48 AM »
I’m bored. My off the cuff, not looking anything up answers for each P5 program:

BC- Flutie (Maybe the biggest slam dunk in the country)
Syracuse- Jim Brown
Pitt- Marino
VT- Beamer
UVA- The Barber Bros. (Tough one)
Clemson- Dabo
FSU- Bowden
GT- John Heisman
Miami- Michael Irvin (Ten other answers also come to mind)
Duke- Wallace Wade is the right answer but I’ll say Cutcliffe
Wake- No idea. They had a QB named Riley something several years ago when they were good
Louisville- Unitas
UNC- LT
NC St- Phillip Rivers

Michigan- Bo
Ohio St- Woody
UW- Alvarez
MSU- Duffy
Illinois- Butkus
Penn St- Paterno
Nebraska- Osborne
Iowa- Fry
NW- Fitzgerald
Purdue- Brees
Rutgers- Schiano
Maryland- Randy White
Minnesota- Laurence Maroney
Indiana- Randle-El

WVU- Nehlen
Kansas- Gale Sayers
KSU- Snyder
Texas- Royal
Oklahoma- Switzer (Probably should  be Wilkinson)
ISU- Troy Davis
TCU- Doak Walker
Baylor- RG3 (My apologies to Singletary)
Texas Tech- Leach
Ok St- Sanders

Bama- Bear
Arkansas- Broyles
Auburn- Bo
Ole Miss- Archie
Miss St- Dak?
LSU- Orgeron (Too early? Yep. Can’t help it. This embodies everything that is LSU)
A&M- Manziel
UF- Spurrier
UT- Archie’s boy
SC- George Rogers
UK- Tim Couch
Vandy- Jay Cutler
Missouri- Gary Pinkel (no idea really)
UGA- Herschel

USC- John McKay
UCLA- Terry Donahue (Drawing a blank here. Has to be someone else. Aikman? Idk)
Arizona- Dick Tomey (No idea, Bruschi?)
ASU- Pat Tillman
Colorado- Bill McCartney
Utah- Alex Smith?
Cal- Marshawn Lynch?
Stanford- Elway
Wazzu- Ryan Leaf
Washington- Don James
Oregon- Chip Kelly (Phil Knight isn’t a bad answer here)
Oregon St- TJ Houshmanzadeh (this is terrible but he was the first dude I thought of)

ND- Knute Rockne
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« Reply #16 on: May 13, 2020, 11:20:58 AM »
Purdue is Bob Griese for me.
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Re: #1 Guy at each program
« Reply #17 on: May 13, 2020, 12:08:08 PM »
Purdue is Bob Griese for me.
I'm good with that. Brees is a close second.

Where I'd potentially give Brees an edge is that QB was a much more important position in the era (and the offense) in which he played. 

However, Griese was a two-time all-American, Purdue's team was overall better during that era, and Griese's team won the Rose Bowl. 

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Re: #1 Guy at each program
« Reply #18 on: May 13, 2020, 12:10:19 PM »
It's officially now called "Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium", in keeping with the tradition of multiplying names of things.

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Re: #1 Guy at each program
« Reply #19 on: May 13, 2020, 12:13:55 PM »
I'm good with that. Brees is a close second.

Where I'd potentially give Brees an edge is that QB was a much more important position in the era (and the offense) in which he played.

However, Griese was a two-time all-American, Purdue's team was overall better during that era, and Griese's team won the Rose Bowl.
That tipped it in for me. Glad we are on the same page.
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Re: #1 Guy at each program
« Reply #20 on: May 13, 2020, 01:30:09 PM »
While I like Panos, I think for Wisconsin it would have to be Alvarez (though it probably should be Donna Shalala, who really rebuilt Wisconsin athletics, through Richter and Alvarez).

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« Reply #21 on: May 13, 2020, 01:32:26 PM »
While I like Panos, I think for Wisconsin it would have to be Alvarez (though it probably should be Donna Shalala, who really rebuilt Wisconsin athletics, through Richter and Alvarez).
I considered her too, but chancellors were not mentioned.
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Re: #1 Guy at each program
« Reply #22 on: May 13, 2020, 01:38:30 PM »
The modern day Mt. Rushmore of Wisconsin athletics is probably Alvarez, Dayne, Joe Thomas, and Bo Ryan. Honorable mentions to Melvin Gordon, Jonathan Taylor, and Frank Kaminsky.

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Re: #1 Guy at each program
« Reply #23 on: May 13, 2020, 01:39:58 PM »
Probably Duffy, but it probably should be Biggie.

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« Reply #24 on: May 13, 2020, 08:48:27 PM »
For WVU it’s Nehlen. 
I know Nehlen is the "right" answer, but the first name I think of when I hear 'West Virginia football' is Major Harris.  Probably due to my age.
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Re: #1 Guy at each program
« Reply #25 on: May 14, 2020, 07:23:02 AM »
The modern day Mt. Rushmore of Wisconsin athletics is probably Alvarez, Dayne, Joe Thomas, and Bo Ryan. Honorable mentions to Melvin Gordon, Jonathan Taylor, and Frank Kaminsky.
King Barry, Pat Richter, Bo Ryan, Donna Shalala.


Shalala started it all, hiring Richter, who hired Barry and Bo (and before that, Stu and Bennett). UW caught lightening in a bottle when Donna took that job.
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Re: #1 Guy at each program
« Reply #26 on: May 14, 2020, 08:56:31 AM »
For Iowa, AD Bump Elliott has to get some credit.  He's the one who hired Fry.

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Re: #1 Guy at each program
« Reply #27 on: May 14, 2020, 09:40:01 AM »
I know Nehlen is the "right" answer, but the first name I think of when I hear 'West Virginia football' is Major Harris.  Probably due to my age.
Yeah, there are other people who would think of him first too.  It would be interesting who would be the most unanimous pick for their school.

Joe Pa and Flutie have to be near the top for that .

 

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