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Topic: Mt Rushmore - QB

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Cincydawg

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Re: Mt Rushmore - QB
« Reply #42 on: Today at 11:47:16 AM »
It's a team sport. I'm baffled at how often that gets ignored. (Not by you guys, of course!)
This is true of course, though we also know the QB position is often make or break for the team.  

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« Reply #43 on: Today at 11:51:59 AM »
More so now than ever before.

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Re: Mt Rushmore - QB
« Reply #44 on: Today at 06:10:42 PM »
It's a team sport. I'm baffled at how often that gets ignored. (Not by you guys, of course!)

OAM, I fully understand your rules, but I would point out that Jefferson himself thought his presidency was a failure. The Louisiana Purchase turned out to be brilliant, but in 1809 that wasn't obvious. So is Rushmore like the Heisman for greatest Americans, but most voters believed if you hadn't been President, you didn't qualify? TR only won one presidential election. Maybe the presidency was Jefferson's NFL career? But Lincoln's greatest achievements came during his presidency...

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Lincoln is obviously a Michael Vick figure, gaining notoriety through speeches/highlights and ultimately coming up short for a senate seat/NC....yet winning in the end: president/#1 overall draft pick.

It's funny you post this, as the most recent youtube video of the channel inspiring this is the Mt Rushmore of non-president Americans...Franklin, King, etc.
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Re: Mt Rushmore - QB
« Reply #45 on: Today at 06:37:20 PM »
Lincoln is obviously a Michael Vick figure, gaining notoriety through speeches/highlights and ultimately coming up short for a senate seat/NC....yet winning in the end: president/#1 overall draft pick.

It's funny you post this, as the most recent youtube video of the channel inspiring this is the Mt Rushmore of non-president Americans...Franklin, King, etc.

Was Hamilton one of those chosen in that video? 

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Re: Mt Rushmore - QB
« Reply #46 on: Today at 06:39:16 PM »

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Re: Mt Rushmore - QB
« Reply #47 on: Today at 07:41:10 PM »
How about a QB who won two NCs?
Tommie Frazier
 
He earned consensus All-American honors in 1995.
Frazier led his team to consecutive national championships in 1994 and 1995
Frazier was selected by Sports Illustrated in 1999 as a back-up quarterback in their "NCAA Football All-Century Team."

Frazier played in nine games during as a true freshman in the 1992 regular season, and completed 44 of 100 passes for 727 yards and only one interception. He rushed for 399 yards, and scored 17 touchdowns, rushing and passing. His longest run was 52 yards, against Iowa State on November 14.

Frazier helped Nebraska to achieve an undefeated record during the regular season in 1993. He rushed for nine touchdowns, with a longest run of 58 yards, and completed 77 of 162 passes for 12 touchdowns, four interceptions and 1,159 yards in 11 games. His longest pass play of the season was a 60-yard touchdown to wingback Corey Dixon on October 30 against the Colorado Buffaloes.

The FedEx Orange Bowl game played on January 1, 1994, featured Nebraska and Florida State. Frazier, now a sophomore, was pitted against newly crowned Heisman Trophy winner Charlie Ward. A last minute drive by Ward led to a Seminoles field goal that prevented the Cornhuskers from winning the national title. Frazier's 29-yard pass to split end Trumaine Bell positioned Nebraska for a potentially game-winning 45-yard field goal attempt with 0:01 left on the game clock, but the kick sailed wide left, and Florida State won 18–16. Frazier was named Most Valuable Player of the national title game despite the loss, completing 13 of 24 passes for 206 yards and a 34-yard touchdown, and rushing 14 times for 77 yards with a 32-yard run. The Cornhuskers finished the season with an 11–1 record.

Frazier earned consideration as a Heisman Trophy candidate in the first half of the 1994 season, but missed the second half due to a blood clot in his leg.

Dropback passer Brook Berringer led the team back to the FedEx Orange Bowl with a 12–0 record, where the Cornhuskers faced the third-ranked Miami Hurricanes in the de facto national championship game. Frazier started the game, but was replaced by Berringer. With seven minutes left in the game and the team trailing 17–9, Osborne placed Frazier back in the lineup. Frazier led two touchdown drives that gave Nebraska a 24–17 victory. Frazier was again named MVP, as despite the three-month layoff he completed 3 of 5 passes for 25 yards, and ran seven times for 31 yards, including a 25-yard option keeper.
Frazier was back to health in 1995, and led the Cornhuskers through another undefeated campaign.[45][46] He had a strong arm, though not a particularly accurate one, but by his senior year had improved his passing to the point that he completed 56.4 percent of his passes and had an efficiency rating of 156.1, along with 17 touchdowns.[47] His best passing performance of the season came in a 44–21 victory on October 28, in which he had 14 completions in 23 attempts against a 10–2 Colorado Buffaloes team. He threw for 241 yards and two scores in that game, including a 52-yard touchdown to wingback Clester Johnson.[48] This performance put Frazier into consideration for the Heisman Trophy, though he would finish the season as the runner-up to Ohio State's Eddie George in Heisman voting.[49]

The 1995 In the regular season, Frazier completed 92 of 163 passes for 1,362 yards and four interceptions, rushed 97 times for 604 yards and 14 touchdowns, and was never sacked. His longest pass play went 76 yards to split end Reggie Baul. He was the recipient of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award and was a Consensus All-American.

Nebraska finished the regular season with an 11–0 record, and were matched with the 12–0 Florida Gators in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on January 2, 1996. Frazier collected his third consecutive national championship game MVP award as the Cornhuskers defeated Florida's "Fun 'n' Gun" offense by a score of 62–24. He rushed 16 times for 199 yards, and completed 6 of 14 passes for 105 yards, with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Phillips. On what appeared to be a routine short-yardage option sweep to the right sideline in the closing seconds of the 3rd quarter, Frazier kept the ball, turned upfield, and broke seven tackles in a career-high 75-yard touchdown run that was named by Sports Illustrated as one of college football's greatest plays.

Sports Illustrated's Tim Layden, who covered Frazier in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl, discussed his leadership and toughness following Nebraska's 62–24 dismantling of the Florida Gators. "On that memorable 75-yard touchdown run, Frazier broke seven tackles and dragged two Florida defenders several yards before shaking free and rolling down the sideline alone," Layden elaborated. "And after playing brilliantly in both Nebraska's 18–16 Orange Bowl loss to Florida State in 1994 and the Cornhuskers' 24–17 national-title victory over Miami last season, he must now be considered one of the best big-game quarterbacks in college football history—its Joe Montana."

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Re: Mt Rushmore - QB
« Reply #48 on: Today at 08:42:45 PM »
Was Hamilton one of those chosen in that video?

Haven't watched it yet.
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