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Cincydawg

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Re: Ring of Honor
« Reply #56 on: June 25, 2019, 09:08:08 AM »
Florida is usually viewed as better academically than UGA.  UGA gained a lot of ground because of the Hope Scholarship program and population growth.  When I attended, they didn't have such rankings but it was not especially good back when, with a few brighter spots.  When you bring in better students, you obviously can teach at a higher level.  I'd go by average SAT scores as a simple metric of "better students".  UGA is not AAU because they don't have strong graduate programs, generally.  The profs who knew me strongly advised I go somewhere else, but probably so they could be rid of me.

ND is an example of a very good university for undergrad but not grad, the privates tend to be that way except the really top level ones with huge endowments.

Emory U. here is rapidly expanding, buying up property to build more stuff near me.  There is already an Emory Hospital near me, and I'm told the expansion is related to health care stuff.
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Re: Ring of Honor
« Reply #57 on: June 25, 2019, 09:39:15 AM »
QB/HB/P John Piingel (36-38) - 2x All-American, still holds NCAA punting record for total yards in a season, with 4,138 yards in 1938, the same year he finished top 7 nationally in both yards per rush and completions per game, CF HOF

RB Clinton Jones (64-66) - 2x All-American, consensus All-American in 1966, CF HOF

RB Lorenzo White (84-87) - 2x Consensus All-American, first 2,000 yard rushing season in Big Ten history, 1987 Silver Football

WR Gene Washington (64-66) - 2x 1st team AA, finished top 20 in nation in receiving three times, leading the nation in yards per reception as a senior

WR Charles Rogers (01-02) - 2x 1st Team All-Big Ten, 2002 Unanimous All-American, 2002 Biletnikoff Award

OT/DT Don Coleman (49-51) - 1951 Consensus All-American, first black AA at MSU, that started the integration trend that led to MSU's dominance in the 50s and 60s, most stated that he would have won the '51 Outland Trophy over Jim Weatherall had he been white

OG Ed Bagdon (47-49) - 1949 Consensus All-American and Outland Trophy

DE Bubba Smith (64-66) - 2x Consensus All-American, AP DL of the Year in 1966, CF HOF

LB George Webster (64-66) - 2x Consensus All-American, CF HOF

LB Percy Snow (86-89) - one of only 4 players to win the Butkus and Lombardi Awards, CF HOF

LB Greg Jones (07-10) - 2x Consensus All-American, 3x 1st Team All-Big Ten, 2009 Big Ten Defensive POTY

CB Darqueze Dennard (10-13) - 2x 1st Team All-Big Ten, 2013 Unanimous All-American, 2013 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, 2013 Thorpe Award, 2013 Tatum Award

S Brad Van Pelt (70-72) - 2x Consensus All-American, first DB to win the Maxwell Award as the nation's best player, CF HOF

Duffy Daugherty (54-72) - won 4 claimed (1 or 2 real) national championships, 7 top 10 finishes in 12 years, two Rose Bowls, 2 Big Ten titles, national coach of the year in 1955 and 1965, CF HOF

Biggie Munn (47-53) - won two claimed (1 real) national championships, won a Big Ten title and the Rose Bowl in his lone year in the conference, went 54-9-2 at the school, going 35-2 over his final four years, finishing #8, #2, #1, #3 in the polls, and the national coach of the year in 1952, CF HOF
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Re: Ring of Honor
« Reply #58 on: June 26, 2019, 06:25:13 AM »
I don't recall Greg Jones....did he wear 53?  Hmmph.  I should know him.  More of an inside LB, not a big pash-rusher?  Leader type?  
Maybe his name is just generic, idk.  
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Re: Ring of Honor
« Reply #59 on: June 26, 2019, 09:48:28 AM »
Yeah, the name probably doesn't help.  He was the first player after the John L. Smith/Dantonio transition that actually made me believe we were going to take defense seriously for a change, now I wish we knew how to score points.
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Re: Ring of Honor
« Reply #60 on: June 26, 2019, 11:24:26 AM »
I was musing that perhaps a RoH concept should include names recognizable to fans of other teams as one criterion.  This could bias the selection to players who had NFL careers of note of course, and more recent history.  I'd go with (to see if these names are generally know):

Trippi
Sinkwich
Tarkenton
Bratkowski
Patton
Woerner
Stanfill
Herschel
Hoage 
Hines Ward

I'm guessing a couple names there won't be recognized by some of youse guys.
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