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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: OrangeAfroMan on July 28, 2018, 12:49:05 AM

Title: Best #66
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 28, 2018, 12:49:05 AM

Who you got?

Title: Re: Best #66
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on July 29, 2018, 02:18:55 AM

UNL fans, I was as sure as sure can be that Will Shields wore 66 for the Huskers.  He did not.  Am I mixing him up with someone else?  This is bothering me.

Shileds wore 75, and he'll be on that voting list, but did someone great wear 66 at Nebraska?  Or am I going crazy?

Title: Re: Best #66
Post by: FearlessF on July 29, 2018, 11:07:55 PM

Best Player: Wayne Meylan, Middle Guard, 1965 - 1967
Other notables: Brenden Stai, Guard, 1991 - 1994

Comments: Meylan was a fearsome presence in the middle for the early Devaney teams. He was named Player of the Year by the Big 8 in both his junior and senior seasons, while picking up All-America honors in both seasons. Meylan's life was tragically cut short in 1987 when a World War II era airplane he was piloting crashing during an air show in Michigan. He was posthumously elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1991.

When I think of the Pipeline in the 1990s, I think of guys like Brenden Stai. Not overly flashy, not loud or boisterous, but completely and utterly dominating. Stai was 300 pounds of muscle and brute strength that opened gaping holes all game long.

Title: Re: Best #66
Post by: ELA on July 30, 2018, 08:44:53 AM

I think Deacon is getting a lot of votes here based on his stellar NFL career.

Title: Re: Best #66
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 01, 2018, 11:09:46 PM

It's a losing battle.  I put one of those types on the list, everyone votes for him.  wtf

Title: Re: Best #66
Post by: FearlessF on August 02, 2018, 09:37:37 AM

stop putting NFL guys on the list

Title: Re: Best #66
Post by: OrangeAfroMan on August 02, 2018, 11:10:03 AM

I'm gauging the improvement of the voting populace here.....it's a plateau.