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The Power Five => Big Ten => Topic started by: OrangeAfroMan on August 24, 2018, 08:00:36 PM
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This is probably the toughest one since the OL guys in the 70s......have at it!
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probably should vote Harmon, but the RBs have had enough fun with RB numbers
Lawrence Taylor? if you cornsider the NFL, sure
I'm going Wistrom.
A two-time first-team All-American, Wistrom became Nebraska's fourth Lombardi Award winner as the nation's top lineman following the 1997 season. Wistrom, who holds the school record for tackles for loss. two-time Big 12 Defensive Player-of-the-Year A third-team All-American as a sophomore.
Wistrom was a two-time first-team CoSIDA Academic All-American and became the 13th Husker to win the NCAA's highest honor, the NCAA Top Eight Award, in 1997. He also earned the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame Postgraduate Scholarship following his senior campaign and was the Big 12 Male Athlete of the Year for the 1997-98 season.
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Tom Harmon
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No Devin Gardner?
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Tom Harmon
Doesn't that cut against your Jake Long over Red Grange argument?
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No Devin Gardner?
Brady Hoke and Borges ruined him. He was super talented man. What a waste of talent.
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No Devin Gardner?
lol
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Doesn't that cut against your Jake Long over Red Grange argument?
yup. But I'm a homer.
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Taylor attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a team captain,[11] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Taylor#cite_note-11)and wore No. 98. Originally recruited as a defensive lineman (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_lineman), Taylor switched to linebacker before the 1979 season.[12] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Taylor#cite_note-12) He had 16 sacks in his final year there (1980),[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Taylor#cite_note-espn-1) and set numerous defensive records. He was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-American) and the Atlantic Coast Conference (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Coast_Conference)Player of the Year in 1980.[5] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Taylor#cite_note-ethnicity-5) While there the coaching staff marveled at his intense, reckless style of play. "As a freshman playing on special teams, he'd jump a good six or seven feet in the air to block a punt, then land on the back of his neck", said North Carolina assistant coach Bobby Cale. "He was reckless, just reckless."[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Taylor#cite_note-espn-1) UNC later retired Taylor's jersey.[13] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Taylor#cite_note-13)[not in citation give (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability)
Sounds like he was good at the college level. Again, name recognition is how I usually have voted.
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And he loved coke!
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Did we ever finish the Helmet exercise from the last off season?
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Not really, it got kind of messy.
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From his wiki page:
In his final college football game, Harmon led the Wolverines to a 40–0 victory over Ohio State (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football_team), scoring three rushing touchdowns, two passing touchdowns, four extra points (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extra_point), intercepting three passes, and punting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punt_(gridiron_football)) three times for an average of 50 yards. In a display of sportsmanship and appreciation, the Ohio State fans in Columbus gave Harmon a standing ovation at game's end.[46] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Harmon#cite_note-michigantoday-46) No other Wolverine player has been so honored, before or since.
At the end of the 1940 season, Harmon won numerous awards, including the following:
- On November 25, 1940, the Maxwell Memorial Club announced that Harmon had been chosen as the winner of the Maxwell Award (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Award) as "the nation's No. 1 football player for 1940".[47] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Harmon#cite_note-47)
- On November 28, 1940, Harmon was announced as the winner of the Heisman Trophy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisman_Trophy) as the country's outstanding college football player with a record count of 1,303 votes.[48] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Harmon#cite_note-Heisman-48)
- On December 10, 1940, Harmon was named the male athlete of the year across all sports in annual polling of sports experts conducted by the Associated Press. Harmon received 147 points in the poll, nearly tripling the points received by runner-up Hank Greenberg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Greenberg).[49] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Harmon#cite_note-49)
- Harmon was also a unanimous All-American, receiving first-team honors from the All-America Board, the Associated Press (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press), Collier's Weekly (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collier%27s_Weekly), the International News Service (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_News_Service), Liberty magazine, the Newspaper Enterprise Association (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper_Enterprise_Association), Newsweek (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsweek), the Sporting News (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporting_News), and the United Press (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Press).[50] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Harmon#cite_note-p1181-50)
- In mid-December 1940, Harmon was unanimously selected as the most valuable player in the Big Ten Conference.[51] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Harmon#cite_note-51)
- Harmon and backfield teammate Forest Evashevski (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Evashevski), described as Michigan's "two-man gang", were both selected by conference coaches for the third consecutive year as first-team players on the Associated Press All-Big Ten Conference team.[52] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Harmon#cite_note-52)
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No Devin Gardner?
Thinking about him really bums me out. Had he been born five years later...
Poor, damn Devin Gardner.
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No Devin Gardner?
Plus one
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Is it true that Harmon only punted because he stunk at long-snapping? :57:
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Taylor has lived a controversial lifestyle, during and after his playing career. He admitted to using drugs such as cocaine as early as his second year in the NFL, and was suspended several times by the league for failing drug tests. His drug abuse escalated after his retirement, and he was jailed three times for attempted drug possession. From 1998 to 2009, Taylor lived a sober, drug-free life. He worked as a color commentator on sporting events after his retirement, and pursued a career as an actor. His personal life came under public scrutiny in 2011 when he pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct involving a 16-year-old girl. After Taylor was put on trial, he was registered as a low-risk sex offender.
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Is it true that Harmon only punted because he stunk at long-snapping? :57:
Was probably longsnapping to himself. Ball hog.
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Complete homer vote on my part this time. I love the way Tony Brackens played at Texas.
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I am late. I would have voted Tom Harmon. Sorry for that Michiganders.