tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post4995550033310869890..comments2024-03-17T03:18:56.070-04:00Comments on Dan Shanoff: Saturday 12/08 (Very) Quickie: Tebow!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-89689600564855455902007-12-12T17:43:00.000-05:002007-12-12T17:43:00.000-05:00My homer choice would be Al Wilson from Tennessee....My homer choice would be Al Wilson from Tennessee. He was amazing to watch and was the undisputed leader of the great defenses UT had in the mid 90's.<BR/><BR/>My favorite Non-Vol would be Matt Jones from Arkansas. Before he became a mediocre wideout in the NFL, he was an amazing QB to watch. When he was on it was really fun to watch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07015745337866474414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-23268593963021569502007-12-10T19:24:00.000-05:002007-12-10T19:24:00.000-05:00Steve Emtman - DT, UW: Won the Outland and Lombard...Steve Emtman - DT, UW: Won the Outland and Lombardi and finished 4th in the Heisman his Junior year (left for NFL).<BR/>Lincoln Kennedy - LT, UW: Started every game beginning as a true freshman. In four seasons, never gave up a sack. One of the best college OL ever.chipphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17233463496650742328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-17176429914616666262007-12-10T13:39:00.000-05:002007-12-10T13:39:00.000-05:00Donavan McNabb. There is no second place. He was ...Donavan McNabb. There is no second place. He was out of this world, running past everyone, and rifling TD throws across his body while running the other way. If not for losing to eventual Nat'l Champ Tennesse in their first game of the season, the Orangemen would have won the championship.<BR/><BR/>And I'm not even a Cuse fan!#44https://www.blogger.com/profile/03457238770683636812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-77174602771321753642007-12-10T13:12:00.000-05:002007-12-10T13:12:00.000-05:00My favorite player would have to be Tee Martin. A...My favorite player would have to be Tee Martin. Although he is constantly overshadowed by his predecessor Peyton Manning, Tee was the QB who led Tennessee to the undefeated season and National Championship. It was my freshman year of college at UT and Tee was such a dynamic player who could scramble like McNabb yet loved to throw the long ball like Manning.slaskarishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01397113886860334235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-33122865755300947462007-12-10T13:10:00.000-05:002007-12-10T13:10:00.000-05:00Eddie George is my favorite college player. The ...Eddie George is my favorite college player. The Titans were my second favorite NFL team while he was there. <BR/><BR/>Second: Joe Montana My brothers and I were kids when he was at ND.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071405721004631626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-31471195237129505682007-12-10T12:37:00.000-05:002007-12-10T12:37:00.000-05:00As another tOSU homer, it has to be a Buckeye. Th...As another tOSU homer, it has to be a Buckeye. The tough part is which one - so many great players, so many choices. Some well-known, some obscure but great anyway...<BR/><BR/>Archie, Chris Spielman, Randy Gradishar, O-Pace, Rex Kern (QB of the team that beat the OJ-led Trojans), C Carter, Byars, Troy Smith, even Krenzel...<BR/><BR/>But #1 by a nose is Eddie George - a man among boys in college, a man among men in the NFLReal Men Eat Haggishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02649115637128159866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-86829508329164024342007-12-10T12:25:00.000-05:002007-12-10T12:25:00.000-05:00My favorite college football player of all-time is...My favorite college football player of all-time is Auburn's Jason Campbell. I always admired his attitude and talent, but he really put it all together his senior season (despite many believing he would be the team's weak link) and lead Auburn to 13-0and an SEC Championship. Runners-up would be Dameyune Craig, Cadillac Williams, Ronnie Brown, Stephen Davis and, from my boyhood days watching South Carolina football with my dad, Todd Ellis and Sterling Sharpe.Fan Equityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09437244456976572433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-79340638240144005892007-12-10T11:36:00.000-05:002007-12-10T11:36:00.000-05:00The 5 best I've seen live...Donovan McNabb - SUMik...The 5 best I've seen live...<BR/><BR/>Donovan McNabb - SU<BR/>Mike Vick - VT<BR/>William Green - BC<BR/>Larry Fitzgerald - Pitt<BR/>Matt Ryan - BC<BR/><BR/>honorable mention - Jeremy Shockey - Miami, Matthias Kiwanuka - BC, Ken Dorsey (I guess)...<BR/><BR/>My favorite from whom I've seen are McNabb and Ryan, all-time favorites include Marvin Graves (SU), Doug Flutie (BC), Tim Biakabutuka (Mich) and my all-time favorite player is...<BR/><BR/>Barry Sanders (Okla St)verbal97https://www.blogger.com/profile/02282148454169067288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-39293364944673710352007-12-10T10:07:00.000-05:002007-12-10T10:07:00.000-05:00My favorite college player is by far Drew Brees. H...My favorite college player is by far Drew Brees. He took my boilers to Pasadena while I was a student at Purdue, so it will be very hard for anyone to top that. Only if Purdue ever wins a national title, and I am not delusional enough to think that will happen.T-Millhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06658800030850579943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-48176266308643822142007-12-10T09:32:00.000-05:002007-12-10T09:32:00.000-05:00Edge from the U! My favorite college player. And T...Edge from the U! My favorite college player. And Tebow is off to a great start and the Heisman is well deserved but I think it's still a bit premature to start putting him up on all-time lists. He has some work to do yet before that is a reasonable statement. <BR/><BR/>You discredit a lot of amazing college football careers when you do that.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285764199578112393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-38212341413214360042007-12-10T09:26:00.000-05:002007-12-10T09:26:00.000-05:00Interesting, we make a big deal that the Heisman a...Interesting, we make a big deal that the Heisman always goes to offensive players, and yet almost everyone's favorite player is an offensive player. I'll go with two defensive players as my favorites:<BR/><BR/>EJ Henderson (I went to MD)<BR/>Lavar Arringtonkenjabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01535727447184091254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-3942905202903247592007-12-10T09:06:00.000-05:002007-12-10T09:06:00.000-05:00Tim Dwight - the original IGWWR from Iowa. (h/t to...Tim Dwight - the original IGWWR from Iowa. (h/t to BlackHeartGoldPants for that acronym)<BR/><BR/>Dude was the fastest little white man Iowa has ever seen, and to top it off, he had such a killer mindset.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03850569709577077589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-2312545084035285152007-12-09T13:31:00.000-05:002007-12-09T13:31:00.000-05:00i have to give special recognition to peyton manni...i have to give special recognition to peyton manning. he is a God here in Tennessee and if it wasn't for the ESPN hype-machine, he would have easily won the Heisman. with that said my favorite all-time college football player is joe washington of Oklahoma. he was such a stud.Bennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05326372860829585312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-34503666643811766902007-12-09T08:37:00.000-05:002007-12-09T08:37:00.000-05:00Ron Dayne. I saw about 1/2 of his college games l...Ron Dayne. I saw about 1/2 of his college games live. I saw his record breaking game in Pasadena. For some odd reason, I told my parents no when they offered to fly me home for his record breaking game against Iowa. I still regret that decision.BDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05917066808086605245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-34077484006632966982007-12-09T05:01:00.000-05:002007-12-09T05:01:00.000-05:00Jim freaking Brown.All American in football, lacro...Jim freaking Brown.<BR/><BR/>All American in football, lacrosse, and track. Greatest syracuse athlete ever.A.P. Boyntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01476298828127334024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-74345012773791028042007-12-09T02:29:00.000-05:002007-12-09T02:29:00.000-05:00I have to go with Fred Taylor. He was amazing at U...I have to go with Fred Taylor. He was amazing at UF and probably would have won a heisman trophy if it weren't for splitting carries with Elijah Williams and Terry Jackson. Runner ups are Shane Matthews and Errict Rhett who were the first players I idolized when I started following sports.(1989, I was 7)GatorGabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04314027805022783081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-8850865405569289922007-12-08T23:01:00.000-05:002007-12-08T23:01:00.000-05:00My favorite college football player is Ahman Green...My favorite college football player is Ahman Green. It is because of a personal connection. We were in the same class at Nebraska and he was in our group of friends our freshmen year. He is a very humble guy but I always whupped his ass in College Football on Sega.futurelegendvinceyounghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175243502967953702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-71852803454865316112007-12-08T21:16:00.000-05:002007-12-08T21:16:00.000-05:00A well-deserved award for Tebow...I think he will ...A well-deserved award for Tebow...I think he will end up being the epitome of "great college football player" but I don't think his skills are gonna transfer to the NFLEmma Brandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393440022995674518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-47443069604563995402007-12-08T20:33:00.000-05:002007-12-08T20:33:00.000-05:00Favorite college football player? Well since I'm ...Favorite college football player? Well since I'm a Georgia Tech alum, you'd think Calvin Johnson would be the easy choice.<BR/><BR/>Hold on a sec. There's a few other candidates: George Godsey, Tashard Choice, PJ Daniels, Kelly Campbell, Kerry Watson...<BR/><BR/>Who the hell am I kidding?<BR/><BR/>Calvin Johnson!!!Richard K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03531910826978107037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-10597659489250861192007-12-08T19:10:00.000-05:002007-12-08T19:10:00.000-05:00gator for life, and danny wuerffel fan for life.da...gator for life, and danny wuerffel fan for life.<BR/>danny was my role model growing up, much as he was tim tebow's role model. danny thrived under coach spurrier's pressure, led his team to its first ever national title, and represented the big JC in all he said and did.<BR/>tebow may be the new-and-improved, next-generation, "robocop" wuerffel...but danny came first and should always be first in the hearts of florida fans.Natty Bumpohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08579518028499926810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-73421353069440399922007-12-08T16:35:00.000-05:002007-12-08T16:35:00.000-05:00Seneca Wallace and Michael Vick. It's not PC to sa...Seneca Wallace and Michael Vick. It's not PC to say Vick anymore, but I was just getting into college football, and I remember seeing, I believe, VT-Temple in Vick's freshman year and just being dumbfounded at his ability. Same goes for Wallace--I found him more dynamic than Vick because he was a passing threat as well. He was the most dominant player I've ever seen (I'm young, so I didn't get to see Barry Sanders, etc.) on a week to week basis. <BR/><BR/>Oh, and I have no connection to either school.Dubsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17794123725507352483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-57160495174046532622007-12-08T16:05:00.000-05:002007-12-08T16:05:00.000-05:00My favorite college football player of all time is...My favorite college football player of all time is a Gator (sort of!). When I was in junior high (what middle school used to be called!), I had a chance to see the annual junior varsity game between the University of Miami and the University of Florida which was always played in the soon-to-be-demolished Orange Bowl in Miami. Back in the day, kiddies, freshmen were not allowed to play on the varsity squads, so they had junior varsity games for the future sophomores to participate in! The quarterback for the Gator JV team was one Steve Spurrier, and that night, I became a Gator fan and a Spurrier fan. Even though he's now coaching at South Carolina, he does show up in Gainesville every so often for various awards, so I suppose he's still a Gator! My runner-up is Carlos Alvarez, the Gator wide receiver from 1969 to 1971. I was attending UF during that time, and Alvarez ran some of the prettiest wide receiver patterns ever seen!birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06089995293849314248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-53141174066543261512007-12-08T15:57:00.000-05:002007-12-08T15:57:00.000-05:00My favorite college FB player of all time is Keith...My favorite college FB player of all time is Keith Byars. He's another guy who should have won a Heisman, but got screwed because of his class. He was the MAN at OSU when I was a kid. <BR/><BR/>He also had a good, but not remarkable NFL career. He almost made me want to switch from QB to RB when I was a kid....Natsfan74https://www.blogger.com/profile/02774593132826810650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-75597627360208576712007-12-08T15:32:00.000-05:002007-12-08T15:32:00.000-05:00These are really -- I'm serious: REALLY -- great a...These are really -- I'm serious: REALLY -- great answers, everyone. I hope that visitors to the blog during "weekday" hours will contribute their own favorite CFB players. It's a really cool list we've generated, with an amazing variety of all-time legends, regional heroes, childhood memories, current favorites and more. These are my favorite kind of posts, because they generate my favorite kind of comments. Well done, everyone.Dan Shanoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08126386161198401693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33624629.post-50344525083350266712007-12-08T14:44:00.000-05:002007-12-08T14:44:00.000-05:00Darian Hagan for this CU Buff fan. 3 straight Big...Darian Hagan for this CU Buff fan. 3 straight Big 8 titles, 1 (half) national championship. The <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jboOs9HVBDA" REL="nofollow">pitch to Flannigan</A> in the 1989 Nebraska game is one of the best option plays ever.Mark Edmondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04550368633526458298noreply@blogger.com