Thursday, February 28, 2008

Shuttle Runs, 40 Yard Dashes, and Vertical Jump. (Suspensions Sold Seperately).

Sure, when I think of West Virginia's football prowess in the NFL, I think of the ringleader of "The Greatest Show on Turf," Marc Bulger. I also think of Jerry Porter, whom an associate of mine once cornered at The Backdoor for diminishing Tim Brown's fantasy value (Porter won the argument). Who could forget Sam Huff's rise to professional football stardom, which I heard may have been a big deal?

Well, for every alumnus quarterback winning a Super Bowl because of the opposing team's special teams miscues and his team's defensive coordinator taping the K-Gun, there's THOSE GUYS. No, not these guys, THOSE GUYS. It's the kicking tandem of Todd Sauerbrun and Mike Vanderjagt. It's the punter with the roid rage and the "idiot kicker" who called out the smartest baller in foot.

Oh yea, then there's the two man wrecking crew. It ruined MY national championship season of 2004 and they're plauging the NFL with great football, like that's a crime. But what is a crime is numerous arrests by the authorities and suspensions by the law that is Goddell. For every Chris Henry and Pac-Man Jones there seems to be, I don't know, probably 75% of the league that doesn't get in trouble.

These issues withstanding, we embark on a new age of Mountaineer Football. One I hope not only includes the current on the field prowess that our current teams are capable of, but our alumni making our university and the state of West Virginia proud. Yes, a large burden for you Mr. Steve Slaton, Mr. Johnny Dingle, Mr. Darius Reynaud, and Mr. Owen Schmitt.

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