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Title: Mr. Football
Post by: Rebel Yell on June 06, 2008, 02:46:57 PM
This is from CFN:  Mr. Football from each of the D-1 universities.
 
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When the Mr. Football is a coach, I also add a player for all the BCS teams and a few select non-BCSers.

Air Force – Fisher DeBerry. Player: Dee Dowis
Alabama – Bear Bryant. Player: John Hannah
Arizona – Tedy Bruschi
Arizona State – Jake Plummer
Arkansas – Frank Broyles. Player: Darren McFadden
Army – Glenn Davis and Doc Blanchard
Auburn – Bo Jackson
Baylor – Mike Singletary
Boise State – Ian Johnson
Boston College – Doug Flutie
BYU – LaVell Edwards  Player: Jim McMahon
California – Joe Kapp
Cincinnati – Gino Guidugli
Clemson – Terry Kinard
Colorado – Bill McCartney  Player: Darian Hagan
Colorado State – Sonny Lubick  Player: Bradlee Van Pelt
Connecticut – Randy Edsall  Player: Dan Orlovsky
Duke – Ben Bennett
East Carolina – Jeff Blake/David Garrard
Florida – Steve Spurrier (coach and player)
Florida State – Bobby Bowden  Player: Charlie Ward
Fresno State – Jim Sweeney  Player: David Carr
Georgia – Vince Dooley  Player: Herschel Walker
Georgia Tech – Bobby Dodd  Player: Joe Hamilton
Hawaii – June Jones  Player: Colt Brennan
Houston – Bill Yeoman  Player: Kevin Kolb
Illinois – Red Grange
Indiana – Anthony Thompson
Iowa – Haden Fry  Player: Nile Kinnick
Iowa State – Seneca Wallace
Kansas – Mark Mangino  Player: John Riggins
Kansas State – Bill Snyder  Player: Michael Bishop
Kentucky – Bob Gain
Louisville – Brian Brohm
LSU – Billy Cannon
Marshall – Bob Pruett  Player: Chad Pennington
Maryland – Boomer Esiason
Miami – Michael Irvin
Michigan – Bo Schembechler   Player: Bennie Oosterbaan
Michigan State – Duffy Daugherty  Player: Bubba Smith & George Webster
Minnesota – Bernie Bierman  Player: Paul Giel
Ole Miss – Archie Manning
Mississippi State – D.D. Lewis (but I’d really like the Mr. Football to be a cowbell)
Missouri – Brad Smith
Navy – Roger Staubach
Nebraska – Tom Osborne  Player: Johnny Rodgers
North Carolina – Charlie Justice
NC State – Phil Rivers
Northwestern – Pat Fitzgerald
Notre Dame – Knute Rockne  Player: George Gipp
Ohio State – Woody Hayes Player: Archie Griffin (but I really want to go with Chris Spielman)
Oklahoma – Bud Wilkinson   Player: Billy Sims
Oklahoma State – Barry Sanders
Oregon – Norn Van Brocklin
Oregon State – Terry Baker
Penn State – Joe Paterno  Player: Jack Ham
Pitt – Tony Dorsett
Purdue – Bob Greise
Rutgers – Paul Roberson
San Diego State – Marshall Faulk
South Carolina – George Rogers
USC – John McKay  Player: Charles White (but it’s really O.J.)
SMU – Doak Walker
Stanford – John Elway
Syracuse – Almost anyone wearing No. 44
TCU – Sammy Baugh
Tennessee – Peyton Manning
Texas – Darrell Royal  Player: Earl Campbell
Texas A&M – John David Crow
Texas Tech – Mike Leach  Player: Donny Anderson (it’s going to be Graham Harrell after this year, but I’m going with Anderson, a star halfback in the 1960s, because his nickname was the The Golden Palomino.)
UCLA – Terry Donohue  Player: Kenny Easley
Vanderbilt – Jay Cutler
Virginia – George Welsh  Player: Jim Dombrowski
Virginia Tech – Frank Beamer  Player: Michael Vick
Wake Forest – Jim Grobe  Player: Steve Justice
Washington – Don James  Player: Steve Emtman
Washington State – Mel Hein
West Virginia – Don Nehlan  Player: Major Harris and/or Pat White
Wisconsin – Barry Alvarez  Player: Ron Dayne
http://cfn.scout.com/2/757411.html

God, i can't wait til College Football Season
Title: Re: Mr. Football
Post by: Rebel on June 06, 2008, 03:07:57 PM
He apparently doesn't know jack shit about Ole Miss.

Ole Miss - Johnny Vaught. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Vaught) Player: Share-Eli Manning/Archie Manning
Title: Re: Mr. Football
Post by: Odin's Hand on June 06, 2008, 03:27:40 PM
Good, ol' Bud. Originator of the coaches' TV show, the "Oklahoma Drill" and an offensive juggernaut.
Title: Re: Mr. Football
Post by: Rebel Yell on June 06, 2008, 03:31:03 PM
Hard to argue about Miami.  I don't think there is a right answer.  Bernie Kosar, Vinnie Testaverde, Warren Sapp, Ray Lewis, Michael Irvin, Ed Reed, Ken Dorsey, Howard Schnellenberger, Jimmie Johnson, Dennis Erickson, etc.