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10 year NFL veteran (Eagles 87-94, Jets 95-96) Tulsa University FB HOF, 5 time OK 6A Football State Champion
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Sounds like stories from @DavidAlex72 Priceless memories.
Steve Young says Reggie White was so dominant that he could sack you whenever he wanted and would ask how your family was doing as he helped you up
“Whenever I played Reggie, we had to talk about it all week. Like, what are we going to do? How do we make sure that we have enough people? Where's the 12th person we need to try to take care and help? That was always the conversation because Reggie was the kind of guy that could literally, at the line of scrimmage, just take people and throw them and move them around. And then I was down on the ground.”
“The other thing about Reggie is Reggie was loud. He was all of that size in how he played. As I would drop back to pass, he would rush me, and you could hear him. He was just loud. And so as I'd drop back to pass, I would hear him, and I could hear him getting closer because you knew his proximity. And inevitably he would hit me. And as he hit me, he'd grab me. He was just a mammoth human. He'd grab me, and then he would turn back and fall backwards and let me fall on top. And then he wouldn't let go. He'd kind of hug me. And then he'd say, 'Steve, how you doing?'”
“I still remember. Reggie passed away of sleep apnea. So tragic. Just me saying the story makes me remember him very well. And he's like, 'Steve, how you doing?' I'm like, 'Not so good.' We had made friends as rookies—well, actually as seniors in college. We went to an All-Star game together. He was University of Tennessee, Baptist preacher. Here's this Mormon kid. And so we were just two peas in a pod. My dad helped him find an agent because my dad's a lawyer and he'd helped me, and so they got to be friends.”
“And so he'd have me, and then a few plays later he'd grab me again and pull me over on his back. And he'd be like, 'How's your dad?' And I'd be like, 'Reggie, let's talk after the game. I don't want to talk to you anymore.' Because I felt like he was trying to get to me because he hadn't seen me in a while, to catch up. He was sacking me to catch up.”
“But the reason why I tell you the story is that you've got to understand what it was like to be on the football field in front of 80,000 people. You've got to understand the adrenaline and the money that's paid to the individuals to get a job done. So the intensity would always grow as the game went on, especially as it was more important.”
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Highlights from Weeks 0-5
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Happy Birthday to the late Mickey Mantle, out of Spavinaw, Oklahoma; Mickey Mantle’s Oklahoma legacy is deeply woven into the state’s history, transforming him from a Depression-era mining town boy into the legendary “Commerce Comet.” Born in Spavinaw and raised in Commerce, Oklahoma, Mantle’s relentless power at the plate and 18-year career with the @Yankees made him an enduring symbol of Oklahoma grit—Beyond local tourism, Mantle is recognized at the highest levels of state history. He was inducted into the prestigious @OklahomaHoF Additionally, an official portrait of the Hall of Famer hangs proudly in the Oklahoma State Capitol building to honor his contributions to American sports culture; 10-20-1931 to 8-13-1995 ( aged 63)….
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Mid Season Sr Highlights ‼️
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Thanks @coachball_FB for a great Game Day visit at Missouri S&T!
Great talking with all of you and seeing @Miners_FB WIN!
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Jacob Rodriguez was born in Hastings, Minnesota. His family moved to Texas when he was ten.
He played quarterback at Rider High School in Wichita Falls.
He went to the University of Virginia and spent his freshman year as a utility guy. Ten carries. Eight catches. Not a starter at anything.
Then the head coach stepped down and Rodriguez went into the transfer portal, late, after most of the spots in college football were already gone.
Texas Tech said yes. But there was no scholarship left, and there was nowhere for him to live.
Here is what he did about that, in his own words.
"It was so late. I didn't have a place to stay. There were no scholarship spots, and so, luckily, my brother went to school there, and so I slept on the ground next to his bed for a semester and earned that scholarship spot later on."
He slept on his brother's floor for a semester.
And Texas Tech moved him to linebacker, a position he had never played.
Think about what that actually asks of a person. He had spent his entire life with the ball in his hands, reading defenses. Now he was the defense, learning it from nothing, against people who had been doing it since they were children.
Year one, 29 tackles. Year two, an injury cost him most of the season and he played five games.
Year three, 127 tackles.
Year four, 128 tackles, 11 for loss, 4 interceptions and 7 forced fumbles, and he was a unanimous All American.
Then the awards came in and they all had his name on them. The Chuck Bednarik Award. The Butkus Award. The Lombardi Award. The Bronko Nagurski Trophy.
No player in the history of Texas Tech had ever won any of those. He won all four in the same year.
He finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting, which was more votes than any defensive player in the country got.
The Miami Dolphins took him 43rd overall.
On Sunday he played the Kansas City Chiefs. He intercepted Patrick Mahomes. He tackled Kenneth Walker behind the line of scrimmage three separate times.
He is now one of the betting favorites for NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. As of this week he sits at plus 400, a hair in front of David Bailey at plus 450, who used to line up next to him at Texas Tech.
Now the honest part, because it matters. Miami lost that game 24-10 and the Dolphins are 0-3. Nobody is handing out awards in September, and a rookie on a losing team is a long way from anything.
One more thing about him. His wife Emma is an aviation officer in the United States Army. She flies Black Hawk helicopters.
Four years ago he was a former high school quarterback with no scholarship and no apartment, sleeping on the ground beside his brother's bed in Lubbock.
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Jacob Rodriguez was born in Hastings, Minnesota. His family moved to Texas when he was ten.
He played quarterback at Rider High School in Wichita Falls.
He went to the University of Virginia and spent his freshman year as a utility guy. Ten carries. Eight catches. Not a starter at anything.
Then the head coach stepped down and Rodriguez went into the transfer portal, late, after most of the spots in college football were already gone.
Texas Tech said yes. But there was no scholarship left, and there was nowhere for him to live.
Here is what he did about that, in his own words.
"It was so late. I didn't have a place to stay. There were no scholarship spots, and so, luckily, my brother went to school there, and so I slept on the ground next to his bed for a semester and earned that scholarship spot later on."
He slept on his brother's floor for a semester.
And Texas Tech moved him to linebacker, a position he had never played.
Think about what that actually asks of a person. He had spent his entire life with the ball in his hands, reading defenses. Now he was the defense, learning it from nothing, against people who had been doing it since they were children.
Year one, 29 tackles. Year two, an injury cost him most of the season and he played five games.
Year three, 127 tackles.
Year four, 128 tackles, 11 for loss, 4 interceptions and 7 forced fumbles, and he was a unanimous All American.
Then the awards came in and they all had his name on them. The Chuck Bednarik Award. The Butkus Award. The Lombardi Award. The Bronko Nagurski Trophy.
No player in the history of Texas Tech had ever won any of those. He won all four in the same year.
He finished fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting, which was more votes than any defensive player in the country got.
The Miami Dolphins took him 43rd overall.
On Sunday he played the Kansas City Chiefs. He intercepted Patrick Mahomes. He tackled Kenneth Walker behind the line of scrimmage three separate times.
He is now one of the betting favorites for NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. As of this week he sits at plus 400, a hair in front of David Bailey at plus 450, who used to line up next to him at Texas Tech.
Now the honest part, because it matters. Miami lost that game 24-10 and the Dolphins are 0-3. Nobody is handing out awards in September, and a rookie on a losing team is a long way from anything.
One more thing about him. His wife Emma is an aviation officer in the United States Army. She flies Black Hawk helicopters.
Four years ago he was a former high school quarterback with no scholarship and no apartment, sleeping on the ground beside his brother's bed in Lubbock.
Watch this till the end!
9-19-1993 - The Eagles rallied past the Washington Redskins 34–31 at Veterans Stadium, improving to 3–0 to start the season.
The Eagles trailed 21–10 in the third quarter before turning the game around. Quarterback Randall Cunningham connected with Calvin Williams for three touchdowns — an 80-yard strike in the second quarter, a 9-yard score in the fourth, and the 10-yard game-winning touchdown with just four seconds remaining.
Philadelphia also got a huge defensive play from Eric Allen, who returned an interception 29 yards for a touchdown. Matt Bahr added two fourth-quarter field goals, including a 42-yarder, to help set up the dramatic finish.
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9-17-1989- Randall Cunningham throws for 447 yards & 5 touchdowns in a dramatic Eagles win over Washington @2008Philz
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On this day in 1989, Randall Cunningham threw for 447 yards and 5 TDs to erase a 20-point deficit against Washington
Oh baby what a day!
No words for what Randall and the @Eagles did that Sunday at RFK
