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8 | 40.00% |
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8 | 40.00% |
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2 | 10.00% |
| Tebow Rules! |
  
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2 | 10.00% |
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05-14-2010, 08:35 AM
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Bronco Pride!
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Fun debate: USC Vs. UM
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=5178139.
Which college is the pipeline for the NFL? Its tough to argue with Ronnie Lott, Marcus Allen, Bruce Mathews, Antony Munoz, Troy Polamalu, Junior Seau. But UM holds its own. Just the 2001 UM team consisted of: RB: Clinton Portis, Frank Gore, Nadje Davenport, Willis McGahee. WR: Wayne, Andre Johnson. TE: Jeremy Shockey, Kellen Winslow Jr. DL: Jerome McDougle, Vince Wilfork, William Joseph. LBs: John Vilma, D.J. Williams. Saftey: Ed Reid, Sean Taylor Then you have UM players in other years: Ray Lewis, Cortez Kenedy, Jim Kelly, Warren Sapp, Michael Irvin. Last edited by OrangeCrush2724; 05-14-2010 at 08:42 AM.. |
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05-14-2010, 08:44 AM
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STOP!
Join Date: Dec 2002
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That 2001 UM class was quite possibly the best collection of sheer talent in the last 30 years. Don't forget Bryant McKinnie. And Denver? We went for an injured, unrefined WR whose sole talent was running really fast in a straight line, then running really fast out of denver.
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05-14-2010, 10:27 AM
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YES A DT!!!!!!
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: From Calgary, in Halifax for School
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Adopt-a-Bronco: watermock |
USC is the pipeline for players who are drafted high, UM is the pipeline for players who do well.
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05-14-2010, 10:35 AM
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Ring of Famer
Join Date: May 2003
Location: The Ville
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http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slu...actories031609
From March 2009 Last month, USC cornerback Cary Harris leaned back in a chair at the NFL’s scouting combine in Indianapolis and craned his neck to see Rey Maualuga doing an impromptu interview. Somewhere across the room, the Trojans’ other star linebackers – Brian Cushing and Clay Matthews – were shuttling between seats, trading handshakes and smiles with NFL executives. Four years earlier, this was exactly what Harris envisioned when he chose USC: musical chairs with the New England Patriots’ Bill Belichick and New York Giants’ Tom Coughlin. Maybe a breakfast with Bill Parcells squeezed in between. If USC is truly one of the league’s prime football factories – and it undoubtedly is – then Belichick, Coughlin and Parcells are the prime benefactors, waiting at the end of an NFL draft assembly line with arms and checkbooks wide open. “This is what you expect,” Harris said, whirling back around after listening to Maualuga answer a few questions. In 2005, Harris was a high-school All American who could have gone to any school in the country. He settled on USC, with an eye on this February day when he’d be doing meet-and-greets with coaching royalty. “You know they have that [pipeline] to the NFL. This is where you dream of being. That’s what the goal is. [USC] has put a lot of guys there.” To be more precise, USC has had 56 players selected in the NFL draft in the last 10 years – 13 of those going in the first round. And that number has ballooned of late, with the last three years touting an average of almost nine USC players a season getting plucked by NFL teams. It likely won’t disappoint this season, either. Twelve Trojans were invited to the combine, and at least 10 of those players are expected to be taken in the draft. Quarterback Mark Sanchez, Maualuga, Cushing and Matthews are all expected to be first-round picks, while Harris is hoping to creep into the second round. With an eye on this moment, he clearly chose wisely. Despite many of its latest draft picks struggling to carve out stardom on the pro level, the Trojans have established themselves as one of college football’s most effective trampolines to the NFL. But they are hardly the only one. With that in mind, here are the top 10 college football factories, and some of their raw NFL placement numbers |
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05-14-2010, 11:12 AM
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Partisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Twixt Hell & Highwater
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I wonder what the numbers would be if you compared HOFers from the two schools? I'm too lazy to do it myself.
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05-14-2010, 12:40 PM
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Ring of Famer
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: St Augustine, FL
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Adopt-a-Bronco: Knowshon's Shoe |
I was thinking it was Michigan and not Duh U before I opened it.
OK - Gamecocks v. Wolverines? |
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05-14-2010, 12:40 PM
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Famer of Rings
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Lake Forest, Orange County, Calif.
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Adopt-a-Bronco: Simon Fletcher |
USC by far but it doesnt always equate to success. Mike Williams has failed (so far as he gets another chance) as did RJ Soward for the Jags. It will always be spotlighted when your team is Top 5 and you run a NFL type offense. You will get your Palmers and Bushs but be left with underachievers.
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05-14-2010, 12:40 PM
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Ring of Famer
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Notre Dame (10) Michigan (8) Alabama (7) Ohio State (7) Syracuse (7) Illinois (6) Minnesota (6) Oregon (6) Pittsburgh (6) http://www.profootballhof.com/hof/colleges.aspx |
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05-14-2010, 03:32 PM
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Don't Argue With Me
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Austin, TX
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USC sure got dumped on in this year's draft if you compare when their players were expected to go and when they actually were picked. Miami hasn't really been stellar at turning out pros the past few years either.
I wouldn't use Hall of Famers as a fair comparison because Miami's football program was pathetic until the 1980s. USC has been a powerhouse since the early 1960s. |
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05-14-2010, 07:36 PM
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Hokie since 1993
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Location: Denver, CO
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05-14-2010, 07:38 PM
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Bucknuts
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: Eastlake OH
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Ohio State.
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05-14-2010, 11:23 PM
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Perennial Pro-bowler
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Tampa, FL
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one of these things is not like the others...Illinois (6)... heres to the early 1900's with red grange, then Nitschke then Butkis. couldn't name the other 3.
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05-15-2010, 01:33 AM
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twitter: @dpieza
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Miami. Not really a discussion.
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05-15-2010, 03:05 AM
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I think, therefore I ham.
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 Wut? This is a big time head scrattcher & one of the dumbest non-Mock posts ever...... |
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INFLITRATE ENEMY LINES
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I think it kinda shifts around. No question Miami was in the 90's.....and USC was in the 2000s......but i think that will shift again to another school now that carrol and others are gone.
Success in college brings in the best players year after year. It kind of reminds me of MLB in a way....no sallary cap......the yankees, redsox, etc get the top tier players year after year while teams like KC, pit, etc finish at the bottom every year. basically its the same 12 teams winning over and over
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05-15-2010, 05:38 AM
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Bucknuts
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2009 Alabama defeated Texas 24-21 Won BCS National Championship Game Nick Saban
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05-15-2010, 02:44 PM
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Don't Argue With Me
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05-15-2010, 03:50 PM
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I think, therefore I ham.
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The dumb portion of your post was the word since. As in: "USC has been a powerhouse since the early 1960s." The 90's in general & the Hackett years specifically were completely forgettable. (6 wins or less in 5 of the 10 years) I can wear the cardinal & gold colored glasses with the best of them but stating that 90's era Trojan football was a powerhouse is ludicrous. |
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05-15-2010, 03:53 PM
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Bucknuts
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USC had their bad years but being an established program helps big time with building the program back up, there are always exception years. |
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