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re: SEC Storied: 5 New Films: FL, AU, LSU, MO, & AL
Posted on 7/14/15 at 3:01 pm to UFMatt
Posted on 7/14/15 at 3:01 pm to UFMatt
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No, Wuerffel is the guy that out played and beat that Peyton Manning guy every time they met.
That would be a better story than the one they are focusing on. Like the year SI was at the game to put PM on the cover and after getting his butt kicked they put Danny on the cover instead.
Tebow may be the best known UF QB, but Wuerffel is the best pure passer UF has ever had
That 1996 offense was
Posted on 7/14/15 at 3:04 pm to blairjs
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In Search of Derrick Thomas
Excited about this one!
Posted on 7/14/15 at 3:47 pm to LanierSpots
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One of these is not like the others
Yea, the other 4 receive an unfair amount of attention from ESPN. We get it.
You could also say that 2 aren't like the other 3, because ESPN can't talk about the SEC, without mentioning both Alabama schools, but that's not true of Florida or LSU.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 4:04 pm to blairjs
I'm looking forward to both the Wuerffel and Derrick Thomas ones.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 4:12 pm to Sid E Walker
Damn phone...
Wuerffel is my favorite Gator of all time. Not the best player from UF, but tough as nails and a great person.
Wuerffel is my favorite Gator of all time. Not the best player from UF, but tough as nails and a great person.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 4:29 pm to TigerNlc
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Other than the Sam one these all look pretty good.
I bet the Sam one gets the highest ratings.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 6:09 pm to blairjs
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Returning from a recruiting trip on January 10, 1980, the small plane in which he was flying crashed in the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 1,000 miles off course.
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“The weird thing is the plane’s path took it right over the North Carolina State campus, where down below Bo’s wife and children were sleeping,” Dietzel said.
StateFans Nation
Posted on 7/14/15 at 6:12 pm to Sid E Walker
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Wuerffel is my favorite Gator
mine too
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but tough as nails
he had to be because Mickey Andrews/Bobby Bowden were big fans of the late hit/echo of the whistle. Thugs
Posted on 7/14/15 at 6:58 pm to blairjs
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“Wuerffel’s Way” - Directed by Jim Jorden
Danny Wuerffel was on top of the world at the end of the 1996 college football season. The University of Florida quarterback had just won the Heisman Trophy and led the Gators to a National Championship. But drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the spring of 1997, he struggled to attain the same kind of success in the NFL. It was in that first year as a pro that he began volunteering in New Orleans’ Desire neighborhood, one of the poorest locales in the country. After Hurricane Katrina devastated his Desire Street Academy in late August 2005, Wuerffel took the lead in tracking down his students, established a new location for the school in Florida, and expanded his outreach to help several more communities in the southeastern United States. He continued his efforts while battling a life-threatening illness. Now, ten years removed from the costliest natural disaster in American history, Wuerffel returns to New Orleans to dedicate the rebuilding of the Desire Community Square and further the cause he joined two decades ago.
“Miracles on the Plains” - Directed by Rory Karpf
On April 23, 2013, the oaks at Toomer’s Corner had to be removed. More than two years earlier, those trees at Auburn University's historic landmark had been poisoned, casting a dark shadow over the school. Meanwhile, the Auburn football team went from National Champions in 2010 to the bottom of the SEC by 2012. Head coach Gene Chizik was fired and replaced by Gus Malzahn, the offensive coordinator of that national title team. Expectations were bleak entering the 2013 season, as Malzahn inherited a team coming off its worst season in 60 years. What followed was one of the biggest single-season turnarounds in college football history - a year of implausible finishes, cinematic heroics, games for the ages…and, eventually, the symbolic return of those mighty oaks.
“The Bo You Don’t Know” - Directed by Brian Goodwin
When the name “Bo” is uttered in SEC circles, images of Bo Jackson’s domination at Auburn quickly come to mind. But there is another Bo who is likely far less familiar to SEC followers. That would be Robert "Bo" Rein, whose pedigree could be traced to stints under Woody Hayes, Lou Holtz, and Frank Broyles. A former baseball and football standout at Ohio State, Rein was building a reputation as an innovator who inspired those around him. He became the youngest head coach in major college football when he took over at NC State at the age of 30. He brought the Wolfpack national rankings, bowl wins and an ACC title. At the end of the 1979 season, LSU hired Rein, hoping that his youthful energy could revitalize its program. But the unthinkable happened. Returning from a recruiting trip on January 10, 1980, the small plane in which he was flying crashed in the Atlantic Ocean, roughly 1,000 miles off course. That tragedy devastated his family and friends and left so many others wondering, "What might have been?"
“SAM” - Directed by Marquis Daisy
When Michael Sam announced on February 9, 2014 that he was gay, he became football’s first openly gay active player. For most, the revelation was a surprise. For his teammates in Columbia Missouri, it was not news. In the Tigers football family, Michael had found acceptance. The extraordinary bond Sam forged with wide receiver L’Damian Washington and defensive tackle Marvin Foster was bigger than football – they became brothers. That brotherhood helped bring the Tigers together on the field in 2013 and fueled the 12-2 SEC East Championship season.
“In Search of Derrick Thomas” – Directed by Joe Lavine
Life was never easy for Derrick Thomas. At the age of 5, his father, an Air Force pilot, was lost in Vietnam during a flying mission. As an adolescent growing up in a rough Miami neighborhood, Thomas ran afoul of the law and found himself in front of a judge who would give him a second chance. He turned his life around, became a star on the gridiron and attracted the attention of the University of Alabama, where he established himself as arguably the greatest pass rusher in college football history. He went on to an outstanding career as a linebacker with the Kansas City Chiefs, and in 1993, he was named the NFL's Man of the Year for his charitable contributions to the community. But at the age of 33, he was paralyzed in a car accident and died shortly thereafter, leaving behind a towering legacy that would put him in both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame. He also had a son he never knew, Matt Naylor, who narrates this moving testament of discovery.
So....holding out on the Tebow one until he lifts that Lombardi Trophy, huh? (only partially joking, a second miracle run with the Eagles would be like the greatest sports story of alltime-- plus they could use any number of Jesus puns).
Posted on 7/14/15 at 7:00 pm to LSU Patrick
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“SAM” - Directed by Marquis Daisy
When Michael Sam announced on February 9, 2014 that he was gay, he became football’s first openly gay active player. For most, the revelation was a surprise. For his teammates in Columbia Missouri, it was not news. In the Tigers football family, Michael had found acceptance. The extraordinary bond Sam forged with wide receiver L’Damian Washington and defensive tackle Marvin Foster was bigger than football – they became brothers. That brotherhood helped bring the Tigers together on the field in 2013 and fueled the 12-2 SEC East Championship season.
Oh, lord. Seriously? Mizzou surely has a better story than this somewhere, eh?
"Screwed" a story of the 5th Down and the Kicked ball, or how Big 8 and Big 12 Refs hosed the Tigers.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 7:05 pm to SavageOrangeJug
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Wuerffel.
Is that the gay dude they are doing a Storied on?
Most successful SEC QB of alltime-- no QB will ever surpass his in conference team success (because its impossible)-- back-to-back-to-back-to-back SEC championship game wins (3 as the starting QB).
You might remember the SEC Championship game as the only championship game Peyton Manning has never thrown an interception in.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 7:05 pm to blairjs
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“SAM” - Directed by Marquis Daisy
Seriously?? I thought SEC Storied was about the accomplishments on the field not for being "so very brave" off it.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 7:07 pm to blairjs
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“Miracles on the Plains”
frick THIS FILM
Posted on 7/14/15 at 7:10 pm to roadGator
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he had to be because Mickey Andrews/Bobby Bowden were big fans of the late hit/echo of the whistle. Thugs
Yep, that '96 game in Tallahassee was brutal. So many cheap shots and late hits at Danny, and the guy just kept getting back up. Didn't mouth off at the FSU players, didn't complain to the refs. Just had the attitude that...if that was what was going to be allowed in the game, so be it.
There is no doubt in my mind that, when the BCS rematch was announced, Wuerffel's teammates weren't going to let that same shite happen again to Danny and they just DOMINATED the Seminoles in NO. Kinda backfired on Bobby and Mickey.
Posted on 7/14/15 at 7:19 pm to LSU Patrick
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Oh, lord. Seriously? Mizzou surely has a better story than this somewhere, eh?
Nope. Mizzou athletics is filled with disappointment and tragedies.
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