Highest player..

Jimmy Buffett.

(05-31-2013 01:31 PM)GCEagle Wrote:  only a handful of schools can claim to produce the greatest player of all time at his position, and Southern Miss is one of them.

Interesting enough, another great punter came from USM - the great KC Chiefs punter, Jerrel Wilson. Played 15 seasons with the Chiefs in their early glory years.
Probably the greatest before Ray Guy.

(05-31-2013 01:47 PM)AtlantaEagle Wrote:  

(05-31-2013 01:31 PM)GCEagle Wrote:  only a handful of schools can claim to produce the greatest player of all time at his position, and Southern Miss is one of them.

Interesting enough, another great punter came from USM - the great KC Chiefs punter, Jerrel Wilson. Played 15 seasons with the Chiefs in their early glory years.
Probably the greatest before Ray Guy.

I had no clue that Jerrel Wilson was a Golden Eagle. That must have been 40-45 years ago. He may well have been the best punter of all time prior to Ray Guy.

(05-31-2013 01:54 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-31-2013 01:47 PM)AtlantaEagle Wrote:  

(05-31-2013 01:31 PM)GCEagle Wrote:  only a handful of schools can claim to produce the greatest player of all time at his position, and Southern Miss is one of them.

Interesting enough, another great punter came from USM - the great KC Chiefs punter, Jerrel Wilson. Played 15 seasons with the Chiefs in their early glory years.
Probably the greatest before Ray Guy.

I had no clue that Jerrel Wilson was a Golden Eagle. That must have been 40-45 years ago. He may well have been the best punter of all time prior to Ray Guy.

A little more about him Old Tiger. Must have been quite a character as well.

Jerrel Wilson

(05-31-2013 02:07 PM)AtlantaEagle Wrote:  

(05-31-2013 01:54 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  

(05-31-2013 01:47 PM)AtlantaEagle Wrote:  

(05-31-2013 01:31 PM)GCEagle Wrote:  only a handful of schools can claim to produce the greatest player of all time at his position, and Southern Miss is one of them.

Interesting enough, another great punter came from USM - the great KC Chiefs punter, Jerrel Wilson. Played 15 seasons with the Chiefs in their early glory years.
Probably the greatest before Ray Guy.

I had no clue that Jerrel Wilson was a Golden Eagle. That must have been 40-45 years ago. He may well have been the best punter of all time prior to Ray Guy.

A little more about him Old Tiger. Must have been quite a character as well.

Jerrel Wilson

Yeah, the Corvette story was great, but this one was my favorite.....

Quote:Sensing that Jerrel might’ve lost a few yards, rookie head coach Paul Wiggin brought in a number of contenders for Jerrel’s job in 1975.

Jerrel’s response? "Well, the way I got ‘em thinking," he later recalled, "was to ask ‘em if they were inhaling or exhaling when they hit the ball." The mental gymnastics soon meant all the candidates for his job were waived long before the regular season.

It was absolutely a more simple life and game in that era; probably not as innocent as we remember, but more simple.

He was indeed a great punter. Not many teams can say that they make an 11th round draft pick and set that position aside for 17 years.

(05-31-2013 04:18 AM)forerunner Wrote:  UTSA has more famous alumni in the business world rather than sports, but we've had a few players you would know.



^ Bruce Bowen, 3-time NBA champ and 5-time NBA First Team All-Defense with the San Antonio Spurs, graduated from CS Fullerton but attended classes at UTSA during his career.



^ Derrick Gervin, brother of NBA Hall of Famer and all-time great George "Iceman" Gervin, went to college and played for UTSA before being drafted in the 4th round by the Philadelphia 76ers. He later played 2 years with the Nets.



^ Did you know UTSA had a player in the NFL before even playing a down of football? All-American Teddy Williams was one of the fastest collegiate runners in the world during his 4 years as a track star at UTSA. He went on to play CB for the Dallas Cowboys and now the Colts.

If you have to EXPLAIN it, it doesn't work for ya.

This message isn't just to you, it's intended for everybody.

Outside of Verlander and a few others, I'd say Nancy Lieberman.

(05-31-2013 01:31 PM)GCEagle Wrote:  only a handful of schools can claim to produce the greatest player of all time at his position, and Southern Miss is one of them.

And only 1 player in the history of college football has won the RAY GUY award back to back: LA Tech's Ray Allen in 2011 & 2012.

former world record holder in the long jump... Bob Beamon


UTEP has over 20 NCAA team titles in Track and field and cross country

How many have a punk band named in their honor, like former Blazer center Alan Ogg?

http://www.myspace.com/alanogg

Obadele Thompson... won bronze in the 2000 olympics



He actually had the fastest 100 in the world, but it was wind aided at 9.69. Only Tyson Gay and Usain Bolt have clocked faster times.

Didn't play for UTEP, but coached the UTEP Club team.... 1974 Brazilian world cup player Francisco Marinho

(05-30-2013 08:23 PM)StillJonesing Wrote:  I guess Chris Johnson. Probably between him, Ernest Byner, David Garrard, and Jeff Blake. They all went to pro bowls and had good college careers, but CJ's come the closest of going beyond that with the 2000 yard season and being one of only a handful of players that have done that. He did it with a lot of style as well.

Robert Jones, LB.........first team all-american, co-mvp peach bowl,#6 first round pick of dallas cowboys, two super bowl rings

(Jones has one son at Texas and now one at ECU playing football)

*LaShawn Merritt, Track........won two gold metals in Olympics and broke several Cusa track records wearing ECU uniform

I guess I'm treading on thin ice here, but since we're still technical in CUSA, what the hell.

Football...Isaac Bruce and Deangelo Williams
Basketball...Penny Hardway and Derrick Rose
Baseball...Dan Uggla

charlie Brown, first black athlete to play in a major sports program in the confederate south

(05-30-2013 11:00 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

(05-30-2013 09:10 PM)AimHigh Wrote:  

(05-30-2013 08:50 PM)ecumbh1999 Wrote:  

In fairness LaShawn Merritt also went to ODU

But, ODU doesn't have Track and Field and his degree says East Carolina University.

Actually he never received his degree from ECU or ODU. He is currently enrolled at Norfolk State for his BS in Business.

2002, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Vonetta Flowers (graduate of UAB) became the "first black athlete (male or female) -- from any country--to ever win an Olympic Winter Games gold medal." She'd been born 37 years earlier in Birmingham, Alabama, Flowers and her U.S. teammate Jill Bakken (far right) finished 1st in the 2-woman bobsled, winning the 1st U.S. medal in that event in 46 years.



UAB's defensive end Bryan Thomas was the first UAB football player to be taken in the first round of the NFL Draft. He was the 22nd pick of the New York Jets in 2002.



Roddy White was selected in the first round of the 2005 NFL Draft out of UAB.



Graeme McDowell (2002 UAB graduate) won the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, where he ended a 40-year drought for Europeans at the tournament. As a senior with the Blazers in 2002, McDowell won six of twelve college events and the Haskins Award, given to the outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States.

(05-31-2013 01:31 PM)GCEagle Wrote:  only a handful of schools can claim to produce the greatest player of all time at his position, and Southern Miss is one of them.

Ray Guy belongs in the NFL Hall of Fame. I don't understand why he wasn't voted in in his first year of eligibility.

Nate Archibald is my choice...have to list Tim Hardaway, Don Maynard, Tony Tolbert, Jim Barnes, Bob Beamon, Nolan Richardson, Antonio Davis, and Seth Joyner.