VSN Countdown to NCAA 10 Release

[padman59]

Jimmy Clausen

Joe Theismann

John Huarte

7 to go.

 

[Sportsbuck]

Joe Germaine, in John Cooper's best moment as a coach

Chris Gamble

Ted Ginn

Antonio Henton

 

[Vinsane]

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[Nash]

 

[krulmichael]

Under a week baby! 6 days!

 

[Poundtherock]

6 days and counting..........and the cries begin...I got the game! I got the game! Dammit, not me!!

#6 QB Sonny Sixkiller - Washington Huskies - [1970-1972]
Sixkiller was a starting quarterback for the University of Washington Huskies from 1970-1972.
In 1970, he led the NCAA in passing.​

OCTOBER 4, 1971.......
When an indie pop band from Philadelphia dubbed itself Sonny Sixkiller a few years ago, its namesake reacted the way anyone in his situation would. Wow, the former University of Washington quarterback recalls thinking, are they any good? Alas, Sonny Sixkiller the band is defunct. Yet the mere fact that the man's name still resonates three decades after his salad days with the Huskies is confirmation that he touched fans throughout the nation, not just the Cherokee Nation that adored one of its own.
The Sixkiller mystique began in 1970, when he led the country in passing as a sophomore (230.3 yards per game) and was immortalized the following year by a Seattle deejay in Ballad of Sonny Sixkiller. It was a perfect marriage of talent—Sixkiller's 5,496 passing yards rank him fifth in school history—and a sports name for the ages. "It's been 30 years, but a lot of people remember that era," says Sixkiller, 52, a sports marketing executive for Seattle's KIRO radio. "There are a lot of reasons: name, number [he wore 6], Native American. And we worked hard as teammates to resurrect the program."
Sixkiller took over a team that had finished 1-9 in 1969 and guided it to a 22-10 record over the next three seasons. Yet the reception from unenlightened college football fans wasn't always pleasant. "I used to go to schools, and they'd have SCALP SIXKILLER banners on the walls," he says. "Then you had newspapers saying CHEROKEE CHUCKER SLAYS STANFORD. Would that fly today? No. I don't know how it flew then?
Though Sixkiller's ancestors are Cherokee from Oklahoma, Sonny had almost no exposure to Native American culture as a child. "We're from Oklahoma, but I grew up in southern Oregon, so I didn't have a lot of Native friends," he says. "I never realized the impact I would have in the Native American world by playing college football." Now he knows. For the past five years Sonny has helped put on a golf tournament to raise money for the Tulalip Indian Boys & Girls Club in Marysville, Wash., and his oldest son, Casey, recently spent two years working as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., for the Cherokee Nation. "Everything comes around, I guess," Sonny says with a laugh.
Sixkiller lives in Seattle with his wife of 29 years, Denise, and they have two other sons, Jesse (a sophomore at Dartmouth) and Tyson (a freshman at Washington). Though Sixkiller's pro career never took off—a free-agent signee with the Los Angeles Rams in 1973, he was cut before the season and then spent two years in the World Football League—he stays close to the game as an analyst on Huskies telecasts. "The fun part [about broadcasting]," he says, "is having that teamwork you used to have when you were playing."

He had a tryout with the Los Angeles Rams and the Toronto Argonauts in the Canadian Football League. Sixkiller played with The Hawaiians of the World Football League. He also played for the Washington Redskins for several years.

He was also a cast member [#30, lower right] in the original The Longest Yard. Sixkiller currently works as a color analyst for FSN, Fox Sports Northwest.




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Yeah, I got some "Indian" in me....................

 

[LopaKa]

6 days left.

Tyler Graunke could have been a star in hawai'i. Was originally supposed to start his sophomore year, but Colt Brennan arrived. After two seasons of riding on the bench, and only playing in the second half, it was Graunke's turn. But he went down the wrong path, did some drugs, dropped his grades, and was kicked off the team. He later returned to the team where he sat 4th on the depth chart and had hardly any playing time his senior year....

 

[padman59]

Jerome Bettis
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Bettis (along with Rick Mirer and Lake Dawson) celebrates during the "Cheerios Bowl" against Florida on New Year's Day of 1992.

6 to go.

 

[Jagsfan61]

its coming quick, cant wait.

 

[Vinsane]

Larry Grant - LB - The Ohio State University

 

[kyhadley]

6

Days

Left

 

[Justo]

5 days... Marcus Vick

 

[kyhadley]

5

days

left

 

[Nash]

 

[krulmichael]

Lead us to victory Tate! 5 days remain.

 

[Poundtherock]

5 days!!!!

#5 CB Joe Haden - Florida Gators - (2007-Present)
2007 Freshman All-American (TSN)​

2008: Started all 14 games at cornerback...His 87 tackles on the season ranked second on the team and first among defensive backs...Led the defense in the BCS National Championship game with 10 tackles and two pass break-ups...First among Gator defenders with eight tackles in the SEC Championship Game against Alabama, including six solo...Also made his third interception of the season and returned it 24 yards while collecting two pass break-ups against Alabama...Led the Gator defense with 10 total tackles (seven solo), one pass break-up and an interception that was returned 88 yards against Georgia...The 88-yard interception return matched the fourth-longest in school history and was the longest in the SEC for the 2008 season...Blocked a field goal that led to a Florida touchdown in the win over Kentucky...Had 11 tackles and an interception inside the red zone in the win at Arkansas...Collected five tackles, half a sack, half a tackle-for-loss, broke up one pass, forced a fumble and recovered a fumble in the season opener against Hawaii.

2007: Started 12 games at cornerback as a true freshman... Missed the Florida State game due to an ankle sprain...Was selected to the Sporting News Freshman All-America Team, CollegeFootballNews.com Freshman Team and was chosen for the Coaches’ All-SEC Freshman team

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[LopaKa]

Michael Washington

 

[padman59]

Armando Allen

1956 Heisman winner, Paul Hornung

One of the Four Horsemen and CFB Hall of Famer, Elmer Layden

Terry Hanratty

5 to go.

 

[FlawLeSs]

Earnest Graham:

dude use to run hard everytime he had the ball

 

[Vinsane]

Woody Hayes - Coach - The Ohio State University.

Woody Hayes was a college football coach who is best remembered for winning five national titles and 13 Big Ten championships in 28 years at Ohio State University.

As head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes, Hayes led his teams to a 205-61-10 record (.761), including three consensus national championships (1954, 1957 and 1968), two other non-consensus national titles (1961, 1970), 13 Big Ten conference championships, and four of the team's eight Rose Bowl appearances. Hayes considered the "greatest victory" of his career the 42-21 win over the University of Southern California during the 1974 Rose Bowl. Three-time winner of The College Football Coach of the Year Award, now known as the Paul "Bear" Bryant Award, Hayes was "the subject of more varied and colorful anecdotal material than any other coach past or present, including fabled Knute Rockne," according to biographer Jerry Brondfield.

Five Days Remain!