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Let's play... Who Am I?
Red_N_Black
Posts: 353 ✭✭✭✭ Senior
Who am I? My senior year in high school, I was one of the top quarterbacks in Georgia high school football. After high school, even though I had a couple of other offers, I decided to come and play for the University of Georgia. Soon after arriving at UGA, I began to turn heads and impressed players and coaches alike during practice with not only my ability to pass from the pocket, but with my elusiveness, ability to create, and pass on the run. And even though I was little undersized at 6 ft. 180 lb. I was still able to be an effective runner. Some of the veteran star players on the team raved about my abilities. However getting playing time turned out to be a real problem as I ended up being third string behind a couple of other scholarship QB's. At this point I became somewhat discouraged decided to leave the team. I didn't stay gone long though and I returned, determined to show what I could do. Who am I?
P.S. Although everything points to me being "The Mailman" Stetson Bennett, I am not Stetson Bennett
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Fran Tarkenton.
Joe Mantegna?
That didn't take long. I just wanted to show folks the similarities between these two. In other words "Don't forget about "The Mailman"
Jake Skole?
I'm willing to go out on a limb here. Have seen him play and think if he's thrown in the fire like Jake was, he won't be overwhelmed. May not be Jake, but is Very cool and smooth in the backfield. Wont be riled. Jmo
High school play I meant. Think maybe most of us saw g day play
I can highly recommend the SEC Documetary on Fran Tarkington. Had no idea he was born in Washington DC, before moving to Athens. A sad thing I learned was his Father died during the Famous NFC Championship Game against Dallas, which was the Staubach to Pearson Hail Mary game. Can’t imagine getting that kind of news in the locker room.
Very interesting.
The answer to all QB questions: Tua Talgo%vlag@ioli&avola.
The only thing I didn’t know in the OP was that Tarkenton left UGA for awhile. Did he transfer out and transfer back in? What happened there?
He and his buddy quit the team because the coach was a tool. They got talked into coming back.
There was never a 'transfer' per se. Fran and Pat Dye were not getting along with Wally Butts, and both of them left Athens one night and drove all the way to Tallahassee to look into going to FSU. They were talked out of it by an assistant coach. It worked out for all involved, I'd say.
I still have that thing sitting around on my DVR. I've got to get around to watching it.
I think I’m the next A.J. Green and I’m just too good to play for a team like” Georgia”.
Who am I?
90% of the 5 star WR recruits
Stetson Bennett
hahahaha helps if you read the entire post. not my brightest moment on the message board.
I enjoyed watching the part where Fran got in the huddle and literally drew up a play in the dirt against Auburn in the closing minute to win the SEC in 1959. That moment is legendary. And then they capped off the season with an Orange Bowl win over Missouri. Wally Butts' last hurrah at UGA.