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MSU champs has 0 NFL players

5280Griz said:
For attending a game I like when it is not below 50 degrees which pretty much limits me to just the Griz non conference home games. I was going to go to the North Dakota game last year but a close family member got cancer so I canceled all trips last fall to spend more time with them. UA and ASU have a solid chance of one of them making the CFP this upcoming season. Tx Tech was the strongest competition in the conference but they lost their qb to gambling addiction.
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The JMU playoff game in '21 was very cold. My wife spent the 4th quarter in the heated bathrooms😁.
 
MTbest said:
Speaking of NFL, what is Tommy Mellott doing these days?
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He is still based out of Montana and training to pursue pro football opportunities. He has been a fill in reporter on SWX Montana interviewing MSU athletes and he also continues to have some local partnerships like with the Bozeman Ford dealer to continue to use his name image and likeness to make some money while he pursues professional football.
 
Almost seems
5280Griz said:
He is still based out of Montana and training to pursue pro football opportunities. He has been a fill in reporter on SWX Montana interviewing MSU athletes and he also continues to have some local partnerships like with the Bozeman Ford dealer to continue to use his name image and likeness to make some money while he pursues professional football.
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Almost seems CFL might have been his avenue?
 
MTbest said:
Almost seems

Almost seems CFL might have been his avenue?
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I think the Stampeders have his rights but he is focused on trying to make the NFL right now. His degree is in financial engineering, it’s probably better for him financially to pursue a career with that instead of the CFL if the NFL doesn’t workout after this upcoming season.
 
5280Griz said:
Every playoff game I attended in Missoula was very cold. The Coastal Carolina game in 2013 was particularly cold.
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5280Griz said:
I think the Stampeders have his rights but he is focused on trying to make the NFL right now. His degree is in financial engineering, it’s probably better for him financially to pursue a career with that instead of the CFL if the NFL doesn’t workout after this upcoming season.
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Is anyone telling him there is zero chance he plays in the NFL? And, by zero I mean zero, zilch, nada, none, 0...

Sounds like he needs a few voices of reason - some mentors.

I love he is a Montana kid, but he needs to just go engineer some finances...
 
SoldierGriz said:
Is anyone telling him there is zero chance he plays in the NFL? And, by zero I mean zero, zilch, nada, none, 0...

Sounds like he needs a few voices of reason - some mentors.

I love he is a Montana kid, but he needs to just go engineer some finances...
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This. I'm sure his agent is abdicating his mandated fiduciary responsibility to Merlott by whispering sweet nothings in his ear about how he can still make bank in the nfl. When he should be telling him it's time to move on to his chosen field outside the game.
 
EverettGriz said:
This. I'm sure his agent is abdicating his mandated fiduciary responsibility to Merlott by whispering sweet nothings in his ear about how he can still make bank in the nfl. When he should be telling him it's time to move on to his chosen field outside the game.
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meh, he's just a kid, and with his history, i don't think future employers would begrudge it if he took another year to tilt at windmills. you only live once....
 
argh! said:
meh, he's just a kid, and with his history, i don't think future employers would begrudge it if he took another year to tilt at windmills. you only live once....
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I agree. He will be hire immediately if he wants to switch away from football. When he interned at DA Davidson, I was told they loved him.
 
SoldierGriz said:
Is anyone telling him there is zero chance he plays in the NFL? And, by zero I mean zero, zilch, nada, none, 0...

Sounds like he needs a few voices of reason - some mentors.

I love he is a Montana kid, but he needs to just go engineer some finances...
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I know it's a tale as old as time, but sometimes I get reminded just how amazingly talented NFL (and other pro sports) players are. You can be an absolute worldbeater, can't miss kid in the FCS, and mere months later, every single NFL team can take a look and be like, "Nah, we aren't willing to pay you to play literally any position for us, even on a practice squad." It's bananas when you think about it that way.
 
CDAGRIZ said:
I know it's a tale as old as time, but sometimes I get reminded just how amazingly talented NFL (and other pro sports) players are. You can be an absolute worldbeater, can't miss kid in the FCS, and mere months later, every single NFL team can take a look and be like, "Nah, we aren't willing to pay you to play literally any position for us, even on a practice squad." It's bananas when you think about it that way.
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There are over a million high school football players in America every fall, about 6% of high school players make college football at any level. Around 2% of draft eligible college players make the NFL any given year. All in all high school players have about a 0.04% chance of making the NFL.
 
5280Griz said:
There are over a million high school football players in America every fall, about 6% of high school players make college football at any level. Around 2% of draft eligible college players make the NFL any given year. All in all high school players have about a 0.04% chance of making the NFL.
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I mean, that's not really what I was talking about, but cool stat?🤷‍♂️
 
CDAGRIZ said:
I know it's a tale as old as time, but sometimes I get reminded just how amazingly talented NFL (and other pro sports) players are. You can be an absolute worldbeater, can't miss kid in the FCS, and mere months later, every single NFL team can take a look and be like, "Nah, we aren't willing to pay you to play literally any position for us, even on a practice squad." It's bananas when you think about it that way.
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Freaks of nature, all.
 
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