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Faces on Montana football Mt Rushmore?
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mariani is better than douglass. mariani plays in the n.f.l., douglass never did. douglass played in a pass first offense and got way more chances to catch passes and gain yards than mariani in haucks run first offense. mariani was also a better return man.grizfan95 said:
GoldStandardGriz
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Douglass>>>>>Mariani
grizfan95
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getgrizzy said:
Douglass split catches his junior year with the 2nd best receiver in Griz history. Mariani had the show to himself.
Mariani benefited greatly from Reynolds and the play action. Everyone knew Dickenson and Ah Yat were going to throw and they still couldn't guard Douglass.
DuCharme
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Douglass has a playoff record that stands today. Most receptions in one postseason with 41.
If we count Douglass' playoff yards as we do Mariani's, Douglass has 1,966 in '96. Along with a single season record 21 td's (3 of which came in the postseason).
Douglass was recruited to Oregon St as a running back. He wasn't a WR at the time.
If we count Douglass' playoff yards as we do Mariani's, Douglass has 1,966 in '96. Along with a single season record 21 td's (3 of which came in the postseason).
Douglass was recruited to Oregon St as a running back. He wasn't a WR at the time.
mariani usually had to run deeper routes and didn't have the the second best q.b. in school history brian ah yat to throw to him two year in a row - chemisty. instead he had to switch game managers selle and bergquist from one year to the next - breaking in new qbs.grizfan95 said:
GoldStandardGriz
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getgrizzy- Did you ever see Douglass?
GoldStandardGriz
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In my opinion Douglass would've had a nice NFL career if he had the top end speed Mariani has.
grizfan95
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getgrizzy said:
I appreciate and recognize a number of points you made. No doubt Douglass played in the more pass-happy system, but I still think he was more dangerous with the ball in his hands.
Mariani thrived with the break away speed, hence the better returner. Honestly, Mariani always seemed faster in returns than after a catch, like he was afraid he was going to get hit harder and had some extra adrenaline.
Just think of all the Grizzlies to play in the NFL and some of those players have even made the Pro-Bowl, we are such lucky fans to have so many great players, maybe we could do a Mount Rushmore with smaller heads and go with like 10 players, that might be more fair. Go backwards from last season and then take your pick. Trumaine Johnson 4th round NFL pick probably the best corner to ever come out of Missoula, Caleb McSurdy, BSC Defensive player of the year and drafted by the Cowboys, not sure if Jimmy Wilson was a great before he had to leave the team, I did not watch that closely back then, but he was a starter almost all season for Miami this year. Then there were 2 of the best offensive players in school history with Mariani and Chase Reynolds, Shann Schillinger was not as good at U of M as Colt Anderson, but he is still an NFL player. Then you have Colt who has impressed many in the NFL and he was also one of the all time defensive greats in college. These are all just players from the last 4 seasons of Griz football. I for one am very thankful that I got the chance to see all these guys play for the Grizzlies, there is no way to pick a Mount Rushmore of Griz football.
I find it odd that people vote for colt but not the better secondary player in the same era of trumaine... Seems quite odd. I mean... Montana hasn't had as good of a football player as trumaine in the lasts 8 or 9 years. I wouldn't put him on Rushmore but to nominate colt and not trumaine seems odd
