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Randy Moss Award

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Silver Miner

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Hello Griz fans, new poster here. Been reading this board for years and finally decided to get involved. I'm an griz fan from the great town of Philipsburg, and live in North Idaho now.

Read today that a new award was created for the best return man in division 1-A football. They named it the Randy Moss award. Whats up with that - as you all remember, Moss lead the Nation in return yards in 1996 at Marshall as a 1-AA school - why would they name a 1-A award after him.....Never liked the guy anyway. Great talent, lousy sportsmanship in my opinion.

Just wondering if anybody had any thoughts about it - and also wanted to introduce myself.

Go Griz
 
Welcome, Silver.

I think the Randy Moss Award should go to the player you most love to hate. You know, somebody like Mark Gastineau or Brian Bosworth or Ryan Leaf. Or Randy Moss.
 
If that is true, that is a travesty - naming any kind of prestigious achievement award in I-A football, or any level football for that matter, after him is just wrong.

Yes he has/had amazing God given talent but he and his character flaws have just wasted it and made a mockery of his physical skills.

:naughty: There has to be a better human to name that award after, IMO.

Oh yeah! Welcome, Silver Miner! Glad to have a new eGrizzer.
 
Welcome SM,

That has to be a joke..don't believe it. :moon:

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No joke. It'll be called the 'Randy Moss Return Man Award'.

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/states/california/northern_california/16003873.htm
 
Hey Guys, thanks for the welcome. I agree with you Gallatin, it is the worst idea I have ever seen to name an award after Moss.

I really don't understand it - not only was he kicked out of 2 or 3 prestigous 1-A schools before he landed in Mashall - his character has always been about as bad as I've ever seen. And he never lead the nation in division 1-A as a return specialist - so why honor the classless jerk with an award named after him.

Makes me sick to my stomach (almost). But Bronco, its no joke - I didn't make it up - see the attached link.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=2660725

I hope who ever wins the award gives it back and says "no thanks, I have more character than that"

Makes you wonder who the heck they have inventing these awards and who approved it.
 
semifinalists for this season’s Randy Moss award...

DeSean Jackson (California), Grant Jones (Oklahoma State), Marcus Thigpen (Indiana), Damon Nickson (MTSU), Ray Baum (Iowa State), Darrell Blackman (North Carolina State), Ross Dickerson (Hawaii), Chris Garrett (Ohio), Jonathan Hefney (Tennessee), Jessie Henderson (SMU), Mikey Henderson (Georgia), Kevin Marion (Wake Forest), Ean Randolph (South Florida), Lowell Robinson (Pittsburgh), Jeff Smith (Boston College), Sammie Stroughter (Oregon State), Jeremy Trimble (Army) and Josh Wilson (Maryland).
 
This makes me more than a little bit ill. It's kind of like naming some sort of Crimestoppers award for Jack the Ripper.
 
Randy Moss???????? 1-A ??????????

Should be called "The Bitch Slapper Award" or the "I'm An Idiot Who Doesn't Have Any Class" award.

Then they should give it to the whole FL. Int. team. :laugh:
 
WyomingGrizFan said:
- why would they name a 1-A award after him.....
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Maybe for his stellar play @ Notre Dame. Um, O. K. huh...maybe it was Florida State, that's it, right? Both are I-A at least.
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I don't like the guy but he did finish second in the Heisman voting as a sophomore.
 
I don't like the guy but he did finish second in the Heisman voting as a sophomore.
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I remember Randy Moss being a junior in 1996 for Marshall & a senior for Marshall in 1997 but I don't recall where he played as a sophomore. Didn't he really only start to begin taking the game somewhat more seriously when he was a junior, leaving his freshman & sophomore years behind, so to speak?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Moss
 
WyomingGrizFan said:
I don't like the guy but he did finish second in the Heisman voting as a sophomore.
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I remember Randy Moss being a junior in 1996 for Marshall & a senior for Marshall in 1997 but I don't recall where he played as a sophomore. Didn't he really only start to begin taking the game somewhat more seriously when he was a junior, leaving his freshman & sophomore years behind, so to speak?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Moss
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96 and 97 were his freshman and sophomore years.
 
I knew you'd say that. An interesting consideration is that during the 1996 NC game between Montana & Marshall the Marshall announcers referred to Randy Moss as a junior @ the time; at least, as far as I remember.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2DxEbJMP6Y

Did he leave early so as to join the NFL? Was 1995 a redshirt year officially?
 
WyomingGrizFan said:
I knew you'd say that. An interesting consideration is that during the 1996 NC game between Montana & Marshall the Marshall announcers referred to Randy Moss as a junior @ the time; at least, as far as I remember.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2DxEbJMP6Y

Did he leave early so as to join the NFL? Was 1995 a redshirt year officially?
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I seem to remember them calling him a freshman sensation, not a junior.
 
you're memory must be better than mine; I'am on a computer that doesn't allow access to the youtube link; but I did see the game back then in 1996, the same announcers that said that Eric Kresser, a transfer from Florida, was a senior.
 
WyomingGrizFan said:
you're memory must be better than mine; I'am on a computer that doesn't allow access to the youtube link; but I did see the game back then in 1996, the same announcers that said that Eric Kresser, a transfer from Florida, was a senior.
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Kresser was a senior. Pennington redshirted that year and Kresser was the QB. That loaded 96 team would have been top 25 in 1-A.
 
Yeah, I think you're right; Chad Pennington I remember as being a 'true' freshman in 1995, redshirted 1996 & came back in 1997 as a sophomore.
I must've confused RM's fiasco with Notre Dame & Florida St. as two years instead of one, then having 1995 as a redshirt year. He had plenty of talent as well as the rest of the team; interesting about that 'Marshall Rule' they have nowadays.
 
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