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Monte Williams, leading high school rusher all time in the state of Georgia with 8844 yards. Youtube and google him if you want, heres a link to one of his runs. If only he gave a **** about school........http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Er6IBLtSfE

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04-29-2009 , 12:08 AM

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Charlie Ward and Drew Henson might have been legit NFL QB's, rather than a NBA role player and a journeyman minor league baseball player that tried his hand at football 3 years too late.

you dont win the heisman and have a 10+ career in the nba and be considered a "waste." Charlie Ward did very well for himself. If he had chosen to be a "legit" NFL Qb, its doubtful he would of played in the NFL for 10+ years.

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04-29-2009 , 12:09 AM

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imo

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04-29-2009 , 12:17 AM

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I would say Brett Favre. The guy just chucked balls up for grabs his whole career. Had some good talent around him over the years in Green Bay and only succeeded when Holmgren and McCarthy reined him in. Even last year, the Jets were 8-3 and tanked the season despite having a good running game. Favre just threw INT after INT, what a waste of a career.

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04-29-2009 , 12:45 AM

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Pretty good response, guy had so much potential. I know about the knee injuries that screwed him up, but never heard about the fireworks accident. I love how he came back to play FB and started about a season and a half. Dude was an athletic freak, after he gave up on playing QB, he really bulked up and was the only guy on the team that could pull a bus.

I grew up in the same town he went to high school (he went to Bethlehem Catholic high school in PA), and I was in middle school when he was a senior. Dude was a legend in all of Eastern PA, really, but the stories about him were like myths passed around and glamorized and blown up out of proportion. Looking back, its funny that he was just a high school kid. But he was a serious God to anyone my age at that time who played football. Also, many of the stories that were told ended up being true. Then he reneged on his commitment to Penn State, which ****ed up the program for a while, and he became summarily hated for years.

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04-29-2009 , 12:47 AM

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i remember watching kendra play FB at FSU... blocking for weinke, minor, warrick

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Originally Posted by RedSoxFan19

Locks for the HOF didn't waste anything imo.

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Salvador Sanchez.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_S%C3%A1nchez

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYuN6...eature=related

Great, great fighter, died way too young. I remember the day he died, it was a total shock.

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04-29-2009 , 01:39 AM

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U.S. men's basketball team from 2002 to 2008

For everyone with a short memory, the U.S. national team finished sixth in the World Championships the "Dream Team to the Creamed Team."

The 2004 Summer Olympic team lost three games to win a bronze medal.

In 2006 World Championships team usa again disappointing, losing against Greece in the semi-finals, to just win the bronze medal.

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04-29-2009 , 01:42 AM

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steve nebraska in "the scout"
tommy gunn in "rocky v"
rocky v itself
the big guy who shoulda finished off the bad asian dude in bloodsport and got his head kicked in

its way more fun when you open this up to fictional characters/entities

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Tie between Florida State and Miami.

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"yo give my brotha his ball back"

"didn't you see boyz in tha hood now one of us is gonna get shot"

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Candace Parker

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Billy Beane seems like a decent example.

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Oh wow, nice.

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Would not every Rocky villain be a valid answer?

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04-29-2009 , 02:16 AM

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Tie between Florida State and Miami.

Sad but true. Bowden built FSU, but then he set it back 10 years by hiring Jeff Bowden and staying on waaaaaaaay too long. At least FSU has the longest consecutive bowl streak.

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04-29-2009 , 03:03 AM

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"yo give my brotha his ball back"

"didn't you see boyz in tha hood now one of us is gonna get shot"

Either they don't know, don't show, or don't care about what's going on in the hood.

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Joe Delaney was a pretty sad case. Rookie of the year, pro bowl in his rookie year, RB for the Chiefs. Had all the talent in the world. After his second season he drowned at a family gathering trying to save 3 kids who didn't know how to swim. He didn't know how to swim himself, but still jumped in to try to save the kids.

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Ken Griffey Jr. is actually a good choice - yes, he's a Hall of Famer, but he's an idiot for not conditioning and strength training since he thought it would ruin him. He gets what he deserves - a broken-down body as a result. Instead of being a Hall of Fame outfielder, he could have been the best player to ever live. That is not much of an exaggeration, for those who don't follow baseball.

yeeeah i always enjoy it when people agree with me about something they know a lot more about than i do

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Todd Marinovich

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2009 New York Mets

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I think the Pittsburgh Pirates deserve a mention here. The ex-Pirate all-star team would be pretty decent instead we get 67 ****ing wins a year.

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Sad but true. Bowden built FSU, but then he set it back 10 years by hiring Jeff Bowden and staying on waaaaaaaay too long. At least FSU has the longest consecutive bowl streak.

Do you hope the NCAA ganks some victories so Bobby will finally hang it up?

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