Mean Purple
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Great read. I really enjoyed that Sun Bowl.
I think this did imply it-"They were concerned how fast he was, and because he was playing in the WAC."That quote is not in the story, nor is what you said even remotely implied.
I think this did imply it-"They were concerned how fast he was, and because he was playing in the WAC."
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article163727203.html#storylink=cpy
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You think that quote (hearsay, by the way) from a team whose QB was in the middle of a sure-fire HOF career after being drafted out of Conference USA implies a belief that a player "can't be good?"
You think that quote (hearsay, by the way) from a team whose 3-time MVP QB was in the middle of a sure-fire HOF career after being drafted out of Conference USA implies a belief that a player "can't be good?"
And by the way there was plenty of talk all over sports about LT not playing against decent competition at the time. I'm not saying I agree with it, just that that was the mantra by many at the time.
That is not the same as saying a player can't be good because he played in the WAC.
First you say that wasn't the quote and it was.
And there it was, the verbal admission-"can't be good because he played in the WAC"...
I don't know about you but there was a lot of talk that the WAC made it hard to evaluate how good he was. The smart ones like SD apparently did not, Heisman voters may have...
I'm not sure what your argument is, whether you dislike me paraphrasing or that you think something means something else.No, what I said was not the quote was when you said this
This is what Mitchell's quote implies, not that he can't be good. And there's truth in that.
Just a minor quibble: Favre never played in Conference USA. Conference USA wasn't created until 1995. Southern Miss was Independent before that, which was before there was that hard-line split between AQ / P5 / BCS vs Non-AQ / G5 / Mid Major.You think that quote (hearsay, by the way) from a team whose 3-time MVP QB was in the middle of a sure-fire HOF career after being drafted out of Conference USA implies a belief that a player "can't be good?"
Just a minor quibble: Favre never played in Conference USA. Conference USA wasn't created until 1995. Southern Miss was Independent before that, which was before there was that hard-line split between AQ / P5 / BCS vs Non-AQ / G5 / Mid Major.
I'm not sure what your argument is, whether you dislike me paraphrasing or that you think something means something else.
All I was trying to say was that Mitchell said the coaches at GB didn't think he could evaluated well due to being from the WAC. And that there were many commentators at the time saying the same thing.
You might be surprised. In his Senior year, Favre played Mississippi State, Georgia, Virginia Tech, Auburn, and Alabama. Plus NC State in the bowl game. The year before they played Florida State, Miss State, Auburn, A&M, and Alabama.Good point. But a player from So. Miss would've been in the same boat as LT vis-a-vis the knock on his competition.
I agree that this is what they were saying. And I think that there's some validity in that concern. I thought you were saying that the GB coaches were indicating a commonly-held belief that being from the WAC meant a player was no good. Which obviously isn't true.