Yes, yes it is. And our new overlords don't seem to discourage it.
If you want to win in College Football today you
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Well kind of, except the real story is a little different...
Once discussing Dorsett in the early 1980s, Joe Paterno said, "We thought we had the perfect situation for Dorsett. He could back up Cappy for a year," and then be a three-year starter.
Paterno credited Pitt's pursuit, but also felt, "Wefell asleep."
"When I came out of high school, I was an All-American running back and all-state defensive back," he recalled. "When I met with Joe, he said, 'You play defensive back your first year, and then we'll move you to running back. But my thought process was -- I was pretty confident, maybe a little cocky -- if I play defensive back, I want to be a good DB, and they won't want to move me. That was what discouraged me the most."
Until then, Penn State was in position toland the elusive tailback who would lead Pitt to the 1976 national title, winning the Heisman Trophy in the process.
"One of my last high school football games was against Beaver Falls, and I had a monster game," Dorsett said. "The next day in the Beaver County Times, it said, 'Penn State, next stop.' I wanted to go there. I was very familiar with the Franco Harris and Lydell Mitchell tandem, and I looked at it as somewhat like a Running Back U."
So all of the D1 football players that don't go pro are drunken bums......this board is full of old trash. In every walk of life people have issues, but to act as if every player that didn't make it to the pros everywhere is a criminal or a drunk could be the dumbest sh!t ever posted on this site.
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You expect intelligent posts from pnny? Good luck with that.
Every single day of my life....me, Condy, jablowmeudumarse, Un3dHelpcoocooBird. You honestly think your little theories are true and it's always been cute. I guess that is what happens to people with multiple personality disorders.....they think everyone else is like them. Have a great life pnny and stay on the meds as your personalities need them. Take care of yourself. Toodles.
Not so sure I agree with this. I think it is still possible to compete and even win a national championship with "Scholar Athletes", maybe not as often as it is to do so with just "Athletes", but still possible. Our issues this year had more to do with coaching and bad luck than it did with talent level IMO.
I agree for the most part, however, elite athletes do tend to be sheltered, protected and coddled a bit more so than your average Joe.
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