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Robert Griffin III

Discussion in 'Football: NFL, College, High School' started by rockbox, Sep 24, 2011.

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TheGreat said: ↑

Lookin like a Jaguar. how u?
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noooooo....he can't go to the cowboys or an AFC South team. really, anywhere else is fine with me.

#241 MadMax, Dec 16, 2011

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Early NFL draft prediction (personal) for QBs:

Luck - Indy (obviously)
Barkley - Redskins
RG III - Dolphins
Jones - Cardinals or Chiefs
Tannehill - Seahawks, Cardinals, or Broncos

Cousins and Weeden, not sure.

#242 plutoblue11, Dec 16, 2011
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WACO - Shortly after Robert Griffin III was recognized as the top player in college football this season, a billboard appeared not far from Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in downtown Austin.

Looming over busy Interstate 35, next to a photo of the Baylor quarterback in action, the wording was succinct: "Building leaders … and Heisman Trophy winners."

For the university, long considered a quaint little athletics kiosk in a landscape of corporate behemoths, the message carried seismic significance.

"We're not the Baylor of 20 years ago," Bears running back Terrance Ganaway said. "Thank God."

Far from it. From its powerhouse women's basketball team to the resurgent football program, Baylor is riding a wave of optimism far higher than the billboards being erected in key spots around the state.

When Griffin, a dynamic force on and off the field, was handed the Heisman at a flashy ceremony in New York earlier this month, it represented the exclamation point for a university that has worked hard to overcome tragedy, scandal and athletic mediocrity through the years.

"You can sell hope, you can sell vision, but you've got to have reality," said Bears football coach Art Briles, the architect of a remarkable turnaround on the gridiron.

New stadium in works

The 9-3 Bears, who went 16 years without a postseason appearance before last year, will make their second straight bowl showing Thursday when they face 7-5 Washington at the Valero Alamo Bowl in San Antonio.

"Now we can say, 'This is what happened, this is real. Whatever you need to do at whatever university you need to go to, if it's Baylor, it can happen right here,' " Briles said.

As he spoke, the fourth-year head coach sat in a plush office inside the new $36 million Simpson Athletics and Academic Center on the north side of the campus. The former Stephenville High School and University of Houston coach looked out, through towering picture windows, at a practice field adjacent to the new $12 million Allison Indoor Football Practice Facility.

It's part of an ambitious $100 million facility expansion - not solely for athletics - along University-Parks Drive over the past decade. Under the guidance of proactive athletic director Ian McCaw, Briles and others, more is planned, including a possible $175 million football stadium along the north bank of the nearby Brazos River that will be connected to the campus by pedestrian bridges spanning the river.

"It's incredible," said Griffin, whose record-setting season has included spearheading signature victories over Oklahoma and Texas. "To have your football team No. 12 (BCS) in the country, your men's basketball team No. 7 and your women's basketball team No. 1, you've never seen anything like that."

"We're building ourselves into a powerhouse. … It's going to bring more people to Baylor and give us an opportunity to stretch this out for years to come."

Scandal part of the past

It's a stark turnaround from Baylor's darkest hours in 2003, when basketball player Carlton Dotson killed teammate Patrick Dennehy. Dave Bliss, then coach of the program, added an awful chapter to the tragedy when he attempted a cover-up, asking players and assistants to paint Dennehy as a drug dealer.

The NCAA later unveiled several infractions in Bliss' program and severely sanctioned the program.

Griffin understands the importance of what has transpired.

"Here at Baylor, we hadn't been good for a while," he said shortly before the Heisman announcement. "The foundation had eroded away. We were able to get the grass back green, and that's huge. Whenever you can raise something up and see it flourish, it makes you proud."
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#243 sammy, Dec 26, 2011
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Out matched today. It was 21-7 before I went to dinner. came back, and it's 24-42. what a comeback. 5 touchdowns by the other qb already.

#244 Uprising, Dec 29, 2011
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Out matched today. It was 21-7 before I went to dinner. came back, and it's 24-42. what a comeback. 5 touchdowns by the other qb already.
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And now 53-49 Baylor. Insane. No defense allowed it seems.

#245 Sacudido, Dec 29, 2011
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RG3 goes out a winner. Can't wait to see him in the NFL next year. Wish him the very best.

#246 A_3PO, Dec 29, 2011
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Holy crap, looking at the score right now and I seriously thought it was a bball game for a second haha.

#247 bcast89, Dec 29, 2011

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And now 53-49 Baylor. Insane. No defense allowed it seems.
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Yep. insane game. no defense.

#248 Uprising, Dec 29, 2011
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Maybe the worst defensive performance in college football history. The only thing more pathetic is that RGIII was a UH recruit stolen by their forever unethical coach.

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Keith Price 7 TD's

WOW

#250 Johnson2000, Dec 30, 2011
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What a great season. I didn't see 10 wins coming. Sic 'Em.

#251 MadMax, Dec 30, 2011
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What a great season. I didn't see 10 wins coming. Sic 'Em.
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lol WUT?

#252 TheChosenOne, Dec 30, 2011
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lol WUT?
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lol wut? what?

#253 MadMax, Dec 30, 2011

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Posted? RGIII's girl has some nice "assets"

#254 TheRealist137, Dec 30, 2011
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Griffin would be stupid to come back and I don't think RGIII is a dummy.

#255 rockbox, Dec 30, 2011
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I'm still depressed that Texas missed out on RGIII. We would be playing in NC game instead of Alabama.

#256 rockbox, Dec 30, 2011
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I was at the game, Washington's TE #88 is going to be special in the pros. I felt like he didn't even belong out there with those kids and that pee-pee Baylor offense.

#257 Ziggy, Dec 30, 2011
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Bold prediction RG3 will be better then Luck.

#258 flippedfk, Dec 30, 2011

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Bold prediction. RG3 will be mediocre at the next level.

#259 Kronos, Dec 30, 2011
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Maybe the worst defensive performance in college football history. The only thing more pathetic is that RGIII was a UH recruit stolen by their forever unethical coach.
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Lol. What a douche

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