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Has SMU ever

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 5:41 pm
by Sideline
Had a Super Bowl participant three seasons in a row?

Moorstead, Sanders, Moore

Sorry if it has already been asked.

Re: Has SMU ever

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:08 pm
by Topper
Yes

Michael Carter 1985 (49ers)
Perry Hartnett 1986 (Bears)
Craig James 1986 (Pats)
Raymond Berry (Coach) 1986 (Pats)
Byron Hunt 1987 (Giants)

I guess that's three years in a row with a couple of extra participants tossed in for good measure

Re: Has SMU ever

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:11 pm
by Junior
SB I & II: Forrest Gregg
SB III: Kyle Rote (announcer)

Re: Has SMU ever

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:21 pm
by ontheedgeofmyseat
Thank god for Topper & Junior....appreciation for our great history that MANY are clueless of...

Re: Has SMU ever

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:59 pm
by mrydel
I have watched all of the first 45.

Re: Has SMU ever

Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:55 pm
by Topper
ontheedgeofmyseat wrote:Thank god for Topper & Junior....appreciation for our great history that MANY are clueless of...


Old age has some advantages up to the point we start losing our memory.

Re: Has SMU ever

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:24 am
by JesuitPony
I know it's only two years in a row, but how about Dale Hellestrae with the Cowboys in 92 and 93?

Re: Has SMU ever

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 12:47 am
by Balatro Diabolus Ex
Topper wrote:Yes

Michael Carter 1985 (49ers)
Perry Hartnett 1986 (Bears)
Craig James 1986 (Pats)
Raymond Berry (Coach) 1986 (Pats)
Byron Hunt 1987 (Giants)

I guess that's three years in a row with a couple of extra participants tossed in for good measure


Perry Hartnett wasnt on the Bears when they won Super Bowl XX, but Reggie Phillips was.

Re: Has SMU ever

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 10:12 am
by SMULaxer
mrydel wrote:I have watched all of the first 45.


What would you like for your prize?

Re: Has SMU ever

Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 6:52 pm
by Topper
Balatro Diabolus Ex wrote:
Topper wrote:Yes

Michael Carter 1985 (49ers)
Perry Hartnett 1986 (Bears)
Craig James 1986 (Pats)
Raymond Berry (Coach) 1986 (Pats)
Byron Hunt 1987 (Giants)

I guess that's three years in a row with a couple of extra participants tossed in for good measure


Perry Hartnett wasnt on the Bears when they won Super Bowl XX, but Reggie Phillips was.


Nice call. I completely forgot about Reggie. Wasn't Perry on the Bears injured reserve or the practice squad that Super Bowl year? Not that that would count. I think he went to Green Bay in 87 or 88.

Re: Has SMU ever

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:30 pm
by Balatro Diabolus Ex
I thought Perry was cut at the end of training camp, sat out that entire year, then made the Packers as a free agent the next year. Thats a 25 year old memory, though, I wouldnt swear to it. Maybe he was hurt, and thats why no one else picked him up off waivers.

How can you forget Reggie, he returned an interception for a touchdown in the Super Bowl? Biggest highlight of his career came when he was a rookie. Reggie still holds (tied with several others) the NCAA record for longest interception return, 100 yards against Louisville.

Re: Has SMU ever

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:51 pm
by Topper
Balatro Diabolus Ex wrote:I thought Perry was cut at the end of training camp, sat out that entire year, then made the Packers as a free agent the next year. Thats a 25 year old memory, though, I wouldnt swear to it. Maybe he was hurt, and thats why no one else picked him up off waivers.

How can you forget Reggie, he returned an interception for a touchdown in the Super Bowl? Biggest highlight of his career came when he was a rookie. Reggie still holds (tied with several others) the NCAA record for longest interception return, 100 yards against Louisville.


Yes, and he shares that record with, among others, Putt Choate who I saw return an interception from 9 yards deep in the end zone against Tulane, but given credit for 100 yards because it seems that end zone yards dont count.

Re: Has SMU ever

Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:20 pm
by mrydel
End zone yards do not count in college. They do in NFL.