Interesting question on the Basketball forum, wanted to see what you think for football?

[Woodsa]

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So is our Mount Rushmore Wooden, Mount, Big Dog and Edey?

What would be Purdue's Mount Rushmore for football?

• Rod Woodson
• Matt Light
• Drew Brees
• Mike Alstott or George Karlaftis (he's pretty new but has a SB wins under his belt)

 

[SKYDOG]

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What would be Purdue's Mount Rushmore for football?

• Rod Woodson
• Matt Light
• Drew Brees
• Mike Alstott or George Karlaftis (he's pretty new but has a SB wins under his belt)

I think Leroy Keyes has to be in the team picture.

 

[rwenger]

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Griese, Keyes, Brees, Light. They got us to Rose Bowls.


What would be Purdue's Mount Rushmore for football?

• Rod Woodson
• Matt Light
• Drew Brees
• Mike Alstott or George Karlaftis (he's pretty new but has a SB wins under his belt)

 

[Wolegib]

I would go with Keyes and Greise and Breese and Woodson. Greise won a Rose Bowl over USC with OJ Simpson

 

[NVboiler]

I like Griese, Brees and Woodson. Then perhaps Keyes.

 

[Wolegib]

Mark Herrmann and Keena Turner should receive some consideration.

 

[Longboat Boiler]

Griese's in Canton, Brees will be and for the really old timers, Lamar Lundy should be. Look up his records, in both FB and BB (Purdue MVP of both his senior yr), for both HS and at Purdue. Played both ways in FB. Keyes is hard to leave out.

 

[RDUBoiler]

Woodson, Griese, and Brees seem like clear choices. I'd probably pick Keyes for the fourth spot. If you do two primarily offensive and two defensive players, then put Keena Turner in the fourth spot.

 

[Longboat Boiler]

Think we also forgot HOF Len Dawson, bench smoking qb of Super Bowl I. We're gonna need a bigger mountain....

 

[SKYDOG]

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What would be Purdue's Mount Rushmore for football?

• Rod Woodson
• Matt Light
• Drew Brees
• Mike Alstott or George Karlaftis (he's pretty new but has a SB wins under his belt)

I’d take Ryan Kerrigan over Karlaftis currently. Kerrigan did have 95 sacks in the NFL.

 

[Wolegib]

A different take: Purdue is known as the cradle of QB’s. So our Mt Rushmore should be 4 QBs.

Dawson, Greise, Herrman and Breese

 

[POTFHBTFU]

I would go with Keyes and Greise and Breese and Woodson. Greise won a Rose Bowl over USC with OJ Simpson

Well then i hope they don’t let you do the engraving as you spelled 2 of the 4 names wrong.

 

[Riveting-]

Rod Woodson was one of the greatest players in the history of football.

 

[Wolegib]

Well then i hope they don’t let you do the engraving as you spelled 2 of the 4 names wrong.

To be honest , there are no names on mt Rushmore!

 

[rwenger]

Woodson, Griese, and Brees seem like clear choices. I'd probably pick Keyes for the fourth spot. If you do two primarily offensive and two defensive players, then put Keena Turner in the fourth

I would go with Keyes and Greise and Breese and Woodson. Greise won a Rose Bowl over USC with OJ Simpson

Don't believe OJ was on that team, Wole. He was a JUCO; beat IU in then '68 Rose Bowl (after '67 season) to claim Natty. Lost to OSU in '69 Rose Bowl, following Buckeyes'68 own Natty.

 

[rwenger]

I believe Keyes played DB his Soph yr. Maybe had 2 carries for 4 yds in Robe Bowl(?) Don't quote me.

 

[tjreese]

Griese's in Canton, Brees will be and for the really old timers, Lamar Lundy should be. Look up his records, in both FB and BB (Purdue MVP of both his senior yr), for both HS and at Purdue. Played both ways in FB. Keyes is hard to leave out.

not quite as far back as Lamar, but Dave Butz was pretty good

 

[RDUBoiler]

not quite as far back as Lamar, but Dave Butz was pretty good

I almost mentioned Butz. I was a Washington fan back then and loved watching him play.

 

[Tommaker]

Washington = Father of the Country, Mollenkopf = Father of Purdue Football
Lincoln = Savior of the Union. Tiller = Savior of Purdue Football
Jefferson = Author of the Constitution & President during the expansion, Burke = Author of current success in FB and BB (with Tiller/Painter hires) and AD during BT expansion
Roosevelt = Leroy Keyes

 

[mediaexpert]

Don't forget Purdue coaches - Hank Stram and George Steinbrenner, And I see no one mentioned Otis Armstrong or Travis Dorsch.

 

[rwenger]

Don't forget Purdue coaches - Hank Stram and George Steinbrenner, And I see no one mentioned Otis Armstrong or Travis Dorsch.

Otis Armstrong. Man the '71 Boilers had 5 players drafted and had long NFL careers, yet finished 3-7. (Actually, not sure Danielsen was drafted.)

 

[NVboiler]

I liked Otis Armstrong even more as a pro when he would deliberately run over Jack Tatum as a pro because he never apologized to Daryl Stingley for that career ending hit.
"
For the rest of his career, Armstrong looked for Tatum when the Broncos played the Raiders.

“I tried to run over Jack Tatum, every single game we played against them,” he said. “My buddies knew how I felt, and they were helping me out. We didn’t do anything dirty, we didn’t go blindside, but instead of doing a cut against Jack Tatum, I’d try to run over him. He’d get up and laugh.”"

 

[Tommaker]

Travis Dorsch.

Yer kill'in me.

KILL'IN me.

 

[boilermaker75]

A different take: Purdue is known as the cradle of QB’s. So our Mt Rushmore should be 4 QBs.

Dawson, Greise, Herrman and Breese

Phipps?

 

[Wolegib]

Phipps was good but the Mount can only have 4.

 

[boilermaker75]

Phipps was good but the Mount can only have 4.

Then Phipps before Herrmann.

 

[Wolegib]

Then Phipps before Herrmann.

Interesting comparison. If not for that injury in the Michigan game, Herrmann almost took Purdue to the Rose Bowl. If we had just won that game, we would have won the tiebreaker. It seems like we always come close but never get there.

 

[rwenger]

Interesting comparison. If not for that injury in the Michigan game, Herrmann almost took Purdue to the Rose Bowl. If we had just won that game, we would have won the tiebreaker. It seems like we always come close but never get there.

I don't remember a pre Michigan injury. It's just that UM had superior athleticism and destroyed us in both '78 and '80. Hermann got them in '79 fortunately, thereby guaranteeing a win over each Big 10 school at the time. Meanwhile, Phipps only had 1-2 blowout losses in his 3 yrs as starter and was also Academic All American (?)
Both had similar, (let's say it) mediocre NFL careers.

 

[tjreese]

I don't remember a pre Michigan injury. It's just that UM had superior athleticism and destroyed us in both '78 and '80. Hermann got them in '79 fortunately, thereby guaranteeing a win over each Big 10 school at the time. Meanwhile, Phipps only had 1-2 blowout losses in his 3 yrs as starter and was also Academic All American (?)
Both had similar, (let's say it) mediocre NFL careers.

I seem to recall Michigan questioning the velocity of Hermann's passing a bit soft and the secondary widening their coverage a bit as a result.

 

[Wolegib]

Herman’s injury was during the game against Michigan at Ann Arbor in the second quarter. I know because I was there. Until that time it was a close game. With a win, we would be tied for first and win the tiebreaker. When he went down, I knew it was game over just like Orton’s fumble against UW.

 

[rwenger]

Herman’s injury was during the game against Michigan at Ann Arbor in the second quarter. I know because I was there. Until that time it was a close game. With a win, we would be tied for first and win the tiebreaker. When he went down, I knew it was game over just like Orton’s fumble against UW.

We lost that one by 4 TD's, Wole. Not only were we shut out, Herrmann ( and the team) looked outclassed that day, although inexplicably Jim Young took play calling duties away from Herrmann. Not sure the outcome was ever in doubt; it was on Nat TV. As I recall, Herrmann was picked 3-4 times, including in the end zone, probably costing Mark a shot at Heisman.

 

[boilermaker75]

Phipps narrowly lost the Heisman to Steve Owens, 1488 to 1334, and beat ND three times.

 

[Wolegib]

We lost that one by 4 TD's, Wole. Not only were we shut out, Herrmann ( and the team) looked outclassed that day, although inexplicably Jim Young took play calling duties away from Herrmann. Not sure the outcome was ever in doubt; it was on Nat TV. As I recall, Herrmann was picked 3-4 times, including in the end zone, probably costing Mark a shot at Heisman.

It was kind of close in the second quarter. Yes we were losing, but with Herrman we thought we might bounce back. And we were finally starting to move the ball. And then boom. He went down. It was game over.