Word: quarterback
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...Paige became an honor student and quarterback at Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss. His college roommate, Walter Reed, recalls that "if there was a test and somebody had made a 98, we knew it had to be Rod." Paige graduated in 1955 and took a series of college coaching jobs. He got his master's and doctorate in physical education at Indiana University, with a thesis on the response time of football linemen. That might have branded Paige a jock among educators in some places, but it confirmed him as a native speaker when he arrived in football-crazed...
...Lewis and the Baltimore Ravens, I was forced to hear my neighbor ravenously slurp salsa off his fingertips. For some, the day becomes a covert Budweiser-consumption competition. For others, any sign of physical weakness in the football players elicits a joyous chorus of "sissy" and "wimp." When the quarterback of the Ravens hustled off the field to get an x-ray of his left hand, a resident Hercules yelled, "Put on a bandage and suck it up. This is the damn Super Bowl...
...Kudos to Kerry Collins. After perhaps the worst performance by a quarterback in Super Bowl history, at least he made the right comment. "In the biggest game of the year, on the biggest stage there is, I sucked," Collins said...
...years went by, the Browns continued to discover new and cruel ways of exciting expectation and delivering disappointment. By '93, Kosar's ability had eroded after years of pounding wrought by porous offensive lines and his own immobility. For years Modell had praised his quarterback and team leader, going as far as to liken him to a son. But in what would presage his ultimate act of betrayal, Modell OK'ed Kosar's release; Browns fans were left shocked and hurt. In addition, we had to watch Vinny Testaverde - who at that point was best known as a Heisman Trophy...
...Best All-Time Super Bowl Quarterback Matchups...