The Ghosts of Cougar Stadium

[YOhio]

Bro, if you get a direct mention in Tysman Rap, you aren't an unsung hero. Ew Ungowa!

Is he Polynesian?

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Is he Polynesian?

Um, that's the hook to the song. I thought you would know that, or did you forget at THE SUGAR BOWL?

[lambdacoug]

kyle morrell

His goaline sack vs Hawaii is one of my favorite plays of all time.

[lambdacoug]

Eli Herring

I'm not sure he counts as unsung but after he walked away from the Raiders, he disappeared. Great guy IRL, too.

[Indy Coug]

Kalin Hall. I loved watching that tubby guy run!

Tubby?

[Sizzle]

Matt and Mark Belini probably qualify. Solid receivers out of the backfield, ram good routes, but not on the radar as "greats".

I think he's still fresh on people's minds, but Curtis Brown will be that way eventually. He'll be overshadowed by Luke Staley who preceeded him and Harvey Unga who followed him. But Brown was a big part of that turnaround. Same thing with guys on the OL from the same time period like Jake Kuresa. Lack of an NFL career, especially with OL guys, really seems to have them be forgotten earlier.

[Art Vandelay]

Reno Junior Mahe is one of my all-time favorites. He made several huge plays in the Doman-Staley win against Utah- one was a hit that looked like it killed him, but he bounced up like nothing had happened, and gave the first down signal.

Side note: When Staley broke free down the sideline for his TD scamper was the a tie for the loudest I've ever heard LES; the Miami game was obviously the other.

[The_Douger]

Matt and Mark Belini probably qualify. Solid receivers out of the backfield, ram good routes, but not on the radar as "greats".

I think he's still fresh on people's minds, but Curtis Brown will be that way eventually. He'll be overshadowed by Luke Staley who preceeded him and Harvey Unga who followed him. But Brown was a big part of that turnaround. Same thing with guys on the OL from the same time period like Jake Kuresa. Lack of an NFL career, especially with OL guys, really seems to have them be forgotten earlier.

Dustin Rykert. Dude was an animal. I cant' remember if he went to the NFL or not.

[frank ryan]

Shad Hansen- guy was a quality linebacker for sure. He played the run well.

Tim Nowatski-Slowish, but amazing hands, part of a good corps

Chris Ellison- he came over from El Camino CC with Omarr Morgan. He was a good db in his own right. He was short for a safety but hit like a tuck.

Zac Collie- yeah Austin was amazing but Zac turned out to be a great walk-on success story

Steve Christensen - he was a reliable back up tailback.

[byu71]

What a great thread. I don't know how I have missed it up to now.

Paul Linford, Joe Lillinquist, Chris Pharasopolis (sp), Golden Richards, Mikeli Ieremia, Matt Mendenhall, Chuck Ehin, Kyle Wittingham

[lambdacoug]

What a great thread. I don't know how I have missed it up to now.

Paul Linford, Joe Lillinquist, Chris Pharasopolis (sp), Golden Richards, Mikeli Ieremia, Matt Mendenhall, Chuck Ehin, Kyle Wittingham

Get Wittingham off this :swear: list!

[LA Ute]

The older guys will remember Pete Van Valkenberg (a great running back) and Phil Odle (a receiver -- "flanker" in those days -- with great hands.

[Harry Tic]

Get Wittingham off this :swear: list!

Meh. This isn't Cougarboard. We can separate Whittingham the player from Whittingham the coach (and let us not forget he was BYU's first choice as HC, over Mendenhall). It's too bad his coaching legacy has overshadowed his playing career.

[lambdacoug]

Meh. This isn't Cougarboard. We can separate Whittingham the player from Whittingham the coach (and let us not forget he was BYU's first choice as HC, over Mendenhall). It's too bad his coaching legacy has overshadowed his playing career.

Oh, I didn't forget.

[statman]

His girlfriend at the time served her mission in mine. She was a great basketball player and a fine looking daughter of Eve. All the Elders wanted to post up on her.

They were in our ward in Charlotte. His wife was also wicked smahhht.

And I currently live next door to Reno...