I’d invite colt McCoy and have Suh meet him at mid-field.
I’d invite colt McCoy and have Suh meet him at mid-field.
I've no problem with honoring any one of the Oklahoma greats who made life miserable for us Husker fans, but I'll puke my guts up if Bienemy or any other Buff is ever paid any kind of tribute in Memorial Stadium...Was watching the 30 for 30 on Marcus DuPree last night and wondered what kind of reception he, and many others who have played in Lincoln, would get if they were brought back to Memorial Stadium for an introduction.
Personally, I'd love to see some former opposing players who put on quite a show come back to a fan base who appreciates good football.
I'll start with a few:
Duante Culpepper, UCF
Troy Edwards, LA Tech
Eric Bienemy, CU
Darren Sproles, KSU
Keith Jackson, OU
I can just imagine some highlight clips against NU of these guys between the first and second quarters, then the introduction. I seriously think they would get a huge, positive response. (And their former teams would probably be fuming!)
I'm not sure it's been done before. Trev would be just the guy to do it too.
Who would you like to see, if anyone? And NO, I'm not sadistic.
As long as they sell beer in the stadium,I'm assuming this idea is 100% "just for fun" with 0% seriousness to it.
Otherwise, I can't imagine why players from past opponents would have any interest at all in being some sort of "special guest" for a game in Lincoln. If Lincoln, why not travel to other universities as well for such appearances? And shouldn't our former Husker greats also do some sort of a celebrity tour to other stadiums as well?
Maybe what should be done is a stadium tour of College Football Hall of Fame players.
But, if these former players have something else occupying their time, maybe we could dig up the remains of past college greats and roll out their corpses for display out in front of the stadium. Sort of like they do with Egyptian mummies. Here's King Tut. Here's Red Grange.
That would be a good thread on its own. I could probably think of a few.Might be fun to list players you WOULDN'T invite back!
Billy Sims would be my number one choice.Barry Sanders
Billy Sims
The Boz
I was there that day. We should honor him at the 3 yard line in the SW corner.Billy Sims would be my number one choice.
Unfortunately, he probably has negative memories of Memorial Stadium.