i'm trying to keep shit reLOLvent to the thread

2/5/2009 9:22:07 PM

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" How does he make it in over the greatest American professional athlete of all time, two of the top three greatest coaches of all time, and one of the most widely known and beloved athletes of all time?"

I took it to mean from NC, not "spent time in NC."

Don't get your panties in a wad.

2/5/2009 9:24:00 PM

Jim Valva[no]

Jerry

Mia

2/5/2009 9:26:58 PM

how about Darvin for breaking the backboard against UNC

2/5/2009 9:32:46 PM

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"i like muggsy too you remember him in those old Hungryman Dinner commercials?"

I preferred Larry Johnson as Grand-Ma-Ma.

Here were the other finalists:

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"Catfish Hunter (Hertford) - Pitched a perfect game, inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame Mia Hamm (North Carolina) - Two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Tyler Hansbrough (North Carolina Tar Heels) - 2007-08 National Player of the Year, will have jersey retired Charlie Justice (North Carolina Tar Heels) - Two-time All-American, twice finished second in Heisman Trophy voting Buck Leonard (Rocky Mount) - Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, won 9 consecutive Negro National League championships Julius Peppers (North Carolina Tar Heels, Carolina Panthers) - One of two players ever to have played in an NCAA Final Four and a Super Bowl Richard Petty (Level Cross) - Seven NASCAR Cup championships, tied for most all-time; Won a Cup-record 200 races Enos Slaughter (Roxboro) - 10-time all-star, 4-time World Series champion David Thompson (N.C. State Wolfpack) - 1975 Naismith College Player of the Year, Inducted into Basketball Hall of Fame Jim Valvano (N.C. State Wolfpack) - Coached N.C. State to 1983 NCAA Championship James Worthy (North Carolina Tar Heels) - Three-time NBA champion, 1988 NBA Finals MVP Roy Williams (North Carolina Tar Heels) - Won 2005 National Championship as UNC coach, assistant coach under Dean Smith Others for consideration: Chris Paul (Wake Forest), Arnold Palmer (Wake Forest), Tim Duncan (Wake Forest), John Lucas (Durham)"

2/5/2009 9:57:03 PM

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"yler Hansbrough (North Carolina Tar Heels) - 2007-08 National Player of the Year, will have jersey retired"

if he had fucking made it, i would have built one of those lasers like in the Richie Rich movie

2/5/2009 9:58:35 PM

^lolz

Michael Jordan is the only college athlete on the list who really impacted the state even after graduation. Mia Hamm did to a much smaller degree, and even though she was the top of her sport, she wasn't at the level of some of these others.

If we were going by talent alone, and impact on the state aside, I would put Arnold Palmer towards the top.

2/5/2009 10:04:22 PM

^^well done, you're alright!

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"Julius Peppers (North Carolina Tar Heels, Carolina Panthers) - One of two players ever to have played in an NCAA Final Four and a Super Bowl"

Perhaps a stupid question, but who's the other?

2/5/2009 10:11:24 PM

The person who got shafted was Horace Albert "Bones" McKinney. He played at NC State, left for military duty, returned to lead UNC to the NCAA Title game where they lost, played in the NBA, then coached Wake Forest to their only Final Four ever, and left there to coach the Carolina Courage ABA team. About the only thing he didn't do is play, or coach Duke.

2/5/2009 10:18:14 PM

i still thought Julius was the only person to do the final four and super bowl

2/5/2009 10:32:06 PM

i know he was the first

i can't think of anybody who has played in a super bowl since 04 who also played bball

2/5/2009 10:39:00 PM

Donovan McNabb is the other, apparently (according to Julius' wikipedia article)

but i dont recall mcnabb ever playing in the final four, or Syracuse playing in the final four while he was there.. :-/

[Edited on February 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM. Reason : ]

2/5/2009 10:42:50 PM

Donovan McNabb

^1996

[Edited on February 5, 2009 at 10:47 PM. Reason : .]

2/5/2009 10:45:07 PM

Rashard Smith? or Cato-Bishop?

Thread hijack. Severalf of our recent football recruits play basketball too. Are any of them going to walk-on and be contributors?




Oh, McNabb. I didn't know that.

2/5/2009 10:48:43 PM

He didn't play much though...Pep played a lot more bball than Donovan

2/5/2009 10:50:37 PM