Yesterday marked the 25th anniversary of the Hail Flutie game, one of the most memorable moments in the history of college football. The game pitted the Boston College Eagles against the Miami Hurricanes, the defending national champions. With six seconds remaining, Boston College trailed Miami 45-41 with the ball on the Miami 48-yard-line. Eagles quarterback DougFlutie dropped...
(A collage of Flutie's final TD. Screen images courtesy of CBS4 News, Boston) It may be the most famous moment in the history of college football. A November 1984 contest between No. 10 Boston College and No. 12 Miami had all the scoring a fan could possibly want. The Eagles got off to a 14-0 lead, but Miami came charging back thanks to a school-record 447 passing yards from Bernie Kosar and...
America's standing in wireless broadband can be compared to former football player DougFlutie, says Blair Levin, the person in charge of figuring out how to connect all of the nation to high-speed Internet Pound for pound, Flutie was awesome. But he was also short (5'10). Which is to say, even though we've got great wireless networks and technology now, we won't be able to compete...
Sad news from Raleigh as former BC assistant Dana Bible has been diagnosed with leukemia . Keep his family in your thoughts and prayers. November 23 marks the 25th anniversary of DougFlutie's famous Hail Mary. You often hear how Flutie changed BC, but Forbes notes that it changed the college TV landscape . Here is a refresh for those who were born after the famous day. Luke Kuechly...
Courtesy Auburn UniversityGregg CarrFormer Auburn football player Gregg Carr will be given the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award in January to commemorate his professional accomplishments in the 25 years since he left college.Carr will be joined by DougFlutie, Jackie Joyner-Kersee,...
For NCAA student-athletes, the lessons learned on the field are as valuable as the ones they pick up away from the action. Those lessons are evident through the professional achievements of former student-athletes such as DougFlutie, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Jack Del Rio, Gregg Carr, Maureen O’Toole-Purcell and Deb Richard, the recipients of the 2010 NCAA Silver Anniversary Awards....
About an hour before Bills coach Dick Jauron , a report surfaced that Ryan Fitzpatrick was set to take over the starting quarterback job.There's no way to know yet whether this was a similar case to the infamous Rob Johnson-over-DougFlutie decision that was attributed to Bills owner Ralph Wilson. But Fitzpatrick will get the call this week in the end. Interim head coach at his Wednesday...
... will be recognized: Billy Cannon (Louisiana State, 1959) on the 50th Anniversary of his award, DougFlutie (Boston College, 1984) on the 25th Anniversary of his award and Ron Dayne (Wisconsin, 1999) on his 10th anniversary. This year the voting concludes on Monday, December 7th and the winner will be announced on Saturday, December 12 during a live one-hour special sponsored by Nissan...
... Calgary head coach John Hufnagel, who has worked with some of the game’s finest quarterbacks, from DougFlutie to Peyton Manning to Tom Brady, also sang a few notes in praise of Durant. “I’m very impressed with the way he plays the position,” said Hufnagel, who was asked if he’d be warning the Stampeders defence not to overlook the quarterback in its haste to slow Cates. “I’m telling...
... I remember a long time ago the Buffalo Bills had a quarterback duel between Brad Johnson and DougFlutie. Brad Johnson had the size and arm and polish that made him look like a clear winner. DougFlutie was small with less deep ball ability. DougFlutie had one skill Brad Johnson didn't, Doug could run for his life. Buffalo didn't have an offensive...
