A good Suh story
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That would’ve been the whale trophy game. Holiday bowl against Arizona.. I’m sure it’s out there.
I was at the Big 12 title game at Jerry World. Never seen one man take over a game like that. If we had any kind of offense we would have won by 2 TDs. Every Texass fan kept asking "Who's that?" Told them he's the best player in CFB. Offense and Defense that year.
There’s been a number of poor Heisman decisions, but Suh not getting the Heisman has to be top of the list.
He absolutely put together a Heisman worthy resume not only with his unstoppable defensive havoc, but adding all the typical flare they want to see to round out the resume.
“As a junior in 2008, Suh recorded a team-high 76 tackles, 7.5 sacks, 19 tackles for loss, two interceptions (both returned for touchdowns), and a touchdown reception while playing fullback.He became the first Nebraska defensive lineman to lead the team in tackles since 1973.[10] Suh earned First-team All-Big 12 honors in 2008, the first Nebraska interior defensive lineman to earn those honors since Steve Warren in 1999.[11] He was also an honorable mention All-American.
In 2009, Suh registered 85 tackles, 12 quarterback sacks, 28 quarterback hurries, 20.5 tackles for loss, 10 pass breakups, three blocked kicks, and one interception.[10] Suh had 12 tackles (seven for losses, a school single-game record) and 4½ sacks in a 13–12 loss to the Texas Longhorns in the Big 12 Championship Game, for which he received game MVP honors.[12][13] He helped Huskers defense rank first nationally in scoring defense (10.4 ppg), tied for second in total sacks (44), first in pass efficiency defense (87.3), seventh in total defense (272.0 ypg), ninth in rushing defense (93.1 ypg) and 18th in passing defense (178.9 ypg). He also played all four quarters versus Arizona in the 2009 Holiday Bowl, helping Nebraska record the first shutout in the Holiday Bowl's 32-year history, as well as the first shutout in school bowl history.[14] He earned unanimous first-team All-Big 12 honors and the Big-12 Defensive Player of the Year. Nationally, he was named the Associated Press College Football Player of the Year, the recipient of the Bill Willis Trophy, Bronko Nagurski Trophy, Chuck Bednarik Award, Lombardi Award and Outland Trophy, and was recognized as a unanimous first-team All-American.[15] He was a finalist for the Lott Trophy, Walter Camp Award, and Heisman Trophy.[16][17]”. wikipedia
If you don’t know that’s comedian Tom Segura. He’s fall on you butt funny. His bit about his doctor is hilarious.
Carry on.
Carry on.
I blame it on the athletic department. They dropped the ball when it came to supporting Suh for the Heisman. This was back when Oregon putting their players on billboards in New York City was a new thing.
After the Kansas game I made a post on RSS basically saying there should be a full out advertising blitz for Suh because he was dominating games like we had never seen before. He was a defensive player single-handedly affecting the outcome of games over and over. I believe that was near the end of October. It was crazy how some of the posters on there pushed back against the idea. I love all the old posters that have been around but a lot of them were staunchly against the idea. I remember Vulcan in particular went with the trite "it will be earned on the field" stuff.
Unfortunately, Suh was hardly on the voting radar until the Texas game, which was about a week away from the actual ceremony. If the buildup was there and Suh came through like he did, he would have been a slam-dunk winner.
Love Segura, but why is he on bussin with the boys? Cool he is talking NU though!
Bussin with the boys has gotten quite a few good guests. You can bring on athletes telling stories, but a lot of times it’s not that entertaining.
Compton and Lewan seem to be clued in to bringing on B list comedians as its the ticket to fun and entertaining storytelling. See Bert Kreischer ‘I am the beast’ for reference. These guys will go on just about every podcast willing to have them.
That chart right there made Bo Pelini a whole pile of millions.
Hope Bo at least sends him a Christmas card every year.
I went back and scanned through the game and it appears that the story may be just Paul Bunyan stuff. I never once saw Suh destroy anyone like described. The defense pitched a shutout though. The center in question was still slapping at Suh after plays when they were losing 33-0 with little reaction. Suh was in control that evening.