Comments on: Great Players that Flunked in the NFL – Andre Ware

By: kris

kris — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:32:56 +0000

Routing SMU after the NCAA handed down the death penalty isn’t exactly something to be proud of, haha.

A few days ago, I decided I’d sit down and try and collect every rookie card that I deemed important for the price of a box of exquisite.

The first card purchased was SMU’s coach during ’89 and packers’ great, Forrest Gregg.

http://www.pigskincardboard.com/2009/10/forrest-gregg-1960-topps/

Either way, Andre Ware and Houston’s system marked the start of a huge change in college football that’s far too often over looked.

When you look at the winners before Ward (sanders, brown, testaverde, jackson, flutie, etc) and then look at the streak of winners afterwards( Deitmer, Howard, Terreta, Ward, Salaam), and the systems they played in, it all makes sense.

It was just a strange era when it comes to College Football.

By: Carl Crawford Cards

Carl Crawford Cards — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:46:27 +0000

Nice post.
You do wonder a lot about guys who were great in college but not so much in the pros. Like you said, if he hadn’t gone to the Lions….who knows?

By: deal

deal — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:48:43 +0000

I see Ware b-casting an NCAA games all the time and you just think of the career that could of been. But he seems to handle the boot well, and a great college career is better than no career at all.

This article makes me wonder what will happen to current UofH NFL gunslinger Kevin Kolb – his time is coming soon.

And just for the sake of accuracy, I think you are referring to David Klingler not Klinger but yeah his NFL fate wasn’t that much different then Ware’s.