[Husker] Big 10 trophy names

[Tony lambert]

Should Will Shields get some love ? But Remington does have another trophy 
named for him, so maybe that is why they went with Remington.

Tony Lambert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Nolan" <nolan at romaine.tssi.com>
To: "Mark Landin" <marklandin at gmail.com>
Cc: <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Husker] Big 10 trophy names


>> I am surprised there are ANY Huskers with their name on an award. 
>> Rimington
>> never played in the Big 10. No Huskers ever have. Why would their name be 
>> on
>> a Big 10 trophy?
>
> I suspect they wanted to have all 12 schools included somewhere and wound 
> up
> with 13 schools, since Stagg was the coach at the University of Chicago,
> one of the founding teams in the Big Ten.
>
> Rimington was probably the best OL in Nebraska history, but not really
> the best player in Nebraska history.  (Let the debate begin!)
>
> The choices of names seem artificial and clumsy in a few places.
>
> Are Drew Breez and Bob Griese really the two best QBs in the history of
> those 12 teams?  Have none of the other 11 schools had great QBs that
> Purdue gets them both?
>
> I have no problem with Butkis's name on the linebacker trophy, he 
> basically
> DEFINED the position in modern football, but Fitz might be a bit of a 
> stretch.
> And isn't Penn State 'Linebacker U'?
>
> There is mention of John Cappelletti or several other Heisman Trophy
> winners, including all of Nebraska's winners.  (But then again, I saw
> Archie Griffin play, and I still think he only deserved one of his 
> trophies.)
>
> Of course, it is also true that the players or their families had to
> give permission to use their names, and maybe some other names weren't
> available.
> --
> Mike Nolan
>
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