Players, Coaches and other Dignitaries who provided commentary

Transcription

1 Players, Coaches and other Dignitaries who provided commentary legendsofthepalouse.com ABC Sports NY Jets Erik Coleman ABC s Keith Jackson Drew Bledsoe: First Team All-America as a junior in First overall pick in 1993 draft. Youngest player to ever play in the Pro Bowl at age 22 in Four-time Pro Bowl pick. Top 10 all-time for NFL passing yardage. Erik Coleman: Stellar DB and team captain who starred for the Cougs during their three ten-win seasons in the early 2000 s. Started at safety as a rookie for the division winning New York Jets in Colin Cowherd: Host of ESPN s national radio show The Herd. Steve Gleason: Three-year starter at LB for the Cougs in the late 1990 s. Special teams captain for the New Orleans Saints. Bob Griese: QB of the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins. NFL Hall of Famer. Goes on camera to talk about broadcasting the 1998 Rose Bowl with Keith Jackson. (Bob s son, Brian was the QB for the Michigan team that played the Cougars in that game.) Keith Jackson: ABC s Voice of College Football. Currently seen in Gatorade TV ads. Mark Rypien: All-Conference QB in Enjoyed a stellar 18-year NFL career. Won Super Bowl MVP honors in Jack Thompson: First Team All-America QB for the Cougars in Played for the Bengals and Buccaneers in the NFL. One of only two Cougars to have his number retired. Robbie Tobeck: Centered for Drew Bledsoe on 1992 Copper Bowl Champion Team. Made All-Pro at Center for the Seattle Seahawks in Marcus Trufant: First Team All-America and first round draft pick in Starting cornerback for the Seattle Seahawks. Kyle Basler: One of WSU s finest punter s ever finalist for the Ray Guy Award. Defensive MVP of 2003 Holiday Bowl.

2 Detroit Lions Indianapolis Colts Washington State University Pat Beach Gail Cogdill Don Ellingsen Pat Beach: First Team All-America tight end for WSU s Holiday Bowl team in Played eleven years in the NFL, mostly as a starter for the Colts. Troy Bienemann: All-Academic Pac-10 tight end who started in every game he ever played in at WSU and was Team Captain his senior year. John Bohler: Son of Doc Bohler, legendary Cougar Athletic Director for whom WSU s Bohler Gym is named. Bobo Brayton: Legendary baseball coach who lettered in football, baseball and basketball for the Cougars in the 1940 s. Earl Brenneis: Outstanding HB on Babe Hollingbery s teams. Steve Broussard: Second Team All-America RB in Nine-year NFL career. Holds WSU records for most TD s in a career, most rushing attempts in a game and is second only to Rueben Mayes in career net rushing yards with 3,054. Hugh Campbell: Longtime CEO of the Edmonton Eskimo Football Club. Legendary WR who played for the Cougs from and led the nation in receiving. Coached in the NFL and CFL, winning the Grey Cup five straight years in the 1980 s. Gail Cogdill: Speedy, sure-handed end for the Cougs in late 50 s who went on to become NFL Rookie of the Year in 1960 and a four-time Pro Bowl pick. James Darling: All-Conference and Second Team All-America MLB for the Cougs in Longtime starting LB in the NFL. CJ Davis: Caught 63 passes from Drew Bledsoe in Fifth in all-time receptions at WSU. Will Derting: First Team All Pac-10 LB in Bill Doba: Longtime WSU Asst and Head Coach. ESPN.com s Pac-10 Coach of the Year in Drew Dunning: First Team All-America kicker in All-time career points leader at WSU. All-time field goal percentage leader at WSU at.773. Don Ellingsen: All-West Coast end in Member of the WSU Hall of Fame along with his Dad, Tuffy Ellingsen, who played for Babe Hollingbery on the Cougars 1931 Rose Bowl team.

3 Dennis Erickson: Coached WSU s Aloha Bowl Champion team to a 9-3 season in Has one of the highest winning percentages in college football. Has coached the Seahawks and 49ers in the NFL. Carolina Panthers Mark Fields: Two-time NFL Pro Bowl LB. Started for the Carolina Panthers after making inspirational comeback from cancer in Bill Gaskins, Jr: Second Team All-America CB for the Cougars Cardiac Kids in Went on to become a highly regarded Pac-10 referee. Mark Fields Jason Gesser: Arguably the greatest QB to ever play at WSU. Broke Jack Thompson s WSU Career Passing yardage record in 2002 while leading the Cougars to the Rose Bowl. Currently plays in the Arena Football League. Rod Giske: Started both ways in Babe Hollingbery s final season of 1942, a team that still holds many Washington State defensive records. Ken Greene: First Team All-America CB for the Cougars in th player taken in the 1978 NFL Draft. Enjoyed a seven-year NFL career with the Cardinals and Chargers. Currently coaches the defensive backs at Washington State. San Diego Chargers Brian Griese: Longtime NFL QB. MVP of 1998 Rose Bowl vs. WSU. Collin Henderson: Versatile All-Academic Pac-10 player who threw six TD s from his WR position from and also played baseball for the Cougs. Ken Greene Jerry Henderson: WSU QB from Both sons (Collin and Patrick) played at WSU. Buster Hollingbery: Son of legendary coach Babe Hollingbery, the most winning coach in Cougar history. Buster was the center on that 1942 Cougar team that finished Chris Jackson: One of Ryan Leaf s favorite targets on WSU s Rose Bowl team in Arena Football League Offensive Player of the Year in Currently a star for the Georgia Force of the AFL. Washington State University Michel James: Mark Rypien s favorite target at WSU in the mid-1980 s. Also starred in track at WSU. Randall Johnson: Designed the Cougar Head Logo in 1936 and it is still in use by WSU to this day. Signed it over to his alma mater and never made a dime off the logo. Bob Kennedy Bob Kennedy: All America QB who played on the last team Babe Hollingbery ever coached at Washington State in Went on to play professionally for the New York (Football) Yankees.

4 Gary Larsen: Tough-as-nails All-Conference LB for WSU from Started as a sophomore on that great Cougar team of 1972 and is remembered for sacking rival Washington s QB Sonny Sixkiller and then doing a dance around him enroute to a win over the Huskies. Tennesse Titans Keith Lincoln: All Conference running back for the Cougars in the late 1950 s. Went on to have a successful career in the NFL. Member of the San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame. Rien Long Rian Lindell: Kicked a 57-yard field goal in 1997, second longest in WSU history. NFL starter since 2000, currently with the Bills. New Orleans Saints Washington State University Rueben Mayes Bill Moos Rien Long: Outland Trophy Winner and First Team All-America for Cougs in Currently plays DT for the Tennessee Titans. Dan Lynch: First team All-America G who blocked for Rueben Mayes in the early 1980 s. Currently the highly successful CEO of a venture capital firm in Prague. Rueben Mayes: First Team All-America running back 1984 and Voted NFL Rookie of the Year in Ammon McWashington: RB on the 1965 Cougars who became the first team outside the Big Ten to defeat three Western Conference teams on their home fields in one season. Son, Shawn, was a receiver on the Cougars 1998 Rose Bowl team. Les Metzger: Farm boy from Elma who played Tackle for the Cougars in 1942 before WWII caused football to be cancelled at Washington State. Singor Mobley: Starting DB for two winning Cougar bowl teams in the early 1990 s. Former Dallas Cowboy who currently stars at LB for the Edmonton Eskimos. Bill Moos: All-Conference OT who played for the Cougars from and went onto be Athletic Director at the University of Oregon for many years. Chuck Morrell: All-Conference HB in 1958 who became a Hollywood actor in popular films Midway and The Sting. John Olerud, MD: All-America WSU catcher in the mid-1960 s who opted for a career in medicine. Father of ex-mlb star John Olerud. Goes on camera talking about the Cardiac Kids, WSU s football team of 1965 that kept fans on the edge of their seats with close victories.

5 Washington State University Arizona Cardinals Minnesota Vikings Mike Price Timm Rosenbach Raonall Smith Tom Parry: Black Tom was a tackle in 1942, then again in Played in the East-West Shrine Game. Went on to be an outstanding assistant coach at Washington State, and then head coach at Central Washington. Deron Pointer: One of Drew Bledsoe s favorite targets in the early 1990 s. Listed in WSU record book 14 times for kickoff returns and receiving. Mike Price: Head Coach at WSU from National Coach of the Year. Second only to the immortal Babe Hollingbery in most wins for a WSU football coach. Won Scripps First-Year Coach of the Year after taking UTEP to the Houston Bowl in George Reed: CFL s second all-time leading rusher. WSU RB 1959, WSU Hall of Fame. Rod Retherford: Walk-on DB who saw much playing time on that great Holiday Bowl team of 81, and started in 82. Was accidentally shot in the back of the neck by a teammate and played two subsequent years with the bullet still lodged in his neck. Currently does inspirational speaking to teams and corporations. Bob Robertson: Voted Washington Sportscaster of the Year 15 times. Has broadcasted Cougar football since Timm Rosenbach: Current WSU QB coach and former standout QB for the Cougars. Played in the NFL and CFL before coaching. Tom Roth: QB and strong leader of the Cougars famed Cardiac Kids, George Rowswell: Lettered at tackle and kicker at WSU from Still coaching track at North Thurston High School in Olympia in his late 80 s. Samoa Samoa: Outstanding WSU QB in who, according to Coach Walden, May have been about the best athlete we ever had at quarterback. Played for the Cincinnati Bengals in the early 1980 s. Raonall Smith: Cougar LB from Fifth LB taken in the 2002 NFL Draft. Currently plays for the St. Louis Rams. Paul Sorensen: First Team All-America safety on that great Cougar Holiday Bowl team of Bill Steiger: Cougar end in the late 1950 s who was First Team All-America. Made a remarkable comeback after being temporarily paralyzed in a diving accident.

6 Detroit Lions Mike Utley Duke Washington Jim Sweeney: Cougar Head Coach from who went on to become a legend at Fresno State, where the field is named for him. Reverend Junior Tupuola: Outstanding but oft-troubled LB in the early 1980 s who was kicked off two CFL teams for drinking and brawling before a remarkable revival in the 90 s. Currently an ordained minister in Southern California. Mike Utley: Named to six All-America teams in Was enjoying a stellar NFL career with Detroit before a football accident paralyzed him in a 1991 game. He gave a thumbs up to his fans and teammates as he was being wheeled off the field, and this has become his trademark. Currently runs the Mike Utley Foundation, which aims to find a cure for paralysis. Jim Walden: Cougar Head Coach from Responsible for signing superstars like Mark Rypien, Rueben Mayes and Steve Broussard. Currently calls Cougar football games for KXLY/Cougar Sports Radio. Duke Washington: All-Conference FB for the Cougs in First African American ever to play in Texas Memorial Stadium versus University of Texas, where he proceeded to reel off a 73-yard TD run. Jim Whatley: Three-year starter at WR for WSU from Became a folk hero when he prematurely cut off his leg cast before playing the arch-rival Washington. Held the WSU record for most consecutive games with a catch upon graduation. Drafted by the Seahawks. Mark Wicks: Three-year starter at Rover Back for WSU from Mike Wilson: WR for WSU in the late 1970 s. Owns four Super Bowl rings from the 49ers dynasty days. Currently coaches the Arizona Cardinals tight ends. Cory Withrow: Offensive captain on the Cougs 1998 Rose Bowl team. Currently plays center for the San Diego Chargers.