ChickenMan
August 26th, 2007, 03:29 PM
Flacco could surpass former Hen QB stars
size, strong arm impress NFL scouts; winning will satisfy fans
NEWARK -- Tubby Raymond, in just his fourth year as University of Delaware football coach in 1969, wondered if he'd ever see a better quarterback in a Blue Hen uniform.
His second-year starter, senior Tom DiMuzio, had thrown for 2,179 yards and 24 touchdowns to spark Delaware to a 9-2 season, the most wins in its already successful history. No Hens QB had ever surpassed 1,495 yards and 12 TDs in a season.
"I was so depressed when DiMuzio left," Raymond said recently while watching the 2007 team scrimmage on the field bearing his name. "I told my wife [Sue], 'We just had the best quarterback we're ever going to have. We're never going to have another one like him." "She laughed at me and, of course ... "
A succession of stellar quarterbacks would follow DiMuzio, including three -- Jeff Komlo, Scott Brunner and Rich Gannon -- who would start in the National Football League.
As Delaware's 2007 opener looms Thursday night at William & Mary, another stands ready to join that pantheon of quarterbacks
I have to agree.. I've seen them all and Joe Flacco may be the best pure passer ever to play at UD. I expect very big things from Mr Flacco in '07.
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070826/SPORTS07/708260410/1002/SPORTS&GID=vS+MoLbi6/TiuZCUhsldHQkgUWaUqj1rEp7F5nY6crM%3D
size, strong arm impress NFL scouts; winning will satisfy fans
NEWARK -- Tubby Raymond, in just his fourth year as University of Delaware football coach in 1969, wondered if he'd ever see a better quarterback in a Blue Hen uniform.
His second-year starter, senior Tom DiMuzio, had thrown for 2,179 yards and 24 touchdowns to spark Delaware to a 9-2 season, the most wins in its already successful history. No Hens QB had ever surpassed 1,495 yards and 12 TDs in a season.
"I was so depressed when DiMuzio left," Raymond said recently while watching the 2007 team scrimmage on the field bearing his name. "I told my wife [Sue], 'We just had the best quarterback we're ever going to have. We're never going to have another one like him." "She laughed at me and, of course ... "
A succession of stellar quarterbacks would follow DiMuzio, including three -- Jeff Komlo, Scott Brunner and Rich Gannon -- who would start in the National Football League.
As Delaware's 2007 opener looms Thursday night at William & Mary, another stands ready to join that pantheon of quarterbacks
I have to agree.. I've seen them all and Joe Flacco may be the best pure passer ever to play at UD. I expect very big things from Mr Flacco in '07.
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070826/SPORTS07/708260410/1002/SPORTS&GID=vS+MoLbi6/TiuZCUhsldHQkgUWaUqj1rEp7F5nY6crM%3D