Posted on 12/14/2006 5:43:54 PM PST by MikefromOhio
They always are. It's getting to the point where you can wait until the 2nd round, or even the 3rd, and there'll still be quality RBs available.
I'd like to see what Brohm can do in the NFL, and I'd like to see what Colt Brennan has, too.
Wow, technical difficulties already. Groan.
Arnold Palmer
Every sport has one quintessential player who transforms the game from pastime to art form, a person who attracts public attention by presence alone. In the world of golf, this person is Arnold Palmer. The personable Palmer drew crowds, (eventually dubbed "Arnie's Army"), to the links to watch a sport that had previously been thought to be played exclusively by the elite. His expertise has secured him a place in the World Golf Hall of Fame in Jacksonville, Florida, the PGA Hall of Fame, the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in the North Carolina Museum of History in Raleigh and the American Golf Hall of Fame in Foxburg, Pennsylvania.
Arnold Palmer was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania on September 10, 1929 to Milfred J. "Deacon" and Doris Palmer. "Deacon" Palmer was a golf professional and the course superintendent at the Latrobe Country Club . He passed his passion for the sport to his son. The young Palmer began playing golf with clubs cut down to his size and played in many local tournaments while still in grammar school. During his junior year of high school, Palmer played in his first national competition. While playing in this tournament Palmer met Buddy Worsham, a fellow competitor who convinced Palmer to join him in pursuing his education at Wake Forest College, (now Wake Forest University), in Wake Forest, North Carolina. The two golfers quickly became good friends.
In a championship match in the late 1940s, the Wake Forest golf team failed to qualify for final competition. Ellis Hagler, coach of the Duke University golf team and also a North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame inductee, asked if the Wake Forest squad would like to caddy for the Blue Devils in the finals of the competition. This angered Wake Forest coach and later inductee into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, Jim Weaver, who swore to improve the Wake Forest golf team. Intense work produced three Southern Conference titles for the Wake Forest Squad led by Arnold Palmer and Buddy Worsham.
Tragedy struck in 1950 when Worsham was killed in an auto accident. Arnold Palmer left Wake Forest and joined the Coast Guard, where he served three years, seeing action in the Korean Conflict and continuing to develop his golf skills. After his military service Palmer returned to Wake Forest in 1954 to complete his degree in Business Administration. In that same year Palmer led the Demon Deacons to their first Atlantic Coast Conference golf title. After graduating from Wake Forest Palmer accepted a position as a manufacturer's representative in Cleveland, Ohio. 1954 proved to be the beginning of other great things for Arnold Palmer. He met Winnie Walzer who would become his wife and won his first national golf title, the US Amateur Championship.
With the encouragement of his wife, Palmer became a professional golfer, won the Canadian Open in 1955 and captured television audiences with his aggressive golfing style and pleasant personality. In 1958 Palmer won three championships, including the Masters. Larger numbers of fans were beginning to notice Palmer and "Arnie's Army" was born.
During his long career Palmer won 91 tournaments. Half of these victories would come between 1960 and 1963. Sixty-one of Palmer's wins came on the PGA tour. "Arnie's Army" saw its leader victorious at the Masters in 1958, 1960, 1962 and 1964. Palmer won the US Open in 1960 and the British Open in 1961 and 1962. In later years, Palmer would win eleven tournaments on the Senior Tour. Palmer was named PGA Player of the Year twice, Associate Press Athlete of the Decade for the 1960s, 1960 Hickok Athlete of the Year, Sportsman of the Year in 1960 by Sports Illustrated and Golfer of the Century by the New York Athletic Club.
Today Palmer owns or manages several golf courses through his company Arnold Palmer Enterprises and is also an experienced pilot. His Palmer Course Design Company has designed over 200 golf courses while his Arnold Palmer Golf Academy is well known in the golfing world. He also gives much time to charity work and served as Honorary National Chairman of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation for 20 years. Arnold and Winnie Palmer have two daughters and five grandchildren.
Sorry, but all these sporting events have way worn out the Weekend at Ali's schtick. Give it a rest, it is like a "See the Bearded Lady" exhibit now.
Hugs - to you -for that info about Arnie! THE greatest !!!
2007 is looking to be a bit more than that though...
Slaton
The guy at Cal
Ian Johnson
The Texas guy :)
Mike Hart
DeShawn Winn
All of these guys would be 1st rounders any other year....
ooops my bad, 1984.
Bottom line, can't argue with you there...my original statement was a bit of bombast...
My god Ali looked horrible. I did not realize how badly he had deteriorated. He was bad at the 96 olympics, but he still looked like himself, I would not have known that was Ali if they had not said so.
Bad start for WF. That kick was going out of bounds.
If B.Jax for Nebraska plays all year for Nebraska he will be a top get too, baseballs for calfs.
Total bonehead play. Take the loss -- don't lose 10 more.
Wow. Big play by Skinner.
So was mine...lol. Of course its hard for a Nebraska fan to want a losing effort to be so great, but I just watched on ESPN classic and remember how I felt that day.
Whew!!!!! First down!! GReat pass!!!! Go Deacs!
We'll see. But some RBs will definitely go in round 1. For example, I can see the Jets trading up to get Adrian Peterson, or hoping that Marshawn Lynch falls to them.
Ummmmm, WF needs to learn to actually run forward.
Looks like Louisville has studied the films of Wake well - stopping these misdirection plays.....oh well....now we'll see how Wake can stop the Cardinals......eek.
That's his name....
Lynch is a sophomore I think....
I'm still reeling from last nights excitement....WF is the underdog in this one, right?
10 point underdog. That's a lot, and I don't really expect two Cinderella stories on consecutive nights.
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