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<blockquote data-quote="takethepoints" data-source="post: 319245" data-attributes="member: 265"><p>From little roots great things grow.</p><p></p><p>I went to Sewanee - the University of the South - for my undergrad degree. We had two members in the College Football Hall of Fame: Henry Disbrow Phillips ("The Blond Giant") and Frank Juhan. Phillips was there because of the 1899 season where the Tigers went 12 - 0. No surprise: he was 6'4", 240lbs. in a football world of 5'9" 180lb players. Fun fact = they both ended up as Anglican bishops, a distinction never met by another school.</p><p></p><p>I was lucky enough to be at Sewanee before Bishop Juhan died. He made it to the Hall because he was the first linebacker. He told me about that once. Quote the Bishop: "We were playing Vandy and I was at defensive end. I was getting tired of being in a four-point stance and decided I'd get up and stand where I was. I suddenly realized that I could see what was going on in their backfield and moved to the center of the field so I could see better. I made the next three tackles and started to move back to my old position when the coach yelled at me to get back to where I had been playing. I stayed there." </p><p></p><p>Some people say Germany Schultz was the first LB. I say: bushwah. It was the Bishop, who steadfastly maintained that he did it in 1907, a year before Schultz. I'll stick with that. Shows how much sheer chance can play a role in football, however.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takethepoints, post: 319245, member: 265"] From little roots great things grow. I went to Sewanee - the University of the South - for my undergrad degree. We had two members in the College Football Hall of Fame: Henry Disbrow Phillips ("The Blond Giant") and Frank Juhan. Phillips was there because of the 1899 season where the Tigers went 12 - 0. No surprise: he was 6'4", 240lbs. in a football world of 5'9" 180lb players. Fun fact = they both ended up as Anglican bishops, a distinction never met by another school. I was lucky enough to be at Sewanee before Bishop Juhan died. He made it to the Hall because he was the first linebacker. He told me about that once. Quote the Bishop: "We were playing Vandy and I was at defensive end. I was getting tired of being in a four-point stance and decided I'd get up and stand where I was. I suddenly realized that I could see what was going on in their backfield and moved to the center of the field so I could see better. I made the next three tackles and started to move back to my old position when the coach yelled at me to get back to where I had been playing. I stayed there." Some people say Germany Schultz was the first LB. I say: bushwah. It was the Bishop, who steadfastly maintained that he did it in 1907, a year before Schultz. I'll stick with that. Shows how much sheer chance can play a role in football, however. [/QUOTE]
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