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RB Eddie George - (1995 Heisman winner, CFB HOF, 4x Pro Bowl, HC Tenn St)

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Eddie George in Tostitos Promo

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Former NFL rookie of the year Eddie George will be the celebrity judge for Tostitos' promotional contest titled "Beat My Tailgate".
The contest invites consumers to submit their tailgate stories online. George, along with a panel of judges, will select five finalists based on creativity, team pride, theme and presentation. The winner will receive a VIP tailgating experience and a trip to the 38th annual Tostitos Fiesta Bowl.
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McNair, George, Wycheck added to Titans Ring of Honor

By Jim Wyatt THE TENNESSEAN October 22, 2008

The Titans plan to add three former stars to the team's "Ring of Honor" at halftime of the Monday Night Football game against the Colts, according to sources familiar with the situation.

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George holds the franchise record for career rushing yards (10,009) and touchdowns (74), while playing from 1996-2003.
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Eddie George's Wife Vies For $1 Million On Survivor



Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:10 PM





NASHVILLE, Tenn. ? A contestant on the latest installment of Survivor will likely have a strong following in central Ohio. Taj Johnson-George is one of 16 contestants vying to win $1 million in the show's 16th season that was scheduled to premiere on Thursday night.
Johnson-George has been in the spotlight before as part of the Grammy-nominated R&B group, SWV. Now she is taking center stage in Survivor: Tocantins - The Brazilian Highlands, 10TV's Andrea Cambern reported.
"I wasn't going to be eating any bugs," Johnson-George said. "I'm not eating any baby embryos. I'm just not doing that!"
In addition to the legions of music fans she has across the U.S., Johnson-George, 37, is the spouse of a favorite son, former Ohio State Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George.
The show's producers went looking for a current or former NFL player's wife to try to outwit, outplay and outlast all the others and Johnson-George said she was game, Cambern reported.
"I think they were looking for someone posh, prissy, (and) comfortable in her posh setting - not being comfortable being out in the woods - they got me, the tomboy from Brooklyn," Johnson-George said.
She said that she had never seen a single episode of the original reality show.
"I had to watch them back-to-back-to-back and I thought, 'What am I getting myself into?'" Johnson-George said.
Eddie George said that he never had any doubt that his wife had what it takes to compete.
"That's what I love about her," George said. "She's so independent. She has dreams, goals that she wants to fulfill."
Learning to swim was at the top of Johnson-George's to-do list.
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Dan McGrath commentary: Eddie George moving nicely into Big Ten Network gig
'95 Heisman winner a good fit as host on Big Ten Network
Dan McGrath Commentary
March 1, 2009

Eddie George was known as a sharp individual during his playing days, thoughtful and self-aware, so a postcareer transition to broadcasting seemed sensible and inevitable.

Sure enough, he signed on as a football analyst with Fox SportsNet after retiring from the NFL in 2004 and endured a semiregular gig on the network's "Best Damn Sports Show, Period." But weekly dissections of point spreads and playing-field esoterica were less stimulating after so many repetitions, and the frat-boy babble of "Best Damn" often was downright silly.

George was seeking something more substantive and was intrigued when the Big Ten Network approached him about being host for "The Big Ten Quad," a talk show designed to go unconventionally deep with past, present and future conference newsmakers. The first edition is scheduled to air March 13 during the Big Ten tournament.

Mike Feller, BTN's vice president for programming, has high hopes for the show, envisioning it as a window revealing the real people behind Big Ten sports figures.

He has equally high hopes for the host.; George might lack the interviewing chops of, say, Bob Costas, but he has stature and name recognition as a 1995 Heisman Trophy winner and an inquisitive, engaging manner that had panelists Gene Keady, Pat Fitzgerald and Ron Dayne at ease and talking candidly during a recent taping of the debut show before a live audience at Northwestern.
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Dan McGrath commentary: Eddie George moving nicely into Big Ten Network gig -- chicagotribune.com
 
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Some guests on the "Big Ten Quad" show with Eddie on the BTN: Bike Hart and Desmond Howard.

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BTN: Get Ready for Eddie

New series "The Big Ten Quad" with Eddie George at 11 p.m. ET on March 13 right after the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament quarterfinals.

The Big Ten Network will debut a new series, ""The Big Ten Quad,"" with Eddie George at 11 PM ET on Friday, March 13, immediately following the Big Ten Men's Basketball Tournament Quarterfinals.

In each episode of the eight-week series, George, the Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL running back, hosts three Big Ten personalities in an open forum taped in front of a live studio audience at Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. New episodes will air at 9 PM ET on Mondays, beginning March 23, and will re-air throughout the week.

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A partial list of this season's guests includes:

Bret Bielema, current Wisconsin head football coach and former University of Iowa defensive lineman

Michael Redd, former Ohio State guard and member of the Buckeyes' 2000 Final Four team, a 2004 NBA All-Star and 2008 Olympic gold medalist

Quinn Buckner, former Indiana basketball player, member of the Hoosiers' 1976 National Championship team, 1976 Olympic gold medalist and member of the Boston Celtics' 1984 NBA Championship team

Ron Dayne, former Wisconsin running back, 1999 Heisman Trophy winner, NCAA career rushing record-holder and member of the New York Giants' Super Bowl XXXV team

Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern head football coach, former Wildcat linebacker, two-time winner of the Chuck Bednarik and Bronko Nagurski awards and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame

Jeff George, former Illinois quarterback and first overall pick of the 1990 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts and a 15-year NFL veteran

Gene Keady, former Purdue basketball coach, seven-time Big Ten Coach of the Year, former NBA and U.S. Olympic Team assistant coach and Big Ten Network basketball analyst

Mike Hart, Michigan's all-time leading rusher, two-time Doak Walker Award finalist and three-time All-Big Ten selection

Desmond Howard, former Michigan wide receiver, 1991 Heisman Trophy winner and Super Bowl XXXI MVP

Roy Marble, Iowa's all-time leader in points and steals and first round 1989 NBA draft pick
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