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

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George on College Football Hall of Fame ballot
Posted on March 7, 2011 by JOE BIDDLE, The Tennessean

Former Titans running back Eddie George is one of 79 players on the ballot for induction to the College Football Hall of Fame this year. The class will be announced on Dec. 6.

George played for Ohio State from 1992-95 and won the Heisman Trophy. The Houston Oilers selected him in the first round (14th overall) of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played eight seasons for the Oilers and Titans and is the franchise?s all-time leading rusher.
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http://blogs.tennessean.com/titans/2011/03/07/george-on-college-football-hall-of-fame-ballot/
 
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Energetic George talks about career, life
Apr. 16, 2011
By Matt Vines
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KENNETH CUMMINGS / The Jackson Sun / Former Tennessee Titans running back Eddie George

Former Tennessee Titans running back Eddie George said he went through a deep depression after leaving football, a game in which he was immersed nearly his entire life.

George said some former players cope with drugs or let the bitterness ruin their marriage or other parts of their lives.

George said he filled that void with God.

That was the last of his three crossroads in life he spoke about to a crowd of about 500 at Freed-Hardeman's Sports Advisory Council Benefit Dinner held in the school's gymnasium.

George even spoke of deceased former teammate Steve McNair, saying he understood McNair's actions before his death because McNair was filling the void left by football.

George, a four-time Pro Bowl selection with 10,441 career rushing yards, was forced to leave his beloved Tennessee Titans for the Dallas Cowboys, where his career quickly ended.

"I was a 30-year-old running back, and the business side of the game came into effect and I landed in Dallas," George said in his speech. "It broke my heart in half to leave the Titans, an organization I helped build from the ground up.

"I was on the second team running a goal line play in practice, and I was off in la-la land because I was a former Heisman Trophy winner and Pro Bowl selection. I ran the wrong the way, and (coach) Bill Parcells told me to get out of here."

Instead of resurrecting his pro football career, George eventually went back to school, getting his master's degree in business administration from Northwestern University.

George is now involved in multiple business ventures and is an active speaker, residing in Nashville with his wife and two sons.

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http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/2...orge-talks-about-career-life?odyssey=nav|head
 
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Former Buckeye Eddie George on Jim Tressel: ?If it were anybody other than Tressel, he?d be fired?
Media Gossip/Musings TheBigLead
April 28th. 2011

Eddie George starred at The Ohio State University in the mid-1990s, and left the school as the Buckeyes? 2nd leading rusher. George went on to a prolific NFL career with the Houston Oilers / Tennessee Oilers / Tennessee Titans. I spoke with him briefly today about embattled Ohio State coach Jim Tressel, who the NCAA is currently investigating.

Q: What is your reaction to all of the allegations against Ohio State coach Jim Tressel?

George: It?s disheartening. But given the nature of the NCAA and what?s going on around all the schools as a whole, it?s not surprising. It?s disappointing that the leader we have, Jim Tressel, preaches integrity, teamwork, and ethics, and those very things he preaches, he?s being [accused of].

Q: Another highly visible former Buckeye, ESPN?s Kirk Herbstreit, said this week if your old coach, John Cooper, had been in the position Tressel is currently in, he?d be fired. Do you agree?

George: I agree. If it were anybody other than Tressel, he?d be fired. If he hadn?t been winning, he?d be fired. I don?t think any school would tolerate that. It doesn?t look good. There?s been some wrongdoing, he had the information and he didn?t report it ? we?ll have to see what the penalty is.

Q: Have you talked to other former Ohio State players about the situation? What is their reaction?

George: Everybody?s shocked. We all thought the program was being well run. You never assume that everything is all clean and all good. The powers that be will handle it accordingly.
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http://thebiglead.com/index.php/201...than-tressel-hed-be-fired/?sources=topbuttons
 
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I am a Big Eddie George fan.

With that being said, he needs to shut his fucking mouth. What he says here does not help ANYONE in any shape or form.

Also, I did not know that Eddie George has gone through life without making a single freaking mistake. What a perfect human being.

I am getting sick of these Cooper guys running their mouths. Just because you guys choked every year when it came to the best rivalry in sports, does not mean you need to badmouth someone that doesnt.
 
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scarletngrey11;1914752; said:
I am a Big Eddie George fan.

With that being said, he needs to shut his fucking mouth. What he says here does not help ANYONE in any shape or form.

Also, I did not know that Eddie George has gone through life without making a single freaking mistake. What a perfect human being.

I am getting sick of these Cooper guys running their mouths. Just because you guys choked every year when it came to the best rivalry in sports, does not mean you need to badmouth someone that doesnt.
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Cause during the Coop years it was all about integrity (eyes roll)
 
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I don't get the outrage. Does anyone think that Coop wouldn't have been shitcanned immediately? The beating Michigan comments are exactly his point. The guys that actually knew and played for Coop thought that he was just as wonderful of a person as Jim Tressel. Therefore, beating Michigan and winning a National Championship is the biggest difference between the two coaches.

I just don't see anything controversial in his statement, other than parroting Herbstreit...which is, undoubtedly, the worst thing that you can do to a Buckeye fan.
 
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IronBuckI;1914781; said:
I don't get the outrage. Does anyone think that Coop wouldn't have been shitcanned immediately? The beating Michigan comments are exactly his point. The guys that actually knew and played for Coop thought that he was just as wonderful of a person as Jim Tressel. Therefore, beating Michigan and winning a National Championship is the biggest difference between the two coaches.

I just don't see anything controversial in his statement, other than parroting Herbstreit...which is, undoubtedly, the worst thing that you can do to a Buckeye fan.
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He won a Heisman, he has a lot more credibility than some one year fake-bake ESPN name-namer who cried his way out of town while telling everyone he is more of a Buckeye than anyone else with a degree from the school. So yeah, parroting the guy isn't good, but I agree, I don't see the outrage here. If Tressel was coming off of 2 seasons like 2004 and was 3-6 agains Michigan, he would be gone right now...does anyone really dispute that?
 
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IronBuckI;1914781; said:
I just don't see anything controversial in his statement....
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Exactly. He was just answering the questions.

I will say this, though... I do think that coaches who don't win generally, are going to have shorter leashes... but, really, despite the losses to Michigan, if we go back and think about it the Cooper Era got out of hand in a big hurry... pre '93 was rebuild... and... 93-98, it would have been difficult to get rid of him... then things got out of hand in a hurry, and well, he did get fired for not winning... had he started '98 with the same kind of thing and we were sitting here in early '99 with the same circumstances, maybe he doesn't get canned. Who knows?
 
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scarletngrey11;1914752; said:
I am a Big Eddie George fan.

With that being said, he needs to shut his [censored]ing mouth. What he says here does not help ANYONE in any shape or form.

Also, I did not know that Eddie George has gone through life without making a single freaking mistake. What a perfect human being.

I am getting sick of these Cooper guys running their mouths. Just because you guys choked every year when it came to the best rivalry in sports, does not mean you need to badmouth someone that doesnt.
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I don't see anything wrong with what he said?
 
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IronBuckI;1914781; said:
I don't get the outrage. Does anyone think that Coop wouldn't have been [Mark May]canned immediately? The beating Michigan comments are exactly his point. The guys that actually knew and played for Coop thought that he was just as wonderful of a person as Jim Tressel. Therefore, beating Michigan and winning a National Championship is the biggest difference between the two coaches.

I just don't see anything controversial in his statement, other than parroting Herbstreit...which is, undoubtedly, the worst thing that you can do to a Buckeye fan.
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Two different perspectives. :lol: Cooper sucked balls every time it mattered most, so he would have (and did get) shit canned.
 
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