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Keron Henry
Matt Nuzie
Caulley
Donald Brown
Andre Dixon
Dan Orlovsky
Lutrus
Bryant Shirreffs
Tommy Myers
Alfred Fincher
 
Wow I love some of the names I'm seeing. Nuzie made two lists?!? And Keron Henry! Man, that's a blast from the past. Here's mine and many are interchangeable...

1. Dan Orlovsky
2. Alfred Fincher
3. Terry Caulley
4. Jordan Todman
5. Donald Brown
6. Sio Moore
7. Larry Taylor
8. Lawrence Wilson
9. Dave Teggart
10. Tyler King

DJ Hernandez almost made the list. That Pitt OT game where he threw the ball out of the stadium is one of my favorite memories at the Rent. It's up there with our first night game against Pitt and causing Placko to have delay of games. I've come to realize a lot of my favorite Rent memories are against Pitt. Man I hated them.
 
UCFBfan said:
Wow I love some of the names I'm seeing. Nuzie made two lists?!? And Keron Henry! Man, that's a blast from the past. Here's mine and many are interchangeable...

1. Dan Orlovsky
2. Alfred Fincher
3. Terry Caulley
4. Jordan Todman
5. Donald Brown
6. Sio Moore
7. Larry Taylor
8. Lawrence Wilson
9. Dave Teggart
10. Tyler King

DJ Hernandez almost made the list. That Pitt OT game where he threw the ball out of the stadium is one of my favorite memories at the Rent. It's up there with our first night game against Pitt and causing Placko to have delay of games. I've come to realize a lot of my favorite Rent memories are against Pitt. Man I hated them.
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I forgot Larry Taylor! I'd replace Fincher with Taylor. As for having Nuzie, the list says favorite, not best!! I remember as a kid watching Nuzie come into a close game to hit like a 30 yard field goal and every last person in the Rent would be holding their breath. People would be shouting, "Not Nuzie!!!" It was always a roller coaster ride. But that made it fun for me and I was really rooting for him. By the end of his career, he became a decent kicker.
 
1 Gene Campbell
2 Vinny Clements
3 Rick Robustelli
4 Eric Torkelson
5 D.J. Hernandez
6 "Touchdown" Donald Brown (from Vince Lombardi's hometown)
7 Dan Orlovsky
8 Dan Murray
9 Andre Dixon
10 Danny Lansanah

Honorable mention: Larry Taylor, Anthony Sherman, Scott Lutrus, Alfred Fincher, Nick Giaquinto, Dave Teggart, Jordan Todman, Terry Caulley, Bernie Palmer, Ryan Griffin.
 
already named my 10 but wanted to drop 'Bama Wilson's name in this thread - cheating, I know....
 
WingU-Conn said:
In no particular order:
Howard
Fincher
Orlovsky
Osunde
Davis
"Khaleef" Moore
Branch
Caulley
Brown
Todman
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Khaleef made so many catches at big moments.

Fincher is a great choice - gotta have Donald and Dixon.

I loved watching Larry Taylor and Nick Williams change a game with a return.

Davis had the most unexpected breakout season ever. Lutrus had most unexpected breakout spring game.

Butler playing lock-down D and catching passes?

Tyler Lorenzen. Yeah. I just liked his toughness.
 
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sdhusky said:
Khaleef made so many catches at big moments.

Fincher is a great choice - gotta have Donald and Dixon.

I loved watching Larry Taylor and Nick Williams change a game with a return.

Davis had the most unexpected breakout season ever. Lutrus had most unexpected breakout spring game.

Butler playing lock-down D and catching passes?

Tyler Lorenzen. Yeah. I just liked his toughness.
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Taylor, Butler, Dixon, and DJ Hernandez (speaking of toughness) all belong on my list too.
 
All-Time Personal Favorites:
(*I admit I wasn't a fan until they began moving toward D1/FBS. Plus, I'm a borderline Millenial, so I'm relatively too young to remember the 80s/90s teams.)

1.) Marcus Easley
2.) Dan Orlovsky
3.) Donald Brown
4.) Andre Dixon
5.) Darius Butler
6.) Jordan Todman
7.) Alfred Fincher
8.) Jasper Howard
9.) Greg Lloyd
10.) Terry Caulley

Honorable Mentions:
11.) Tyvon Branch
12.) Nick Williams
13.) Scott Lutrus
14.) D.J. Hernandez
15.) Robbie Frey
16.) Anthony Sherman

Present Favorites:
Luke Carrezola
Jamar Summers
 
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uconnphil2016 said:
I forgot Larry Taylor! I'd replace Fincher with Taylor. As for having Nuzie, the list says favorite, not best!! I remember as a kid watching Nuzie come into a close game to hit like a 30 yard field goal and every last person in the Rent would be holding their breath. People would be shouting, "Not Nuzie!!!" It was always a roller coaster ride. But that made it fun for me and I was really rooting for him. By the end of his career, he became a decent kicker.
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Good point and yeah, every time Nuzie came in we used to put our hands in the air like foul shots at basketball games but we'd have our fingers crossed in the air!
 
sub legacy said:
All-Time Personal Favorites:
(*I admit I wasn't a fan until they began moving toward D1/FBS. Plus, I'm a borderline Millenial, so I'm relatively too young to remember the 80s/90s teams.)

1.) Marcus Easley
2.) Dan Orlovsky
3.) Donald Brown
4.) Andre Dixon
5.) Darius Butler
6.) Jordan Todman
7.) Alfred Fincher
8.) Jasper Howard
9.) Greg Lloyd
10.) Terry Caulley

Honorable Mentions:
11.) Tyvon Branch
12.) Nick Williams
13.) Scott Lutrus
14.) D.J. Hernandez
15.) Robbie Frey
16.) Anthony Sherman

Present Favorites:
Luke Carrezola
Jamar Summers
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Frey and Williams are just on the outside of my list. Good call though! Almost added them but there are too many great players above them. Lutrus was great too.
 
Kashief Moore: For those big catches (uSC, ND)
Andre Dixon: The hair, the bound, the toughness, big back but also shifty. And ND game anyone, unstoppable)
The Sherminator: Gym Rat. Great leader. Student of the game.
Jazz: Memorialized, Swift, long, keen instincts. Play every play like its your last.
Dave Teggart: The KICK! Greatest UCONN kicker ever.
Trevardo Williams: SPEED off the edge. Straight hunted down QB's from the blindsind.
Dan Orlovsky: The Best ever. Put Uconn on the map. Numbers on Numbers. The arm. The career in the NFL. The great UCONN Figurehead.
Nick Williams: Again SPEED. Quickness. Creativity. Our Wes Welker.
Danny Lansanah: Best LB. Never gave up on his career. Still battling to be in the NFL. Great Uconn ambassador. Sideline to sideline guy in his prime.
Donald Brown: The moves. The shifty feet and unwillingness to go down. The commitment to strength and conditioning. That stiff arm tho.
Dan Davis: Straight enforcer right here. One bad ass dude. Born Leader. Would love to see the ESPN tape of him giving speech in locker room "In it for 60 minutes" as he pounds his chest and then they sing the fight song.

Did I put 11? oh well, not taking one off.


Oh and Larry Taylor: Invented the fake fair catch. Awesome. screw you ville. That guy was fun to watch return kicks.


WO Nomination: Alex Molina
 
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Top 10 no order

Dan O
Finch
Mo Lloyd
Tyler King
Danny Lansanah
Terry Caulley
Sherman
Darius Butler
Donald Brown
Jazz

others- Ryan Krug, Keron Henry, Shaun Feldeisen, Sean Mulcahy, Uyi Osunde, DJ, Lorenzen, Todman, Dixon, Reyes, Teggert, Nick Williams
 
What a great thread:

10. Zach Hurd
9. Deon McPhee
8. Will Beatty
7. John Dorsey
6. Larry Corn
5. Sean Feldheisen
4. Kendall Reyes
3. Danny Orlovsky
2. Darius Butler
1. Terry Caulley
 
I really, really want to do a list here, but I'm having a hard time figuring out what criteria I use to limit it to ten. Maybe over the long weekend ....
 
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We need a top 10 most frustrating UConn players of all time...now THAT would be a hard list to limit to just ten :rolleyes:
 
History Geek said:
Larry Corn. That's a blast from the past.
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He won a game in the rain against New Hampshire on the last play where he did a 360 flip into the end zone while being hit at the goal line. I sat in the rain that whole game and the way Corn sacrificed his body for the win made him an all time fave for me!!
 
History Geek said:
I'm pretty sure it was 1983.
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Some great wins in the weather against UNH. 91 I believe in snow in mid-september. 97? - again snow early in the year where UConn won after UNH didn't get the snap off for the winning field goal in time. They made it but was after the gun.
 
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I don't know if he would make the top 10 for me, but I was always a huge fan of Justin Perkins. He was not blazing fast for a CB, but he had cojones and would make some plays that less ballsy corners would play it safe.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
I don't know if he would make the top 10 for me, but I was always a huge fan of Justin Perkins. He was not blazing fast for a CB, but he had cojones and would make some plays that less ballsy corners would play it safe.
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Blew out his knee and came back just as strong. Good call
 
Much younger fan than all of you it seems, so pardon my ignorance on older players....

1. Todman- First UConn player I think I ever knew by name, made us fun to watch.
2. Dan O- Just for what he did for UConn.
3. Sio- Just a beast
4. Smallwood- Probably our best Middle Line Backer I've had the pleasure of watching, thought he would be a good NFL linebacker and major draft steal.
5. Trevardo Williams- His speed rushing/first step was incredibly fun to watch. Reminds me of a lesser version of a top NFL draft prospect from Alabama this year, Tim Williams.
6. Jasper- RIP
7. Blidi- Thought he would be a starting CB in the NFL for years. He was so underrated.
8. Sherman- Another of the first players I knew by name, cleared holes for my boy.
9. Beatty- Played for my Giants, and my Huskies.
10. Geremy Davis- Would have been a legend here if he had better QBs, also plays for the giants
 
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