BG gets props on ESPN

Kaleena08 · Post by **Kaleena08** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:34 pm

College football live was doing a segment where viewers send questions and someone asked if BG would beat Boston College this weekend. One of the guys said that we were a pretty good team and mentioned how we beat Minn. and hung tough with MSU. He said he thought we could pull off the upset, especially after last weekend. Nice seeing someone giving us some good words on national TV.

98_BG_GRAD · Post by **98_BG_GRAD** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:54 pm

It was Jesse Palmer, former Florida QB, played for the Giants in the NFL, but is probably best known for his time on 'The Bachelor'.

falconfan1999 · Post by **falconfan1999** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:02 pm

well, automatically, ,he seems to be one of the most intelligent analysts on ESPN!

NY-BG-FAN · Post by **NY-BG-FAN** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:19 pm

Jesse Palmer is the man. Despite his inexperience as an analyst, and his brief absence from the college game to dabble in NFL clip-board holding and The Bachelor, he really knows college football in and out. Definitely better than a handful of other studio personalites ESPN has. And he's fairly articulate and I can understand everything he says unlike some others.(Lou Holtz.) The fact he could intelligently comment on a "mid-major" and actually name a team we've beaten shows he's pays attention a little harder than just focusing only on the big six conferences. I already liked him whether he was high on BG or not, but now I really like him. It's just nice to see a guy who played for a big time program not schoff at a question about a MAC school. (Paging Robert Smith.)

bobio · Post by **bobio** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:37 pm

Robert Smith didn't have the guts or desire to make an impact in the NFL. He also doesn't have the smarts to comment intelligently on college games. Not sure how he got a job with ESPN. He really has nothing to offer. He will probably take a little heat for his opinions and quit broadcasting like he did football. No guts in that guy.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:57 pm

bobio wrote:Robert Smith didn't have the guts or desire to make an impact in the NFL. He also doesn't have the smarts to comment intelligently on college games. Not sure how he got a job with ESPN. He really has nothing to offer. He will probably take a little heat for his opinions and quit broadcasting like he did football. No guts in that guy.

I agree he's a terrible analyst, but he was a good NFL back when he was healthy. I suppose you could be implying that he played so few games because he couldn't handle pain, but I don't know. The guy averaged 4.8 yards per carry in his career and played in a couple pro bowls.

I never begrudge players for calling it quits in the game at an early age. Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, and Tiki Barber all stepped away with a lot of yards left in their legs as well. NFL RBs take a serious pounding and the guys that play 15 years oftentimes cannot walk by the time they're 50. I don't think Robert Smith was a true football player in that he wanted to win at all costs...he saw it more as a business opportunity. He went in, got some serious cash, and left. But to say he didn't make an impact is pretty false...he was very good when he was on the field.

dstubb · Post by **dstubb** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:37 am

bobio wrote:Robert Smith didn't have the guts or desire to make an impact in the NFL. He also doesn't have the smarts to comment intelligently on college games. Not sure how he got a job with ESPN. He really has nothing to offer. He will probably take a little heat for his opinions and quit broadcasting like he did football. No guts in that guy.

As I recall Robert Smith criticized John Cooper for not supporting his pre-med academics. Now I'm no Buckeye (far from it) but you have to admire a college football player who went to school to learn something, too. I think Jim Harbaugh recently made similar remarks about the priority of academics in the big-time football programs.

hammb · Post by **hammb** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:43 am

dstubb wrote:
bobio wrote:Robert Smith didn't have the guts or desire to make an impact in the NFL. He also doesn't have the smarts to comment intelligently on college games. Not sure how he got a job with ESPN. He really has nothing to offer. He will probably take a little heat for his opinions and quit broadcasting like he did football. No guts in that guy.
As I recall Robert Smith criticized John Cooper for not supporting his pre-med academics. Now I'm no Buckeye (far from it) but you have to admire a college football player who went to school to learn something, too. I think Jim Harbaugh recently made similar remarks about the priority of academics in the big-time football programs.

He actually sat out his sophomore year to focus on academics. He returned for his Junior season, then left for the NFL. He did go back and finish up his degree, but he ended up with a Business degree (originally he was pre-med).

The guy is definitely very intelligent, there is no doubt of that. However, he definitely is a tool for the BCS conferences with little to no respect for the non-BCS teams.

BGorDeath · Post by **BGorDeath** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:49 am

hammb wrote:
dstubb wrote:
bobio wrote:Robert Smith didn't have the guts or desire to make an impact in the NFL. He also doesn't have the smarts to comment intelligently on college games. Not sure how he got a job with ESPN. He really has nothing to offer. He will probably take a little heat for his opinions and quit broadcasting like he did football. No guts in that guy.
As I recall Robert Smith criticized John Cooper for not supporting his pre-med academics. Now I'm no Buckeye (far from it) but you have to admire a college football player who went to school to learn something, too. I think Jim Harbaugh recently made similar remarks about the priority of academics in the big-time football programs.
He actually sat out his sophomore year to focus on academics. He returned for his Junior season, then left for the NFL. He did go back and finish up his degree, but he ended up with a Business degree (originally he was pre-med).

The guy is definitely very intelligent, there is no doubt of that. However, he definitely is a tool for the BCS conferences with little to no respect for the non-BCS teams.

No, he's just a tool, period.

JoeFalcon · Post by **JoeFalcon** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:07 am

Jesse Palmer is defintely the man.

His dad played at BG and he was responsible for steering fellow Canadian Pat Fleming here a few years ago.

Schadenfreude · Post by **Schadenfreude** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:09 am

JoeFalcon wrote:Jesse Palmer is defintely the man.

His dad played at BG and he was responsible for steering fellow Canadian Pat Fleming here a few years ago.

Wow. I don't know that. Tell us more.

tiznow · Post by **tiznow** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:24 am

In the late 90's early 00's didn't BG have 6 Canadians on the roster?

JoeFalcon · Post by **JoeFalcon** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:54 am

Schadenfreude wrote:
JoeFalcon wrote:Jesse Palmer is defintely the man.

His dad played at BG and he was responsible for steering fellow Canadian Pat Fleming here a few years ago.
Wow. I don't know that. Tell us more.

Yeah, I heard it a few years ago from a player.

Jesse's dad Bill played linebacker at BG. Pat had expressed an interest about playing football and getting a scholarship in the United States and Jesse suggested he check out BG because he had heard positive things from his father. I don't remeber how the initial connection between the two was made.

jpfalcon09 · Post by **jpfalcon09** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 11:14 am

Well Jesse Palmer just became my favorite ESPN analyst!

JoeFalcon · Post by **JoeFalcon** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:06 pm

tiznow wrote:In the late 90's early 00's didn't BG have 6 Canadians on the roster?

Something like that. I remember at least 3: Fleming, Suishan and a TE named Jason Van Damm. Blackney thought the recruiting in Ohio was getting congested and wanted to venture into a different territory. The northern recruiting migration stopped when Meyer and Co. got here.