Happy Birthday Charlie Ward!! The only Heisman Trophy Winner to also lace em up in the NBA.
Florida State Seminoles
Trick Plays - The Puntrooskie
Before he was leaping in Lambeau for the Green Bay Packers, Leroy Butler is most well known in Florida State lore for a trick play he was a part of back in 1988 on a sloppy field in September. The 10th ranked Seminoles were at Memorial Stadium aka ‘Death Valley’ taking on the 3rd ranked Clemson Tigers. It was the first game in Death Valley history where the Tigers & their opponent were both ranked in the top ten. With the score 21-21 & just 1:33 left in the game, Coach Bobby Bowden dug deep into his playbook and pulled out the aptly titled ‘Puntrooskie.’ A top secret play the Noles had been working on. Backed up at their own 21 yard line, facing a 4th & 4, FSU lined up to punt it away. Wink wink. Instead, the ball was snapped to upback Dayne Williams who then took a step forward and handed the ball off between Leroy Butler’s legs. Butler stayed still for a second, allowing the defenders to follow the fake, and then suddenly he was taking off down the left side of the field, finally being run out of bounds at the four yard line. FSU converted a field goal, to pull out the victory 24-21. Who fakes a punt at their own 21??
Terrell Buckley
in Football
In his first game in the NFL the 1992 # 5 overall pick Terrell Buckley had a 58 yard punt return in the 3rd quarter of a Week 3 matchup against the Cincinnati Bengals. The scamper made T-Buck the youngest player in NFL history to return a punt for a TD. (21 yrs 105 days) This game is mostly remembered because it was also the debut of Brett Favre for Green Bay as he replaced the ‘Majik Man’ Don Majkowski. Favre would go on to start the next 16 years as the Packers QB. Meanwhile ‘Baby Deion’ went on to record at least one INT in 13 straight seasons, and is the only player with 50+ career interceptions to never make a Pro Bowl. Happy Birthday Terrell !!
Derrick Brooks
FSU Era Derrick Brooks was the Coolest !!!
Happy Birthday Derrick Brooks
