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[Doug Drinen]

I'll name a college and an NFL team, you name the best player in NFL history to play for that college and that pro team.

Example: Cal / Tampa Bay

Answer: Hardy Nickerson

Ground rules: there's a bit of gray area here, but I'm intending only to count players who are primarily associated with a particular team. For example, if I say Oklahoma State / Miami, I'm not looking for Thurman Thomas. (There really is no answer for that one, as no notable OSU Cowboys who played primarily for Miami). Also, I'm only counting the last college a guy went to. So if I say Oklahoma/Dallas, I'm not looking for Troy Aikman.

OK, here goes. I could be wrong on a few of these, but I think there won't be any debate about who the best player from this combo is. All of the answers are players who made pro bowls. No obscure guys.

As always, cheating is allowed for verification. But let non-cheaters guess it before you reveal illegally-obtained answers:

Stanford / Atlanta

Boston College / Buffalo

West Virginia / Buffalo

Texas / Chicago

Alabama / Cleveland

UNC / Colts

Michigan / Cardinals

Maryland / Dallas

Stanford / Dallas

Minnesota / Denver

Ohio State / Denver

Virginia / Detroit

Illinois / Green Bay

Alabama / Kansas City

Purdue / Miami

Arizona State / Minnesota

Georgia Tech / New Orleans

Alabama / New England

Florida State / Raiders

Arkansas / San Diego

Nebraska / San Francisco

Syracuse / Redskins

 

[identikit]

Purdue/Miami

Bob Griese

Minnesota/Denver

Karl Mcclenburg ?

 

[Doug Drinen]

Purdue/MiamiBob GrieseMinnesota/DenverKarl Mcclenburg ?

Both correct

 

[FUBAR]

BC / Buffalo - Doug Flutie

Michigan / Arizona - Steve Breaston!

 

[Chaka]

Michigan/Cardinals

Dan Dierdorf

 

[Chaka]

Alabama / Kansas City

Derrick Thomas

 

[Doug Drinen]

Alabama / Kansas CityDerrick Thomas

Correct on Dierdorf (Mich/Cards) and Derrick Thomas (Bama/KC)

 

[identikit]

Florida State / Raiders

Fred Biletnikoff

 

[Doug Drinen]

BC / Buffalo - Doug Flutie

I guess that's a decent answer. But not the guy I was thinking of. There is a 5-time pro bowler who played for Buffalo for 11 seasons and went to BC.

 

[Doug Drinen]

Florida State / RaidersFred Biletnikoff

 

[Anthony Borbely]

Virginia/Detroit: Herman Moore

 

[Doug Drinen]

Virginia/Detroit: Herman Moore

Yep.

 

[identikit]

Arkansas / San Diego

Lance Alworth?

 

[Doug Drinen]

Arkansas / San DiegoLance Alworth?

Yep. He just edges out Billy Ray Smith and Gary Anderson for the honor.

 

[gump]

Alabama / Cleveland

Ozzie Newsome

Alabama / Kansas City

Derrick Thomas

Alabama / New England

John Hannah

 

[menobrown]

Nebraska / San Francisco

Roger Craig?

 

[Chaka]

Alabama / Cleveland

Ozzie Newsome

Alabama / Kansas City

Derrick Thomas

Alabama / New England

John Hannah

I bet I can guess where you went to school.

 

[Doug Drinen]

Roger Craig (Neb/SF) and all of Gump's Bama answers are correct.

 

[Chase Stuart]

Texas / Chicago

Cedric Benson

 

[gump]

I bet I can guess where you went to school.

Figured I'd move it along...Hannah would have taken a while.

 

[maxwjom0]

Who made you the judge to determine who is the best? lol. I mean isn't this a little subjective? Ill steal your game and play myself.

Kent St/Pittsburgh

Jack Lambert

YSU/Philly

Ron Jaworski

Stanford/Denver

John Elway

 

[scoobygang]

Maryland/Dallas - Randy White

Syracuse/Redskins -- Art Monk

 

[Doug Drinen]

Maryland/Dallas - Randy WhiteSyracuse/Redskins -- Art Monk

Ferris and scooby in the same Shark Pool thread? Old school! I should do this more often.

 

[The Shizzle]

BC / Buffalo - Doug Flutie

Michigan / Arizona - Steve Breaston!

Freddy Smerlas

 

[Doug Drinen]

BC / Buffalo - Doug Flutie

Michigan / Arizona - Steve Breaston!

Freddy Smerlas

 

[Kleck]

Illinois / Green Bay

Ray Nitschke

 

[Real Man of Genius]

Texas / ChicagoCedric Benson

Nathan Vasher

 

[Broncobiv]

Ohio State / Denver

Maurice Clarett.

 

[Doug Drinen]

Arizona State / Minnesota - Randall McDanielGeorgia Tech / New Orleans - Pat Swilling

 

[boubucarow]

Texas / ChicagoCedric Benson

Nathan Vasher

Steve McMichael

 

[Linus Scrimmage]

BC / Buffalo - Doug Flutie

I guess that's a decent answer. But not the guy I was thinking of. There is a 5-time pro bowler who played for Buffalo for 11 seasons and went to BC.

Fred Smerlas?

 

[AAABatteries]

Stanford / Atlanta

Bob Whitfield??

 

[QuizGuy66]

No Who Dey option?

I'll just go ahead and put up my own

Florida/Bengals

Florida A&M/Bengals

-QG

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

Florida/Bengals = Chris Collinsworth

 

[QuizGuy66]

Florida/Bengals = Chris Collinsworth

Well it's Cris, but yep The Florida A&M would probably be considered on obscure side but should be in the HOF.-QG

 

[Nigel Incubator-Jones]

West Virginia / Buffalo

Darryl Talley

 

[bro1ncos]

Ohio State/Denver

Randy Gradishar

 

[Doug Drinen]

Good work, all.

I think the only outstanding ones are:

Stanford / Dallas

Illinois / Green Bay

UNC / Colts

One of them is active. One is a Hall of Famer. The other is a 3-time pro bowler, but was (I think) generally considered the second-best player on his team at his position.

 

[Nigel Incubator-Jones]

UNC / Colts

Jeff Saturday

 

[Nigel Incubator-Jones]

Illinois / Green Bay

Did Nitschke play for Illinois?

 

[aldelgreco]

Texas / ChicagoCedric Benson

ever heard of nathan vasher or stan thomas?

 

[Doug Drinen]

Illinois / Green Bay

Did Nitschke play for Illinois?

Yep. And Saturday was UNC/IndyOnly Stanford/Dallas remains.

 

[bentley]

Illinois / Green Bay

Did Nitschke play for Illinois?

Yep. And Saturday was UNC/IndyOnly Stanford/Dallas remains.

Tony Hill? The clue above helped out a whole lot on that one.

 

[Doug Drinen]

Tony Hill? The clue above helped out a whole lot on that one.

Yep, he's the guy.After I typed that, I had doubts. Was Pearson generally believed to be better than Hill at the time? I thought so, but I was 10 years old. Looking at their numbers (Hill - Pearson), their careers didn't overlap as much as I thought. Both made three pro bowls, but all of Pearson's came before Hill really hit the scene. Hill had better numbers when they were both starting.

 

[bentley]

Tony Hill? The clue above helped out a whole lot on that one.

Yep, he's the guy.After I typed that, I had doubts. Was Pearson generally believed to be better than Hill at the time? I thought so, but I was 10 years old. Looking at their numbers (Hill - Pearson), their careers didn't overlap as much as I thought. Both made three pro bowls, but all of Pearson's came before Hill really hit the scene. Hill had better numbers when they were both starting.

It depends how what you mean by "generally believed." My family full of Cowboys fans when I was a kid thought Pearson was better and Tony Hill was a bum. No amount of objective evidence would convince them otherwise. That was the source of one of the few huge arguments between my father and I (Jerry Jones' purchase of the Cowboys being a source of another). Out there in the wide world, people may have thought Hill was better.