Greatest Quarterback Ever and other Tid-bits

Well after a week and only a few responses by our lazy readers, I have the list of who we think were the greatest quarterbacks of all time. Sorry AndDro, but Iowa is getting no love in the final outcome. To determine who overall was number 1, I gave each person points based on what position they were in on the lists (5 points for 1st place, 1 for 5th). Here it is:

1. Joe Montana
2. Johnny Unitas
3. Brett Favre
4. Tom Brady
5. John Elway

Others receiving votes were; Sammy Baugh, Otto Graham, Steve Young, Dan Marino, and Bart Starr.

Thanks to all of you who voted, Spaeth had a great pick with Young, and my dad obviously brought in the likes of Baugh and Graham. If anyone else wants to add more names to the list or still vote, feel free.

For all of you Packers fans out there, my friend John asked me this question yesterday, which was on his Green Bay Packers off-the-wall calender, "From 2001-2003, the Packers used a draft pick on a member of that year's National Championship team, who are the players?" The answer will be at the end of this post.

I can't wait for the UW-M vs. Detroit game tonight for the Horizon League Tournament Championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. The Panthers are looking for their second appearance in 3 years. Of course we all remember the 2003 tournament when the Panthers were defeated by Notre Dame after some costly misses on close shots by a certain Panther forward. For a preview of tonight's game and a recap of Detroit's win at the Arena on January 3rd, click here. Also, hopefully our good friend and resident UWM expert over at Brew City Beat, Todd, will have a preview of the game or at least a recap of it, as he will probably be there.

Speaking of the NCAA Tournament, there is a great site you can check out which gives the winners of every NCAA Tournament Championship since Oregon started it all back in 1939, along with who they played, who else was in the Final Four, and the location. Before checking it out, I challenge all of you to bo back to 1963 to beat how far back I could go, naming all of the champions. I stopped by getting UCLA in 1964, couldn't get the 1963 winner, anyway, click here, or for just champion, runner-up, year, and location here. If you're like me and want to see who won every game of every tournament, and have been searching for a website where you could find this, here it is, the winners of every game in NCAA Tournament history. Simply click on the year and see the results of every game (by the way, if I still don't have a job in the next couple of weeks, I will be putting all of these seasons into bracket form, I'm bored).

I watched the Gonzaga game last night and was quite impressed with this team. We all remember last year when some people were picking them to reach the Final Four and at least one analyst picked them to win the Championship, but this year they are flying under the radar for the most part (as I write this, Around the Horn is having a segment on the Zags). Everyone is talking about Illinois and North Carolina, and for good reason, but with Ronny Turiaf down low and Adam Morrison playing like one of the best players in the country, this is a Zags team which could do some damage in the tourney. Some other teams which could cause damage which people aren't talking about;

Arizona- A tough, well coached team with the best shooter in the country in Salim Stoudamire, and serviceable Channing Frye in the middle
Utah- The team no one ever believes in is back
Kentucky- Not talked about much because they don't have a superstar, but almost went undefeated through the SEC
Florida- Another team which people were high on in the past few years looks like they may have found stride against the Wildcats
Finally, UCONN- Weren't really looked at as a legit contender until recently and their stock went way up after huge win against Syracuse.

That's it for today, here are the answers to the Packers trivia question, I got the first two correct, couldn't think of the third:

2001- Torrance Marshall- MLB- Oklahoma
2002- Najeh Davenport- RB- Miami
2003- Kenny Peterson- DT- Ohio State

-Until next time...