re: Biggest &quot;Chosen One&quot; failure

Posted by SECSolomonGrundy

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Posted on 2/21/16 at 11:59 pm to auzach91

Jeff Francouer looked like he was gonna be a HOFer when he first came out. He was such a fun player to watch, and then he sucked.

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:10 am to Paul Allen

Well true, it would be crazy to say 3 because they weren't giving the Heisman to freshmen...and if you win two, you aren't sticking around your senior year.

Beano Cook, a longtime college football analyst and commentator, took to ESPN to proclaim that Powlus would win multiple Heisman Trophies and lead the Irish to multiple national championships before the Berwick, Pa., standout ever stepped foot on campus in South Bend.

He was coming from the cradle of quarterbacks, PA...and then ended up playing in Amsterdam.

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Posted by Cap Crunch

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:14 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa

Anthony Kim is another one that comes to mind

Posted by Drank

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:14 am to GaytorHater703

quote:
Todd Van Poppel

Man that is a GREAT answer.
He verbally, as a teenager, refused to play for the bArves bc he thought they would never win.. So the bArves in turn got this Larry Jones fella...
Yet van popple's jersey is still available to buy in the bArves clubhouse bc he briefly ended up on the team anyway... But no world series ring to show for it unlike that Larry kid

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Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:30 am to Drank

In boxing?

Prince Hamed? (that dude had so much hype coming over from England.)

Posted by RogerTheShrubber

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:48 am to PeteRose

Marcus Dupree

Posted by JuiceTerry

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 12:59 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa

quote:
Prince Hamed

Was so happy when he finally got stretched.

Posted by McCaigBro69

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 1:05 am to Cap Crunch

quote:
Green

I got a Julian Green world cup jersey lol.

I will say this, his goal against Belgium was almost magical. Especially if Dempsey hits that training ground free kick.

Posted by JumpingTheShark

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 2:49 am to Dr RC

quote:
Anakin Skywalker

Total draft bust.

Posted by chalmetteowl

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 2:54 am to DollaChoppa

you know she was a mudblood? pretty sure Harry wouldn't want to frick around with muggle babies...

Posted by lsu xman

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 5:05 am to PeteRose

Anyone mentioned Matt Barkley yet?? Coming out of H.S, he was supposed to be the next John Elway.

Also, RyanP11.

Posted by emoney

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 5:45 am to Rickety Cricket

quote:
Tate Forcier

winner

Posted by crazycubes

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 6:15 am to Broseph Barksdale

quote:
Freddie Adu

this

Posted by crazycubes

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 6:18 am to SwampDonks

quote:
Ty Tryon

Totally forgot about him. He was supposed to be the next Tiger.

Posted by ReauxlTide222

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 6:43 am to arkyhawk

Adu plays for the Rowdies??? I live 3 blocks from their stadium. They don't market him very well..

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Posted by Cap Crunch

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 9:46 am to McCaigBro69

quote:
I will say this, his goal against Belgium was almost magical

The reason I brought up Green is actually because I saw him get mentioned in the Pulisic thread on reddit yesterday. People were saying that despite how awesome that goal was it was probably the worst thing for him. All it did was raise these crazy expectations even higher even though he really had no business being on the World Cup roster. And since that World Cup, he really hasn't done anything and has no shot to play at Bayern right now. Hopefully they sell him this summer and he finally gets a chance to develop.

Posted by weptiger

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 10:21 am to PeteRose

For us old timers, I will go with David Clyde for the win.

Posted by REG861

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Posted on 2/22/16 at 10:25 am to lsu xman

quote:
Anyone mentioned Matt Barkley yet?? Coming out of H.S, he was supposed to be the next John Elway.

Mater Dei wanted to everyone to believe every quarterback they produced was the next Elway. I think Barkley was when recruiting services stopped taking them seriously.