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Topic Started: Aug 5 2006, 12:54 PM (80 Views)
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Apri 21, 1989, in USA Today, as quoted by columnist Rudy Martzke:
"They're taking Aikman to sell tickets . . . the Cowboys have done everything in their power to embarrass the greatest NFL franchise in the past 30 years."
-- Joe Theismann

From the same article:
The Cowboy's NFC East opponents "hoped the Cowboys would take Aikman. If they took Tony Mandarich, he'd give Dallas a virtual 300-pound [per man] line for Herschel Walker to run behind."
-- Mel Kiper
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CONGRATS TO MY BOY ...THE GOLDEN TROY....MR.BIGTIMER....MR. BIGGAME ...MR.MONEY....MR.1990'S ...MR.CLUTCH .....MR.THREE-RINGS-TEXAS :rock:

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"It didn't take but a second, when you looked over, to figure out who [Aikman] was, because he was taller than the rest of them," Switzer said. "When I saw the ball jump out of his hands -- his motion, his delivery, the release -- I could not believe what I had just seen. I stood there in awe, knowing I had seen something special. It's one of those moments in life you remember.

"I keep telling people, I knew before anybody else knew."

Aikman ultimately turned down Jimmy Johnson, then coaching at Oklahoma State, because he felt he had a better chance to win a national championship at Oklahoma. As it turned out, he was right, though it didn't happen exactly as Aikman had planned.

Aikman rejected Johnson again after his sophomore season when he decided to transfer to UCLA instead of Miami, where Johnson then was coaching. Switzer initiated the Bruins' interest in Aikman by calling UCLA coach Terry Donahue on Aikman's behalf.

"I really didn't realize what we had gotten until I saw him the first day on the practice field," Donahue said. "...When I saw him throw, I just said, 'Oh, my gosh.' I called Switzer and thanked him."
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You know what is funny? That the NFL thought it was a good idea to make Chris Berman the MC.

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