Earlier this month, Virginia Tech record slayer Tyrod Taylor tweeted out some photos of his college rings alongside his Super Bowl ring with the Baltimore Ravens.
757Hokey had the original post here.
At the time, I joked that Mike London already had a response, but it turns out I was way off base. I am here to humbly admit my error.
It concerns former UVA QB Marc Verica. You remember Marc Verica, right? The guy who was replaced for the 2008 VT season finale with cornerback (not a typo) Vic Hall? The guy who got beat out for the starting QB position by Peter La-what was it? Lalo? (Googles) Leyla? Leela? (results) Lalich! Renowned Wahoo world beater Peter Lalich.
You know, this guy:
No? Nothing? How about these?
"Another generic UVA QB getting smacked around by Hokie defenders," you say. "So?" Fair enough.
Well, before Marc Verica could even get a parking spot in Ashburn, he was released during training camp by Washington. This left him free to pursue every kid's sports dream. Verica signed for the 2012 season with the Cougars de Saint-Ouen-l'Aumne, a club which plays in France's Elite league.
Now, before you start laughing at all the UVA-France jokes that write themselves, consider this news:
Congrats to @Harris_Tweeter pic.twitter.com/WVlqB0S5xT— Mike London (@CoachMikeLondon) June 25, 2013
That's right. Marc Verica (Harris Tweeter? really. Harris Tweeter.) is the best player in the league. Okay, it's France. And okay, it's the best non-French player in French Division I. But still, it's ... something... ... !
So, all you football recruits, consider carefully: you can come to Virginia Tech, win ACC titles, win bowl games, go to the NFL, and maybe win the biggest annual sporting event in the world... or you can be pretty good at throwing corner routes to Frenchmen.
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Tres bien histoire
if groh would've left hall in the game, they may have won. dude was shredding us. put verica in. . .not so much.
Yea...Vic Hall played QB at one of the local high schools near me. Before he came, the school had a 3-4+ year losing streak....with him, they played in state championships, or got close enough to play in them. I still maintain if Groh hadn't wasted Hall, he would have been a hell of a QB, but that's Virginia for ya!! Now he plays CB for some CFL team.
I don't even know where to start. Winning a trophy in a French football league is like...well...winning a trophy is a French football league.
I saw the picture and saw French football league and just figured he switched to soccer. They're supposed to be good at that right?
They are supposed to be good. They have a lot of great players. But in the last World Cup - and I swear I am not making this up - they got all hot and bothered among themselves and went on strike.
The French did the Frenchiest thing that ever did French.
Their coach used the stars to determine his starting lineup. Sounds kinda like how Mike London decides when to use his timeouts.
I was more referring to LOLUVA supposed to be good at soccer, but I'm sure some people enjoyed that too. LOLUVA football = easy transition to french league football (they both suck).
French league football, the only football league that has both yellow and white flags.
Ahh...the 2008 season finale against UVA. That was the game that we lined up in the Wild Turkey with Boone, put Tyrod out wide, and he ran a streak. Boone launched a 40+ yard throw that was going straight to Ras-I Dowling. Dowling jumped and just got his hands on the ball when Tyrod took his legs out and flipped him head over heels. Wasn't sure Dowling was going to get up, but that was probably one of my favorite Tyrod plays.
Thanks for reminding me of that! I enjoyed that, but had forgotten about it.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE
I missed saying that.
I had to look it up:
Fucked him up.
Can we all take a moment to appreciate the still of this?
I love the smile on the ref's face.
Our offense just brings a special brand of hit for the Hoos
Sux to be him. Tyrod Taylor sure was fun to watch.
I love that maroon and orange uniform up there! Bring them back!
Got a Macho Harris jersey the moment I stepped on campus that fall, those jerseys were the shit. And of course since it's college football, we can't keep the same jersey design for more than 2 years. Or go to maroon everything.
I believe they have post-game snacks of brie and wine in this league so it's only fitting that he would end up there.
C'est hilarant!
So, the formula for being the best non-French player in a French league is being non-French? Wow. What a concept! Were there any other non-French players in the league?
The picture was of Verica in his game uniform, right?
This "French Elite" league....it's flag football? Surely, it would have to be. Nobody in a French league is going to hit anyone....unless, of course somebody insults another player's sister, resulting in a nasty head-butt (see: French World Cup action highlights...or lowlights...or whatever).
...before you start laughing at all the UVA-France jokes that write themselves...I love it!
Ironically enough, French rugby is actually really good. I guess they took ALL the men of the country (all 22 or so) and put them on one team.
Winning a trophy in the French league is equivalent to getting second-to-last place.
So, this thread sent me off on a trip through Wikipedia that unearthed this gem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFAF_World_Championship_of_American_Football
Apparently, someone formed a FIFA-wannabe called IFAF (International Federation of American Football) and has held a World Championship every 4 years since 1999. The USA didn't even have a National Team until the 2007 edition, which they won. And then won again in 2011.
Why did I never know this existed???
Btw, we've had 2 players on the USMNAFT:
Cary Wade, backup Rover in 2005-06 behind Aaron Rouse, played in the 2007 World Championship
Stephan Virgil, starting CB in 2008-2009, played in the 2011 World Championship
Didn't David Wilson play on that? Maybe it was a junior league, but I'm pretty sure he played on some team USA and dominated.
This was the first thing I thought of when it was mentioned. I think it's all prep school kids. Might be like a U-20 world championship or something. And I do think DW4 was in there.
The players are all amateurs, no NFL or CFL players allowed, but they also have to be at least 20.
There's also a U-19 team, and apparently a U-15 team...
Apparently he was on the U19 team:
http://usafootball.com/news/national-teams/team-usa-alum-david-wilson-en...
Also, Google showed me this OTHER David Wilson that's trying to play on the national U15 team:
http://www.gofundme.com/2vhut0
http://usafootball.com/news/national-teams/team-usa-alum-david-wilson-en...
That is what you are referring to.
Edit: This resulted in this fired up speech from him
I believe I ninja'd you on the article, but you definitely one-upped me with the video. That's some fantastic stuff.
From the article:
"The Danville, Va., native was MVP of the 2009 IFAF Under-19 World Championship in Canton, Ohio, rushing for 427 yards and eight touchdowns on 33 carries to lead Team USA to three straight victories and the gold medal."
Sadly this one game is ALMOST as much as our leading RB ran for last season...
It was 3 games, not one. But, the point still stands.
Guess it would've helped if I read what I pasted instead of skimmed it. I'm such an asshat
Now now, we've already been through this, no name calling...
Do I get down voted for calling myself a name? haha
2013 recruit Wyatt Teller was also on one of the teams.
Beautiful research Wartooth, truly entertaining, and totally LOLUVA! Worth a hundred turkey legs and more.
On the other hand, Verica is playing and living in a suburb of Paris. Not too shabby.
That sounds like my nightmare. I'd rather live in 60's Vietnam than in France.
Let it also be known that Peter Lalich routinely searches himself on Twitter and seeks people out
Huh. If only he could find the safety like he finds Tweets.
I want to make fun of him for this but I'm not important enough to be mentioned on twitter. Unless you count the hashtag, which isn't really me. I mean the person, me. Not the horseonatreadmill.
Wait, you aren't the horse on the treadmill?
Of course I am... I mean, uhhh....
zawerfc nhyuikm
...[look at your keyboard]
tiny little horse hooves!
Well done, Architect.