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Dr. Phreeze
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Re: Your Favorite Air McNair Memory
I remember the opening game on the 1994 season against Steve McNair at Robinson Stadium. One of the highest scoring games that I have ever witnessed. Steve refused to let Grambling beat him in his senior year at Alcorn. Final score GSU 62 Steve McNair (Alcorn St) :lol: 56
That place was packed that night...
I remember the opening game on the 1994 season against Steve McNair at Robinson Stadium. One of the highest scoring games that I have ever witnessed. Steve refused to let Grambling beat him in his senior year at Alcorn. Final score GSU 62 Steve McNair (Alcorn St) :lol: 56
That place was packed that night...
GramUntilDeath
Grambling St. #1 FAN
Re: Your Favorite Air McNair Memory
Mannnnn if that is the game I think your talking about it was my second year in Gram. That game was hyped and those last few second of the game was OFF THE CHAIN!! Robinson was ROCKING... Pure shootout that night
Mannnnn if that is the game I think your talking about it was my second year in Gram. That game was hyped and those last few second of the game was OFF THE CHAIN!! Robinson was ROCKING... Pure shootout that night
usa today
Sgt Backfire
Re: Your Favorite Air McNair Memory
Yes i remember that one like yesterday! Pure Excitement!
Yes i remember that one like yesterday! Pure Excitement!
Storm96
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Re: Your Favorite Air McNair Memory
I was at this game. :clap:Thats the only time I've seen McNair play in person.
I was at this game. :clap:Thats the only time I've seen McNair play in person.
TexasTerror
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Re: Your Favorite Air McNair Memory
First time I watched SHSU at a young age...Steve McNair went to Huntsville infront of the biggest crowd in school history and televised regionally on ABC. Alcorn fell to the Bearkats 48-23 on that day in 1994. Alcorn was ranked No. 14 in the country.
Talented guy, was excited he was selected by the Oilers - my hometown team. Of course, his stay in Houston did not last long.
First time I watched SHSU at a young age...Steve McNair went to Huntsville infront of the biggest crowd in school history and televised regionally on ABC. Alcorn fell to the Bearkats 48-23 on that day in 1994. Alcorn was ranked No. 14 in the country.
Talented guy, was excited he was selected by the Oilers - my hometown team. Of course, his stay in Houston did not last long.
Re: Your Favorite Air McNair Memory
Air shaft: Alcorn State's Steve McNair might be the best player in the country, but his Heisman hopes are but a fantasy
Sporting News, The, August 22, 1994 by Paul Attner
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On the back roads of the Deep South, at places such as Alcorn and Mississippi Valley and Grambling, they are dreaming again. Dreaming of how one of their players might win the Heisman Trophy. They should know better. Fantasies like this one don't come true, at least not when it concerns the Heisman.
In the cold world of determining the nation's best college player, athletes from small, historically black colleges don't seem to ever finish first no matter how talented. Ask Walter Payton. Or Doug Williams. Or Jerry Rice. Now there is quarterback Steve McNair. He is more gifted than Ty Detmer or Gino Torretta or Doug Flutie or even Charlie Ward, Heisman winners all. But playing at Alcorn State University in Lorman, Miss., he faces the same obstacles as the others. He can be dismissed for the caliber of competition he faces and because his games aren't on television. Out of sight, out of the race.
Enough already. With McNair, Heisman voters have a shining opportunity to change history. If he emerges as the nation's best college player -- and he certainly could be that by season's end -- it would be an injustice if he isn't the Heisman winner. In a year in which there are no dominant candidates at the major schools, a symbolic finish in the top five isn't enough. Why should he be rejected just because he attends the wrong school?
"A player is a player, and I don't care what school he goes to," Alcorn State offensive coordinator Rickey Taylor says. "But what Steve has going against him is Alcorn. We aren't Notre Dame or Florida State. People know we don't have a lot of money, and they believe we can't possibly have recruited the best player in the country. But, hey, we did. He is the best."
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n8_v218/ai_15730054/
Air shaft: Alcorn State's Steve McNair might be the best player in the country, but his Heisman hopes are but a fantasy
Sporting News, The, August 22, 1994 by Paul Attner
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Next »
On the back roads of the Deep South, at places such as Alcorn and Mississippi Valley and Grambling, they are dreaming again. Dreaming of how one of their players might win the Heisman Trophy. They should know better. Fantasies like this one don't come true, at least not when it concerns the Heisman.
In the cold world of determining the nation's best college player, athletes from small, historically black colleges don't seem to ever finish first no matter how talented. Ask Walter Payton. Or Doug Williams. Or Jerry Rice. Now there is quarterback Steve McNair. He is more gifted than Ty Detmer or Gino Torretta or Doug Flutie or even Charlie Ward, Heisman winners all. But playing at Alcorn State University in Lorman, Miss., he faces the same obstacles as the others. He can be dismissed for the caliber of competition he faces and because his games aren't on television. Out of sight, out of the race.
Enough already. With McNair, Heisman voters have a shining opportunity to change history. If he emerges as the nation's best college player -- and he certainly could be that by season's end -- it would be an injustice if he isn't the Heisman winner. In a year in which there are no dominant candidates at the major schools, a symbolic finish in the top five isn't enough. Why should he be rejected just because he attends the wrong school?
"A player is a player, and I don't care what school he goes to," Alcorn State offensive coordinator Rickey Taylor says. "But what Steve has going against him is Alcorn. We aren't Notre Dame or Florida State. People know we don't have a lot of money, and they believe we can't possibly have recruited the best player in the country. But, hey, we did. He is the best."
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n8_v218/ai_15730054/
the band fan
Baseball Fan
Re: Your Favorite Air McNair Memory
TSU sold the game during his junior year back to Alcorn (which moved to Jackson) so I only saw him as a freshman unfortunately.....however, the Youngstown State game was classic as he had hurt ribs
TSU sold the game during his junior year back to Alcorn (which moved to Jackson) so I only saw him as a freshman unfortunately.....however, the Youngstown State game was classic as he had hurt ribs
silentrage
Delta Girl
Re: Your Favorite Air McNair Memory
Has McNair's jersey already been retired at Alcorn?
Has McNair's jersey already been retired at Alcorn?
Steve "air" mcnair and jay "sky" walker 1994
STEVE "AIR" MCNAIR AND JAY "SKY" WALKER IN 1993 ON GEORGE MICHAELS SPORTS MACHINE.
http://gsn.gridironsource.com/_SKY-AND-AIR/video/562574/32256.html
STEVE "AIR" MCNAIR AND JAY "SKY" WALKER IN 1993 ON GEORGE MICHAELS SPORTS MACHINE.
http://gsn.gridironsource.com/_SKY-AND-AIR/video/562574/32256.html
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ASU2002
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Yes it has already been retired. His and Jack Spinks.
major095
ASU4real
Re: Your Favorite Air McNair Memory
I saw every home game Mac played at Alcorn. A ton of great memories. Good guy, friendly, country, and could absolutely play football. Beating Jackson state and Southern on the reservation. Seeing the massive crowd, a stadium record show up for his last soul bowl in Jackson and the diversity of the crowd, as a lot of white football fans, showed up with their sons to see what the most dynamic qb in the game looked like.
We love you Mac and we miss you.
I saw every home game Mac played at Alcorn. A ton of great memories. Good guy, friendly, country, and could absolutely play football. Beating Jackson state and Southern on the reservation. Seeing the massive crowd, a stadium record show up for his last soul bowl in Jackson and the diversity of the crowd, as a lot of white football fans, showed up with their sons to see what the most dynamic qb in the game looked like.
We love you Mac and we miss you.
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I was at the PV-TSU game, which went down to the final seconds. When they announced the Alcorn-GSU scores, the OOOOs and AAAs were loud.
I was at the PV-TSU game, which went down to the final seconds. When they announced the Alcorn-GSU scores, the OOOOs and AAAs were loud.
Brave
Da Better U get, Da Better we get & That's IT
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This little clip is filled with memories
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-videos/09000d5d807d39d7/Back-in-the-Day-Steve-McNair-pt-3
This little clip is filled with memories
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-videos/09000d5d807d39d7/Back-in-the-Day-Steve-McNair-pt-3
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IB4DemJags
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Re: Your Favorite Air McNair Memory
man that dude scrambled right about 20 yards and then back to his left for about 30 and then threw the ball 55 or so yards to the right corner and Jenkins, Driver, or Henton, or one of those weapons caught the ball at the one yard line with only seconds to go.......man that was him......break your heart and you still gotta luv him anyway......he was my boy......and family we and the rest of this world have lost a Great Man......He made me proud !!!
man that dude scrambled right about 20 yards and then back to his left for about 30 and then threw the ball 55 or so yards to the right corner and Jenkins, Driver, or Henton, or one of those weapons caught the ball at the one yard line with only seconds to go.......man that was him......break your heart and you still gotta luv him anyway......he was my boy......and family we and the rest of this world have lost a Great Man......He made me proud !!!
IB4DemJags
HBCU's > pwcu's
SUjagTILLiDIE
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Re: Your Favorite Air McNair Memory
I have 2.
1993 @ Mumford. The hypest SU game I have ever been to in my life. The Student section was jammed packed @ 4:00pm for a 7pm start. SU won the game, and won the SWAC Championship for the first time in years. The 1993 Heisman winner Charlie Ward, Warrick Dunn and Doug Williams were on the Sidelines. After the game Ward stated he had never saw a QB preform like Steve did, and in his opinion Steve was the best QB he had ever saw.
1994 on the Reservation. Went to the club in BR until 2, went to the store, and drove Straight to Alcorn and tailgated with no sleep. The resevation was jammed packed with Jags and Braves when we arrived @ 5 am :tup: . The plays McNair made on that last drive were unreal. I had a class with one of the DB's from New Orleans, who gave up a couple of the TD's. We drove the shat out of him in class Monday, with our professor even joining in :lol: .
RIP STEVE.
I have 2.
1993 @ Mumford. The hypest SU game I have ever been to in my life. The Student section was jammed packed @ 4:00pm for a 7pm start. SU won the game, and won the SWAC Championship for the first time in years. The 1993 Heisman winner Charlie Ward, Warrick Dunn and Doug Williams were on the Sidelines. After the game Ward stated he had never saw a QB preform like Steve did, and in his opinion Steve was the best QB he had ever saw.
1994 on the Reservation. Went to the club in BR until 2, went to the store, and drove Straight to Alcorn and tailgated with no sleep. The resevation was jammed packed with Jags and Braves when we arrived @ 5 am :tup: . The plays McNair made on that last drive were unreal. I had a class with one of the DB's from New Orleans, who gave up a couple of the TD's. We drove the shat out of him in class Monday, with our professor even joining in :lol: .
RIP STEVE.
SUjagTILLiDIE
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Re: Your Favorite Air McNair Memory
They just showed that play on WAFB. Steve was unreal.
They just showed that play on WAFB. Steve was unreal.
the band fan
Baseball Fan
Re: Your Favorite Air McNair Memory
I remember that PV-TSu game EB...PV fell short on the goalline with no time left....receiver did push off :emlaugh:
the crowd went crazy when they heard the score...
last Labor Day Classic at Robinson Stadium and last time it was ever standing room only
I remember that PV-TSu game EB...PV fell short on the goalline with no time left....receiver did push off :emlaugh:
the crowd went crazy when they heard the score...
last Labor Day Classic at Robinson Stadium and last time it was ever standing room only
Antroy
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Re: Your Favorite Air McNair Memory
I was at Grambling for the game that year. I was in high school then and my family (Mom and Dad were Alcorn grads and my older sister was in her second year at Alcorn, I think) went down to Grambling. We had no idea we were going to witness that kind of shootout. It was a heartbreaking moment when that receiver dropped that pass from McNair in the back of the endzone and Grambling won.
That same year, the Alcorn-SU game. Steve needed 200-something yards to become the all time career total yardage leader (for the entire NCAA). That game was packed. ABout halfway through the second quarter, Steve takes off running and when he's finally tackled, play stops. Balloons are released, the refs give him the ball, his team mates come out and celebrate with him, and fans are on their feet. Then I realized what happened. Steve had just broke the record...in the second quarter!!! I cheered and shook my head in disbelief. He had 200 plus yards of offense before the first half was even finished!
Then there was his last Capital City Classic. Standing room only. Steve is killing JSU. In the second quarter, he scrambled and went towards the sidelines. Right before he takes a little shot from the JSU defender, he grabs his hamstring. He was a little slow to get up and ended up going to the locker room early. He was late coming out the locker room after halftime, too. I think fans of both schools were hoping he wasn't seriously hurt. A little into the third quarter he finally comes out, escorted by security guards. I think the entire stadium cheered when he came out. They would have stood up but it was already standing room only.
RIP "Air II" McNair!
:whine: :whine:
I was at Grambling for the game that year. I was in high school then and my family (Mom and Dad were Alcorn grads and my older sister was in her second year at Alcorn, I think) went down to Grambling. We had no idea we were going to witness that kind of shootout. It was a heartbreaking moment when that receiver dropped that pass from McNair in the back of the endzone and Grambling won.
That same year, the Alcorn-SU game. Steve needed 200-something yards to become the all time career total yardage leader (for the entire NCAA). That game was packed. ABout halfway through the second quarter, Steve takes off running and when he's finally tackled, play stops. Balloons are released, the refs give him the ball, his team mates come out and celebrate with him, and fans are on their feet. Then I realized what happened. Steve had just broke the record...in the second quarter!!! I cheered and shook my head in disbelief. He had 200 plus yards of offense before the first half was even finished!
Then there was his last Capital City Classic. Standing room only. Steve is killing JSU. In the second quarter, he scrambled and went towards the sidelines. Right before he takes a little shot from the JSU defender, he grabs his hamstring. He was a little slow to get up and ended up going to the locker room early. He was late coming out the locker room after halftime, too. I think fans of both schools were hoping he wasn't seriously hurt. A little into the third quarter he finally comes out, escorted by security guards. I think the entire stadium cheered when he came out. They would have stood up but it was already standing room only.
RIP "Air II" McNair!
:whine: :whine:
LS Syndicate
#TheeILove
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I remember running into Air II McNair at the Isle of Capri Casino in Vicksburg. I had to get his autograph on something. All I could find was a dinner napkin. I was too nervous to go speak to him, but my mom and dad hyped me up to go over there, and I somehow mustered the courage to ask him to sign the napkin. He was so approachable! He asked me my name and signed the napkin for me......
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Steve was truly a class act. Prayers up for his son and family.
I remember running into Air II McNair at the Isle of Capri Casino in Vicksburg. I had to get his autograph on something. All I could find was a dinner napkin. I was too nervous to go speak to him, but my mom and dad hyped me up to go over there, and I somehow mustered the courage to ask him to sign the napkin. He was so approachable! He asked me my name and signed the napkin for me......
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Steve was truly a class act. Prayers up for his son and family.
Antroy
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People, we are all talking about Steve's contributions on the field be we're forgetting something.
In 2005 Steve loaded up 18-20 or more 18 wheelers FULL of stuff for victims of Hurricane Katrina. He had a drive in the parking lot of the Titans stadium and people donated items to send to the coast. Steve was there himself helping to load the trailers.
He also sponsored a football camp for kids every year. The past two years, it has been at Southern Miss but before then it was at Alcorn. If I'm not mistaken, the camp was free to children from disadvantaged neighborhoods/homes or low income families.
He also gave to various charities throughout the Nashville area and back home in Mississippi. He worked with several Boys and Girls Clubs.
We're talking about his contributions on the field but his contributions OFF FIELD definitely made him a class act in the SWAC and especially in the NFL. That should be the TRUE measure of Steve McNair. He was a good NFL qb, but he was a GREAT person above all else.
People, we are all talking about Steve's contributions on the field be we're forgetting something.
In 2005 Steve loaded up 18-20 or more 18 wheelers FULL of stuff for victims of Hurricane Katrina. He had a drive in the parking lot of the Titans stadium and people donated items to send to the coast. Steve was there himself helping to load the trailers.
He also sponsored a football camp for kids every year. The past two years, it has been at Southern Miss but before then it was at Alcorn. If I'm not mistaken, the camp was free to children from disadvantaged neighborhoods/homes or low income families.
He also gave to various charities throughout the Nashville area and back home in Mississippi. He worked with several Boys and Girls Clubs.
We're talking about his contributions on the field but his contributions OFF FIELD definitely made him a class act in the SWAC and especially in the NFL. That should be the TRUE measure of Steve McNair. He was a good NFL qb, but he was a GREAT person above all else.