Valentine Makes it 24 Straight Years with a Husker on a Super Bowl Team
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GBRHouston
Special Teams Player
I wanted the streak to die just so the Patriots wouldn't make it. Call me a bad fan.
Swiv3D
Starter
Nope, I'm right there with you. Although I hate the steelers too so it's alright
huKSer
All-American
RunMickeyRun02
Starter
I want to see the list, does anyone have it?
Nebfanatic
All-American
It's clear to me the secret to winning a conference title game in the NFL is to have a husker on your roster
AZRaiderH8r
Special Teams Player
It was nice to see him make that solid tackle behind the line and then throw the bones.
Good for VV, my big disappointment in watching that play is that I don't recall him ever making any kind of play like that in the backfield when he played at Nebraska. I am probably wrong and he did at some point, but I sure don't remember it happening. In my mind he never played with that kind of a moter the whole time he was here.
Swiv3D
Starter
a quick YouTube search of him will serve as a good refresher for all of the great plays he made while here
B.B. Hemingway
All-American
The Iowa game we lost in Lincoln with Kellogg at QB, is the first thing that comes to my mind when I think of VV. He was an absolute monster that game.
GSG
Assistant Coach
I was curious about this as well. I started making a list, but then I gave up
Super Bowl 51: Vincent Valentine - Patriots
50: Zaire Anderson - Donkeys
49: Eric Martin - Pats
48: ????
47: Sam Koch - Ravens
46: Prince Amukamara - Giants
45: Brandon Jackson - Packers
44: Carl Nicks and Scott Shanle - Saints; Cody Glenn - Colts
43: Ralph Brown - Cards
42: Russ Hochstein and Le Kevin Smith - Pats
41: Mike Brown - Bears
40: Grant Wistrom and Josh Brown - Seahawks
39: Correll Buckhalter - Eagles; Russ Hochstein - Pats
38: Mike Rucker - Panthers; Russ Hochstein - Pats
37: Adam Treu - Raiders
36: Grant Wistrom - Rams
Atbone95
All-American
Super Bowl 48 was Stewart Bradley, LB. He was on IR.I was curious about this as well. I started making a list, but then I gave up
Super Bowl 51: Vincent Valentine - Patriots
50: Zaire Anderson - Donkeys
49: Eric Martin - Pats
48: ????
47: Sam Koch - Ravens
46: Prince Amukamara - Giants
45: Brandon Jackson - Packers
44: Carl Nicks and Scott Shanle - Saints; Cody Glenn - Colts
43: Ralph Brown - Cards
42: Russ Hochstein and Le Kevin Smith - Pats
41: Mike Brown - Bears
40: Grant Wistrom and Josh Brown - Seahawks
39: Correll Buckhalter - Eagles; Russ Hochstein - Pats
38: Mike Rucker - Panthers; Russ Hochstein - Pats
37: Adam Treu - Raiders
36: Grant Wistrom - Rams
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Unsure if this quote is typical of rookies or indicative of the firing of Hughes......Good read.
http://www.si.com/nfl/2017/01/23/patriots-super-bowl-2017-vincent-valentine
And if Valentine, at 6' 3" and 320 pounds, sounds like a ballet dancer when he explains it all, that’s only because technique is technique and it’s when that technique becomes instinct that you find the place where your art comes from.
“Coaches are coaching everything here, hand-placement, just everything. Practice is like a game here,” Valentine said. “It’s just focusing every day, making sure I get my technique right, my leverage and everything. That’s what I did. “I was so surprised by how much I didn’t know, but I’m putting in the work every day with these guys. They’re helping me, bring me alone, and I’m just trying to keep learning from everybody. Patience is a virtue. Just working hard every day, you’re going to reap what you sow.”
http://www.si.com/nfl/2017/01/23/patriots-super-bowl-2017-vincent-valentine
And if Valentine, at 6' 3" and 320 pounds, sounds like a ballet dancer when he explains it all, that’s only because technique is technique and it’s when that technique becomes instinct that you find the place where your art comes from.
“Coaches are coaching everything here, hand-placement, just everything. Practice is like a game here,” Valentine said. “It’s just focusing every day, making sure I get my technique right, my leverage and everything. That’s what I did. “I was so surprised by how much I didn’t know, but I’m putting in the work every day with these guys. They’re helping me, bring me alone, and I’m just trying to keep learning from everybody. Patience is a virtue. Just working hard every day, you’re going to reap what you sow.”