Oderick Turner
Catches a TD pass in the North End Zone at HF and then puts his finger to his face telling the home crowd student body to "sshhhhh".......
PITT Football Mt. Rushmore
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Oderick Turner
Catches a TD pass in the North End Zone at HF and then puts his finger to his face telling the home crowd student body to "sshhhhh".......
It is difficult to choose only 4 players. So in fairness, I believe you should choose the most decorated players in school history. My choices of Dorsett, Fitz, Donald and Green are based on that criteria:
1976 – Tony Dorsett: (3) Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award
1980 - Hugh Green: (3) Walter Camp Award, Lombardi Award, Maxwell Award,
2003 - Larry Fitzgerald: (2) Fred Biletnikoff Award, Walter Camp Award
2013 - Aaron Donald: (4) Chuck Bednarik Award, Bronko Nagurski Award, Outland Trophy, Lombardi Award
All of them Consensus All-Americans (Hugh Green 3 times)
1976 – Tony Dorsett: (3) Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, Walter Camp Award
1980 - Hugh Green: (3) Walter Camp Award, Lombardi Award, Maxwell Award,
2003 - Larry Fitzgerald: (2) Fred Biletnikoff Award, Walter Camp Award
2013 - Aaron Donald: (4) Chuck Bednarik Award, Bronko Nagurski Award, Outland Trophy, Lombardi Award
All of them Consensus All-Americans (Hugh Green 3 times)
While we are on a roll,
The Pitt football Mount Rushmore of wasted talent.
I'll start
Brian Davis
Elijah Fields
MoMo Weekly
Tyre Young
I purposely omitted Rushel Shell cuz i always thought he was a bum.
The Pitt football Mount Rushmore of wasted talent.
I'll start
Brian Davis
Elijah Fields
MoMo Weekly
Tyre Young
I purposely omitted Rushel Shell cuz i always thought he was a bum.
Nobody else played both ways except “ Iron Mike”. That has to count for something. Mike, TD, Green and Marino are my four.
Good post, but is really is hard to leave Goldberg off, considering the presence of Pitt among the College football Giants, and the fact that College Football was King in those days, plus, for two years he was considered among the top two or three best players in the country. From Wikipedia : Marshall Goldberg - At the University of Pittsburgh, under coach Jock Sutherland, he led the Pitt Panthers to back-to-back national championships in 1936 and 1937. Goldberg's 1936 team won the 1937 Rose Bowl. He finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1937 and was runner-up for the Heisman in 1938. He was also an All-American in both 1937 and 1938, first as a halfback and then as a fullback. During his Pitt career he amassed 1,957 rushing yards, a school record that stood until 1974 when Tony Dorsett surpassed it. Goldberg was part of Pitt's legendary Dream Backfield along with Dick Cassiano, John 'Chick' Chickerneo, & Curly Stebbins. Some experts consider Pitt's Dream Backfield superior to the more famous Four Horsemen of Notre Dame.
I like Marino as much as anyone else, but there is no way he is on the Mt. Rushmore based on his college career.
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I agree with how you have broken it down. From the second group I would pick Fitz and Donald.
When that was going on, those in our group simply could not understand why Hugh wasn't in the race.
I like Marino as much as anyone else, but there is no way he is on the Mt. Rushmore based on his college career.
Dan Marino College Stats | College Football at Sports-Reference.com
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Marino had a great junior year. One of the best in Pitt history. However he was never a consensus all-American or an award winner of any kind. He can’t be in the top four...
Yes, Goldberg would be my number 5 based on finishing in the top three of the Heisman voting two years in a row. If you traded out Fitz for Goldberg, I wouldn’t argue...
Haha, yes, well were I on the committee I would argue for a 5 headed Mt. Rushmore or "bust" long before I would vote Fitz off, I guess!
This. Guy was considered the best center in college football history at the time he played.
Easily one of the most decorated Panthers ever.
Pitt's Mount Flushmore... located on the site of the future on-campus stadium: John Bowman, Ed Bozik, Paul Hackett and Steve Pedersen.
I can only speculate that Green has merely a normal sized head and would thus look out of place next to all the Big Heads.
The block letter Pitt with no middle stripe on the helmet was worse imo. By just adding the stripe it looked at least ok.
From the Cheap Seats; just player for me-Goldberg, Dorsett, Ditka, and Green, from left to right.
Outsider perspective....Ditka, Dorsett, Green, Danny Marino. I understand the desire to put Donald or Fitzgerald in there but that’s like putting Ernie Stautner on the mountain.
Aaron Donald won every award he was eligible for - he was that dominant on a very average team
Understood, but level of team matters in these Mt Rushmore discussions. They just do. Stautner was a STUD for Steelers (just like Kiner for Pirates) in the 50s/early 60s. No Pitt player should be on a Mt Rushmore from beyond like early 80s.
Pitt itself has gone with Fitzgerald, Ditka, Dorsett, and Marino.
Pitt has been wrong more than a few times over the years. Donald should be there.
At least there can be zero argument about the 4 coaches on the list. Warner, Sutherland, Majors, and Sherrill are literally the only guys worth mentioning in the history of the program.
I’m hard pressed to even have Marino in the discussion. For me Dorsett and Green are #1 and #2, no one else is even in the conversation. Have no issue with either Ditka, Donald, or Fitzgerald filling the other 2 spots.
