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Tom Bragg: It's Time For Marshall To Immortalize Randy Moss
Randy Moss is officially going into the College Football Hall of Fame, and it's time for Marshall to do the right thing and immortalize The Freak.
Marshall needs to make plans to retire Moss' No. 88 jersey, his name and number need to go up on the Joan C. Edwards Stadium press box along with Frank "Gunner" Gatski and while we're at it, let's build a statue somewhere at the stadium.
That may seem like overkill, but let me ask you this — why not? Moss is a once-ever talent, he grew up here, he's one of us and after he broke all the records at Marshall he went on to be arguably the best wide receiver to ever play football.
Moss' relationship with Marshall hasn't always been a great one in the years since he left Huntington, but who cares? It sure does appear that things are solid now — Moss just opened a chicken restaurant near campus in Huntington and spent some time slinging sandwiches there at the grand opening — so everything is lined up for the powers that be at MU to pull the trigger and do it big for one of the best to ever play the game.
Having a home-grown NFL and College Football Hall of Famer come through the program doesn't happen often — Moss and Gatski and the only two in MU program history, and for comparison's sake WVU has three players who check both of those boxes (Sam Huff, Greasy Neale and Joe Stydahar). It makes sense to go all out to celebrate the occasion.
Current and future coaches can point at the press box and show recruits the statue and say, "Look, it doesn't happen often but here's the proof of how high you can climb from here." I also think a Randy Moss statue would be a social media gold mine.
Think of all the possible poses for a Randy Moss statue at Marshall? Streaking across the middle with striped socks in the national title game against Montana? Hurdling a defender against Army at West Point? Mossing a defender in the end zone — the one from the familiar photo from the first Coal Bowl in 1997? I could go on all day, there are so many great possibilities.
Let's hope the folks at MU feel the same way and we all throw a big party to celebrate one of the best football players of all-time this fall in Huntington.
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The Marshall men are playing their best basketball of the season right now, riding a 3-0 start to Sun Belt play into Wednesday's late game against Georgia Southern, but don't lose track of what the Marshall women's basketball team is doing under first-year head coach Kim Caldwell.
The Herd women are 9-5 overall, 3-0 in the SBC and a perfect 5-0 so far this season at the Cam Henderson Center. Caldwell's crew has a win against Florida on its resumé as well.
MU has been pretty fun to watch, too, if you happen to catch them on ESPN+. Abby Beeman, a graduate student guard who played her high school ball in Mineral County at Frankfort High, leads the SBC with 5.6 assists per game while redshirt senior Mahogany Matthews leads the league at 2.1 blocks per game. Four players — Roshala Scott (21), Beeman (17), Breanna Campbell (14.2) and Aislynn Hayes (11.7) — average double figures per game.
The Herd women are on the road Thursday in Atlanta at Georgia State (8-5, 2-1 SBC) and visit Coastal Carolina on Saturday before returning home next week to take on Old Dominion and get a rematch against Coastal in Huntington on the SBC's Thursday-Saturday loop.
It's very early in the conference portion of the schedule, but Caldwell's Herd looks to be a team that can possibly make some noise this season in the Sun Belt.
Randy Moss Reveals He Snuck Into Tom Brady's Hotel Room To Plead With The NFL Legend To Let Him Play With Him Before Sealing A Trade To The Patriots Just Months Later
Randy Moss revealed he got his trade to the New England Patriots after he snuck into the team's hotel and got to talk one-on-one with Tom Brady in his room.
Moss, who was frustrated playing for the Oakland Raiders, found a way to chat with Brady before the Patriots October 30, 2006 game on the road against the Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football.
'"Look, I'm going to cut the chase, I know you got a big game tonight. Look, I want to play with you." Walked out the door,' Moss revealed he told Brady during his appearance on Kevin Hart's 'Cold as Balls' from the LOL Network.
Moss still had a house in Minnesota after playing for the Vikings for seven seasons. He knew where the Patriots were staying because of a teammate who was previously traded from Oakland to New England, likely to be fellow wide receiver Doug Gabriel.
Moss took the exit elevator reserved for hotel employees and found out Brady's room from his old teammate.
Tom Brady and Randy Moss played together from 2007-10 with the New England Patriots
Moss revealed he was signed by the Patriots after a meeting in a Minnesota hotel with Brady
Moss was traded from Oakland to New England in April 2007, and played with Brady for four seasons.
During the 2007 season, Moss caught an NFL record 23 touchdown passes from Brady.
At that year's Super Bowl, Moss ran onto then-Raiders owner Al Davis in an elevator, who was mad at Moss' production with the Patriots.
'How the f*** do you think I'm doing? You go to New England and score 23 touchdowns?' Moss recalled Davis responding after asking the owner how he was.
Moss is widely considered one of the greatest wide receivers in NFL history and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.
Randy Moss, Larry Fitzgerald Are Among 19 Players And 3 Coaches Voted Into College Football HOF
Randy Moss and Larry Fitzgerald were among 19 players and three coaches in the College Football Hall of Fame class announced Monday.
Warrick Dunn of Florida State, Toby Gerhart of Stanford, Julius Peppers of North Carolina and Danny Woodhead of Chadron State also were elected to the Atlanta-based hall by the National Football Foundation.
Coaches elected were Frank Solich of Nebraska and Ohio, Mark Dantonio of Cincinnati and Michigan State and Danny Hale of Division II West Chester and Bloomsburg.
Moss, inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018, was one of college football's most electric performers in his two seasons at Marshall. He was an All-American as both a receiver and return man. He caught 174 passes for 3,529 yards and 54 touchdowns in his career and was the 1997 Biletnikoff Award winner. His 26 touchdown receptions that season were a Bowl Subdivision record. He played for five teams over 14 NFL seasons and was the league's leading receiver five times.
Fitzgerald was the 2003 Heisman Trophy runner-up and Biletnikoff Award winner while playing for Pittsburgh, where he totaled 161 catches for 2,677 yards and a school-record 34 touchdowns over his two seasons. He caught a touchdown in 18 consecutive games to set an NCAA record. He was the third overall pick in the 2004 NFL draft and 11-time Pro Bowl selection in 17 years with the Arizona Cardinals.
Dunn, who led Florida State to the 1993 national title, became the first Seminoles player to rush for 1,000 yards in three straight seasons. He finished his career in 1995 as the school's all-time leader in career touchdowns, all-purpose yards and rushing yards.
The hard-running Gerhart won the 2009 Doak Walker Award at Stanford and was the Heisman Trophy runner-up. Gerhart ran for 1,871 yards and 28 touchdowns to lead the nation in his senior year.
Peppers, who played at UNC, won the 2001 Bednarik and Lombardi awards. In 2000, he led the nation with 15 sacks and a school-record 24 tackles for loss. He was the second overall pick in the 2002 NFL draft and was a first-team All-Pro and nine-time Pro Bowl pick over 17 seasons with three teams.
Woodhead played at Division II Chadron State in Nebraska from 2004-07 and finished his career as college football's all-time rushing leader for all divisions with 7,962 yards. He twice won the Harlon Hill Trophy as the top DII player. Woodhead signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 2008 and spent 10 years in the NFL with four teams.
The rest of the 2024 class includes Justin Blackmon of Oklahoma State, Paul Cameron of UCLA, Tim Couch of Kentucky, Armanti Edwards of Appalachian State, Deon Figures of Colorado, Dan Hampton of Arkansas, Steve Hutchinson of Michigan, Antonio Langham of Alabama, Paul Posluszny of Penn State, Dewey Selmon of Oklahoma, Alex Smith of Utah, Kevin Smith of Texas A&M and Chris Ward of Ohio State.
The class will be inducted during the NFF's awards dinner in Las Vegas in December.
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