Okay, I have to call you on #5. I didn't think my memory was that bad. Stan Humphries was drafted in the 6th round, #159 overall. Steve Young was the #1 pick of the Supplemental draft of 1984. He was the #337 pick that year, as the regular 12 round draft had 336 picks. I knew I remembered people knocking him about not getting drafted in the regular draft.

PS, wanna take a guess who the #3 and #4 picks of the supplemental draft that year were? Oh, a guy named Gary Zimmerman and a guy named Reggie White. Three HOFers in the first four picks of the Supplemental draft.

Zombo said:

Earl Campbell.

Dorsett went #2 the previous year btw (after Rickey Bell), Dallas had traded for somebodies draft pick that year.

Zombo

Damn. Can't believe I couldn't think of Earl Campbell. Senility is a bummer.

@the-gipper said:

OJ and Hornung are correct. (Sanders not, he was like the #3 pick in the draft the year he came out.

There is one other.

Has to be a RB. Can't be Dorsett, Dallas didn't draft that high then. Hmm. At a loss on that one.

I'll try a couple other questions:

#3

Kurt Warner has three starts, Jake Delhomme has one. You asked for four occasions, not four players.

#4

IF I'm reading this right, you want the two earliest draft picks that have faced each other.

Bradshaw and Staubach? Bradsahw was a #1 pick, Staubach was like #10 or #11. So Superbowl X and XIII.

#5

If I read this right as the two latest draft picks that have faced each other, (outside of UFA's) I'll say Steve Young and Humphries in Superbowl XXIX. Humphries was picked in the mid rounds of the draft, and Young was actually taken in the supplemental draft, putting him way down on the list. (Although could you say then that technically, Young was undrafted?)

#10

I figure four choices. Coin flip, I'm going to go with the Bucaneers.

#8

O J Simpson I'm certain of. Was Barry sanders the other? Or maybe Paul Hornung?

@harry-buffalo said:

There is 0% chance that any kind of normally therapy drug would have anything in it to set off a steroids test. It is a worse excuse that Cushings "my body just makes too much testosterone" excuse.

That is not true. There are several that will. Among which are Clenbuterol, an asthma medication, Adderall, an ADD medication, Erythropoietin, used in cancer treatments, any of the Beta2 agonists used in asthma inhalers, and on and on. Was he using one of these? I don't know, but if he was and didn't inform the league, that's just stupid.

@the-gipper said:

Well, I think what you are saying is just what I was saying....it is the HOT teams that ends up winning....not the team with the best record. That team that struggle during the year, like you said, gets healthy, gets on the same page....just improves generally in their play calling...and yes, in their matchups.

If Billy Cundiff doesn't choke and the Ravens go on to win that AFC title game...or if the 9er guy doesn't muff two punts we would have had whole other matchups, and those matchups may have been much for favorable for the Pats or against the Giants. Who knows.

Well, here we go again, define a hot team. The Broncos surely looked hot going through the first round of the play offs, then choked big time at Gillette. As far as the team with the best records, you have to look deeper into their schedule. NE this season is a prime example. Best record in the AFC, 13-3. BUT, they only played two teams with a winning record this season and lost both of those games, and another one to a division rival that finished 6-10. They only faced five teams all season with a defense that finished rated in the top half. You can make the argument from that, that the Ravens, Steelers, and Houston were "better" teams. The Packers actually had a very easy schedule also, they only played five winning teams all season and didn't play a defense that finished better than 13th all season. That can definitely have a tendency to help a W-L record.

@the-gipper said:

@batman said:

Jim Brown has been arrested for rape and if memory serves me, around three times. Even if it wasn't three times for sure at least once. I believe the last time he got arrested for rape was back in the 80's when he was probably in his 40's or 50's.

Never happened. He was arrested for disorderly conduct when he pounded on his own car with a golf club or something. That's it.

Actually Gipper, he's some what right.

ESPN

But for all Brown's good deeds and athletic prowess, there appears to be a dark side to him as well. He has been frequently accused of violent crimes, primarily toward women.

An 18-year-old accused Brown of forcing her to have sex after giving her whisky, but a jury found him innocent of assault and battery in the 10-day trial in 1965. He was accused of throwing his girlfriend from a balcony in 1968, but when the 22-year-old woman refused to name Brown as her assailant, the charge of assault with intent to murder was dropped. He was fined $300 for resisting a deputy.

Brown was acquitted of assaulting a man after a traffic accident in 1969. He was fined $500 and spent a day in jail after beating up a golfing partner in 1978. He was charged with rape, sexual battery and assault in 1985, but the charges were dropped when the 33-year-old woman gave inconsistent testimony.

The next year, he was arrested for allegedly beating his fiancée after accusing her of flirting. He spent three hours in jail, but three days later the 21-year-old woman said she didn't want to prosecute.

In October 1999, Brown was convicted in Los Angeles of smashing the window of his 25-year-old wife Monique's car, but was acquitted of making terrorist threats against her. The judge sentenced him to three years' probation, stripped him of his driver's license for a year, fined him $1,700 to be paid to a battered woman's shelter and a domestic abuse fund, and ordered him to attend special counseling for domestic batterers.

When Brown refused counseling, he was given a six-month sentence. He was released from jail in Ventura County (California) in July 2002 after serving less than four months.

Brown has been arrested twice for what would now be called sexual assault charges, and several more times for domestic violence and assault. He did go to jail for the last charge of terroristic threats, and has paid fines on other charges when they were reduced. Does this mean he's a wife beater and rapist? I don't know. I don't know what happened, I only know he was the best RB ever in the NFL, and arguably the best player ever. But off the field, he evidently had issues, or at least poor judgement to get into those situations.

Saw something the other night on ESPN that triggered a little searching by me. It was stated that only six WR's had been named Super Bowl MVP. Didn't sound right, so I went looking and checking. By God it is right. There have been seven RB's named MVP and QB's have been MVP 23 times, some of them multiple times (Montana/Bradshaw/Brady/Starr). There have been eight defensive players named MVP, and one KR (Desmond Howard SB XXXI).

But this kinda startled me. You know who has the most MVP's? Ain't Pittsburgh, it's Dallas with seven. That's right folks, seven. How did that happen? Well, in SB XII Randy White and Harvey Martin were Co-MVP's so that gets them to six instead of five. But they also have the distinction of having the only MVP to be named from the losing team. Chuck Howley in SB V.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_Mo...le_Player_Award

#2 : Raiders

# 3: Jets. Their only Superbowl came pre-1970 merger, and they haven't won any since then, as they haven't been back to the Superbowl.

# 5: I know Atlanta played in it, so that would make it '99. I can't remember who they played for sure, GB maybe? There's only been three OT conference championship games. If it wasn't Cleveland-Denver, then that has to be it because they changed the rules after whiny Favre never had a chance to touch the ball last year, that one ended quick.

# 6: If you're looking for just ONE unique answer, then Dallas is it. They've been to the big dance eight times since 1970.

#9 : If the 49'ers is half right, then how about Dallas as the other. Lord knows they've been there enough too.

AFC Cleveland-Denver

#10: Three. Cleveland-Denver 87, NO-Minnesota '10, Atlanta-GB? '99

Gipper,.

The Brown I was thinking of was Ron Brown from the 80's. He was drafted then traded right away to the Rams. I was certain he was drafted in the first round. I checked, he was our first pick, but second round. Oops....

Some answers to parts not finished yet Gipper.

Question 2: I saw this one time years ago. It's Princeton, with like 25 or 26 national championships since 1869. Yale was right behind them with 18. Of course the first forty some years, the only schools that were even considered were the Ivy League schools, no other colleges need apply, thank you.

Question 4: The other possible rematch is Pats-Packers

Question 6: 49'ers

Question 7: WR and RB

Question 8: Warfield, Edwards, Slaughter, Alexander, Holden, Brown. Do TE's count? Those are all the pure wide outs I can think of, but Ozzie was taken in the 1st round behind Matthews.

Question 9: Notre Dame, Alabama, Oklahoma, USC, Miami, Ohio St, AND Nebraska. Michigan had most of their wins in the pre-poll era.

1) Done

2) Raiders, Broncos, Chargers?

3) Done

4) Stallworth

5) Browns and Lions in the 1982 strike year

6) Done

7) Done

The then Cleveland Rams in 1943

9) I want to say Cincinatti had a team about that time, but it may have been later

10) Last years PD - 150?

@the-gipper said:

If the Playoffs started today, the following teams would be in:

AFC:

East : Patriots with #1 seed. They have clinched a playoff spot, but have not yet clinched the division

North: Steelers. They have clinched a playoff spot but have not clinched the division. They have the division lead because of a better division record, 4-1 vs. 2-2, over the Ravens

South: Colts. They have the lead over the Jags due to a better record in common games 5-4 vs. 4-5

West: Chiefs

Wildcards: Ravens with #5 seed (by virtue of win over Jets). Jets.

Still in the hunt: Jags for South title, currently with same record with Colts. Chargers for West title, 1 game behind Chiefs.

Both are technically in the hunt for a wildcard if Jets and Ravens should lose both remaining games and they would win both games. Same is true for Colts if they don't win the South.

NFC:

East: Eagles

North: Bears who have clinched their division

South: Falcons with #1 seed. They have clinched a playoff spot, but not the division

West: Rams, by virtue of victory over Seahawks

Wildcards: Saints, Giants

Still in the hunt: Packers and Bucs for the wildcards, 49ers for the West division title.

Big games this week: 49ers vs. Rams (yes a 5-9 team vs. a 6-8 team in week 16 is a big game); Giants vs Packers, very critical for NFC wildcard race. Saints vs. Falcons Supremacy in NFC South is still at stake.

How sad is the NFC West that a 7-9 team could be the division winner....

I was 50/50/90 on the Cadava potion (Give a person a 50-50 chance, 90% of the time, they'll choose wrong)

I was close on the Bulldogs answer too, just couldn't think of Chamberleins name with out cheating...

Thanks for a great trivia this week Gip!

@the-gipper said:

I might as well get this trivia in early in the week, so here you go. This is a mixture of football and "potions". Don't ask why I went there, I don't know. Maybe it was something I drank:

1. If Bill Belichick were to lead the Patriots to another title this year, he would become only the 7th Head Coach in Professional Football history to have won 4 Championships. Name the other 6:

Brown, Noll, Lambeau, Halas, Lombardi I can name. Din't the coach for the old Bulldogs win 4 championships back in the 30's?

2. What is the real plant "hogworts" used for?

A laxative

3. Lou Groza holds the record for the Kicker with longest career with only 1 team with 21 years with the Browns. There is an active kicker who is second on that list. Who and what team does he play for?

Bironas in Tenn?

4. Yesterday Tom Brady moved into the Top 20 list of all time passers by yardage. He has played his entire career with the Patriots. Of those Top 20, 5 other QBs played their entire careers with a single team. Name those 5 QBs.

Marino, Kelly, Elway, Peyton, Fouts

5. What band had a #3 hit on the charts in 1965 with the song "Love Potion #9"?

Answered

6. Cheers: Name several of the ingredients in Wassail.

Cider, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg.

7. The Browns got beat by a team led by a QB from Harvard. Only 2 Harvard graduates in history have made the Pro Bowl. One played for the Browns upcoming opponent. Who was that player?

Answered

8. Speaking of Ivy League schools, the character B.D. of Doonesbury comics fame is based on Cleveland St. Ignatius grad and Yale Quarterback and team captain Brian Dowling. B.D. actually did play a few years in the NFL with 2 different NFL teams. Name those 2 teams.

??????

9. Who was the NFL Coach of the Year in 2009?

Answered

10. What famous personage drank a potion of Cadava Berries?

Real or fictional personage? Romeo maybe?

11. Lynn Swann, Jerry Rice, Michael Irvin, Deion Branch, Hines Ward, Santonio Holmes. Which one of these WRs was NOT a Super Bowl MVP?

Irvin

12. What English boarding school in Warwickshire UK which was founded in 1567 and which was attended by among others Neville Chamberlain, Lewis Carroll, and Salman Rushdie gave its name to a well known sport?

Rugby

13. What is the rivalry between the Weltenburg Abbey and the Weihenstephan Abbey based on?

???????

@the-gipper said:

I don't think Cowher was a Defensive Backs coach, was he? He was the Special teams coach here. And maybe a DC, but was he ever a DB coach?

OK, I may be having a senior moment. Wasn't he the DB coach here in Cleveland his last year here? Then he went with Marty to KC to be the DC. Then on to Pittsburgh.

OK, I checked Pro-football-reference.com. They have him listed as the secondary coach in 1987 and 1988. I didn't think I was losing my mind, but any more I'm not sure. The other morning I buttered my hat and ate it, then put bread on my head to go to work....

@the-gipper said:

4. Both Fox and Tony Dungy were defensive back coaches for the Steelers?

No, somewhere along the line I believe another defensive back coach for the Steelers became a HC in the NFL. (In fact, I think Chuck Noll may have held that position)

Whether this answer may be correct, I do not know. I will only say that Chuck Noll was not a defensive backfield coach for the Steelers. He was however a defensive backfield coach ....for both the Chargers and the Colts before becoming the Steelers HC.

I was too late to finish answering the 'Script Ohio' question, was out of town for Thanksgiving. Do you have any idea at all Gip as to how that song came to be used by Ohio State?

As to the defensive back coaches question above, the answer would be Dick Lebeau. He started as the Steelers DB coach, then became DC, then went to Cincinatti as HC.

What's funny on that is that Dungy hired Tomlin to be his DB in Tampa. And Pittsburgh's last three head coaches have all been DB coaches. They haven't had a coach from the offensive side all these years.

The lyrics are from a french song about the Franco-Prussian war of 1871(?). Why OSU uses that as a fight song, I've never understood.....

Browns 14

Bengals 10

Provided the Browns defense keeps Benson contained. In the rain, Carson passing is a no go.

@the-gipper said:

LNC You get a check on #1 though you didn't say which team led!

You also got half an answer on #4 (there was another Bengal HC aside from Wyche who played for them.

On #6 you are right on those 2, but there is another Johnson.

Check on #7

#8 is more or less right, though a little more explanation will be required when I give the answer.

#10 is right.

Check on LeBeau

Total score: 4 right plus 1/2 plus 2/3 plus 1/6ths plus 12 is right for everyone.

Sorry on the first question, Browns, of course!

Hmm, on #4, would that other coach be Coslett? Only other one I can think of it might be be...

And I see I forgot to answer #9. That would be Cinergy Field. And in point of fact, it was called that for several years. Remember, the Reds continued to play there for another three years until they got their new stadium.