Pro. Jake Delhomme

[AirBill]

Go here for Tom Sorenson's column on the deal:

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlot...rs/8952365.htm


You have to register to read it, but it's free.

[Turbine]

Quote from the Charlotte Observer
... Now he's the man who helped the Panthers to the Super Bowl and almost helped them win it. He has become the most famous Cajun quarterback in the history of Cajun quarterbacks...

Wow since most people outside of Louisiana think everthing here is Cajun, I wonder who he was including in the history of Cajun quarterbacks.

On another note I wonder if the writer recalled that Delhomme means "The Man." I saved it somewhere but when Jake first went to the Saints he said someday he hoped to be "The Man" again like he was at UsL.

[AirBill]

Turbine,

I read Sorenson a lot, and he has been a Delhomme fan from the beginning. I believe he pointed that out in a column when Jake first signed with the Panthers.

I especially liked the part in his column where he points out that Jake called him back in 15 minutes for an interview request when he first signed; yesterday, after a year in which he became The Man in Charlotte, he called back in just five. How cool is that?

[Turbine]

I found it interesting to see the pro magazine covers for the eastern seaboard below the New England states.

Check it out Jake is on all the Preseason mag covers

[AirBill]

Jake Delhomme is a nominee for ESPN's Breakthrough Player of the Year ESPY award. Go here to vote for him:

http://espn.go.com/espy2004/s/04brea...hnominees.html

[Jason]

if you click on that link it says that you have already voted!!

[AirBill]

Don't know why. Try going this way:

http://espn.go.com/espy2004/s/04nomineesindex.html

[bigearl]

Awesome Jake Delhomme UL pictures

http://www.thecarolinacajun.com/photos-Cajuns.html

check out www.thecarolinacajun.com

[bigearl]

[KingTiger]

Does anyone know how Jake has done with the ESPY nomination? Just checking.

KingTiger

P. S. I am hearing conflicting reports. An immediate family member told me he did indeed win an award, but it was not the ESPY. Then one of the clowns on the channels in Lafayette just said that he lost out to Lebron James. If he did loose out to Lebron, it is BS!! I won't get into what I really think about the NBA and their creeps! I might get catagorized as being,.....well, I let you figure it out! I've known Jake personally for quite a long time now and it would be a great injustice for him not to win his category! WHO CARES ABOUT THE NBA AND THEIR "SIDE SHOWS"?????

OK, enough of my ranting! Good Luck Jake!!!!!

[Turbine]

I think Jake came in second for break through player.

The Saints won the big play of the year.

The Cajuns had a similar play last year, but it was called back because the lateral continued to travel forward even though it was thrown well behind the tosser.

They were just running to fast when it happened.

[Hammer58]

The paper this morning also said he lost out to LeBron James. To my way of thinking James was not really a breakout player since he was so hyped and he was expected to play at a high level. Jake was pretty much an unknown outside of this area and performed well above everyones expectations. I guess I just have a different definition of breakout than ESPN voters.