Brian Mitchell

[Cajun Express]

_ Probably not a good idea, I think we all remember how that 'Dolly' thing turned out. _

Yea, and you never can put everything on DNA, remember Jose Canseco and his identical twin. One was a major league all star and the other never progressed beyond triple A. Still having a triple A in addition to an all star will give your team a lot of potential.

Speaking of Dolly, I hear her mother was originally going to be shipped to either Western Kentucky or LSU, for the cloning process. That all changed after the goat incidents they thought it would be better to keep her as far away as possible from those two institutions.

[RCAJUN90]

Yea, and you never can put everything on DNA, remember Jose Canseco and his identical twin. One was a major league all star and the other never progressed beyond triple A. Still having a triple A in addition to an all star will give your team a lot of potential.

Speaking of Dolly, I hear her mother was originally going to be shipped to either Western Kentucky or LSU, for the cloning process. That all changed after the goat incidents they thought it would be better to keep her as far away as possible from those two institutions.

Some people take things to literally. What I meant was we need another Brian Mitchell type QB. Perhaps MD is close from what I've seen.

[Cajun Express]

_ Some people take things to literally. What I meant was we need another Brian Mitchell type QB. Perhaps MD is close from what I've seen. _

No, IMO I think you missed his humor entirely.....

[Cajun Express]

_ Some people take things to literally. What I meant was we need another Brian Mitchell type QB. Perhaps MD is close from what I've seen. _

Brian Mitchell was the strongest man on the team. I doubt MD or anyone we have had is close to Brian Mitchell from an athletic, and strength standpoint.

Brian stands on Everest, we stand on Monkey Hill and the other athletes stand on mountains in the Sierra Nevada chain.

[RCAJUN90]

No, IMO I think you missed his humor entirely.....

No I got it. I didn't think it was very funny.

[RCAJUN90]

Brian Mitchell was the strongest man on the team. I doubt MD or anyone we have had is close to Brian Mitchell from an athletic, and strength standpoint.

Brian stands on Everest, we stand on Monkey Hill and the other athletes stand on mountains in the Sierra Nevada chain.

Surely there's another Brian Mitchell out there we just need to find him. If memory serves he was going to LSU but they didn't even want to think about letting him be QB. That was how he ended up at UL.

[rhineaux]

_ No I got it. I didn't think it was very funny. _

Not funny??? come on, that was primetime quality comedy.

I don't remember watching mitchell play that much, but i think that from an athletic standpoint, that MD can probably do just as much to give defenses fits.

[Just1More]

_ Surely there's another Brian Mitchell out there we just need to find him. If memory serves he was going to LSU but they didn't even want to think about letting him be QB. That was how he ended up at UL. _

There are other great athletes with great character, but there is only one Brian Mitchell. He was never set to go to LSU. LSU was among many schools that wanted Brian, but not at QB. Brian wanted to be a collegiate QB, and Stokley told Brian he would be our QB. Four years of unbelievably great football. He was an incredible runner, but his passing is what amazed me, for a guy of his size and structure. He is a rare athlete.

We also got four great years out of Jake Delhomme. And he and Brian have few similarities, except they are quality people with a lot of tenacity. Whatever comes of our future QBs is always a mystery.

We'll see if "Tenacious MD" or "TD MD" or "Doctor MD" or "Mad Dog" or whatever we call him will light up a new era next year. His mama will just call him Michael.

[RCAJUN90]

There are other great athletes with great character, but there is only one Brian Mitchell. He was never set to go to LSU. LSU was among many schools that wanted Brian, but not at QB. Brian wanted to be a collegiate QB, and Stokley told Brian he would be our QB. Four years of unbelievably great football. He was an incredible runner, but his passing is what amazed me, for a guy of his size and structure. He is a rare athlete.

We also got four great years out of Jake Delhomme. And he and Brian have few similarities, except they are quality people with a lot of tenacity. Whatever comes of our future QBs is always a mystery.

We'll see if "Tenacious MD" or "TD MD" or "Doctor MD" or "Mad Dog" or whatever we call him will light up a new era next year. His mama will just call him Michael.

I like Mad Dog! I thought and perhaps it was just a rumor that he seriously considered LSU but like you indicated they weren't going to use him as a QB and we offered him the spot.

[NewsCopy]

NATCHITOCHES - Brian Mitchell and Stan Humphries have crossed paths several times during their athletic careers, the most recent coming here Thursday when the two took part in opening activities of the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame Induction Weekend. But it was a football game nearly two dec-ades ago that remains memorable for both - and for very different reasons. Humphries may still have the soreness from it. That's normally what happened when Reggie White applied a big hit. Mitchell has the memories - those of him taking a snap as a quarterback in an NFL game. "It was the first time, and one of my last times," Mitchell said Thursday. "That's a whole different kind of pressure." The rest of the story Dan McDonald dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com

[NewsCopy]

Induction time for sweet reflections

NATCHITOCHES -- Of course, they'll remember this. After all, being inducted into the Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame is a one-time experience. But for those being honored tonight, the process of getting here contained a treasure trove of memorable moments. For Brian Mitchell, who exited the NFL as the league's career kickoff- and punt-return yardage leader and played on a Super Bowl-winning team with the Washington Redskins, it was his final game as a quarterback at Southwestern Louisiana (now Louisiana-Lafayette). The Ragin' Cajuns trailed Arkansas State 28-21 in a 1989 game, and Mitchell had just thrown an interception that seemingly ended his team's chances. "People started leaving the stands," Mitchell recalled. "It's a hurting feeling when you look up and everybody's trying to get to their cars." But USL got the ball back, and after completing a fourth-and-10 pass to keep the drive alive, Mitchell faced another do-or-die situation with the Ragin' Cajuns from the Indians' 8. "Coach (Nelson) Stokley called me over and said we're going to run the quarterback draw," Mitchell said. "I knew if I didn't make it, the game was over -- but somehow I did." The Ragin' Cajuns then went for the victory, but a two-point conversion pass to Corey Williams was negated by a penalty. Same play, albeit from 5 yards farther back, and this time Williams caught Mitchell's pass with one foot inbounds. "I'm walking off the field with just my pants on because I'd thrown everything else in the stands," Mitchell said. "What a great way to go out." Mitchell is one of eight persons being inducted tonight, including two other former NFL players, ex-Saints linebacker Pat Swilling and quarterback Stan Humphries. Also being inducted are former LSU track standout Esther Jones, prep basketball coach Joel Hawkins, three-sport Tulane star Warren Perkins and two posthumous inductees -- National Baseball Hall of Famer Willard Brown and women's basketball player Kim Perrot. The rest of the story Ted Lewis Time Picayune tlewis@timespicayune.com (504) 232-5071.

[MiamiCajun32]

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My memory may be fuzzy but my memory says that Mitchell was not yet actually returning kicks regularly for the Redskins going into that game, but was on the special teams doing other things. I also thought it was a lot earlier in the season than a few weeks before those teams met in the playoffs. I remember it being about week 4 or 5 or so. But memory is funny sometimes...