My Faith is Renewed by Stanford and its Athletes

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<p>I was quite impressed by quarterback Andrew Luck’s comments and demeanor following Stanford’s victory over Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl. This fella handled the nitwit reporters’ questions quite well. It’s no secret that Stanford sets the bar high for its athletes’ intellectual prowess, but Luck seems to be exceptional. He reminded me of the UWisconsin basketball player a few years ago; All-American talent, an excellent mind and great character to boot.</p>

<p>I love the Alabamas, Southern Californias and Louisiana States of college football, but I wish there were more players like Andrew Luck.</p>

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<p>He comes from a good pedigree.</p>

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<p>And this too from UW-Madison:</p>

<p>[Gabe</a> Carimi applies the team concept to engineering success (Dec. 10, 2010)](<a href=“http://www.news.wisc.edu/18764]Gabe”>Gabe Carimi applies the team concept to engineering success)</p>

<p>[Gabe</a> Carimi: U of Wisc. Star in Shul and On the Football Field | The Jewish Week](<a href=“http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/national/gabe_carimi_u_wisc_star_shul_and_football_field]Gabe”>http://www.thejewishweek.com/news/national/gabe_carimi_u_wisc_star_shul_and_football_field)</p>

<p>He is so big. See the picture here: </p>

<p>[UW</a> football: Carimi, Konz have big fan in little sister](<a href=“http://host.madison.com/sports/college/football/bowl/article_71ffd33e-154e-11e0-87db-001cc4c002e0.html]UW”>http://host.madison.com/sports/college/football/bowl/article_71ffd33e-154e-11e0-87db-001cc4c002e0.html)</p>

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<p>Holey Moley, Carimi IS HUGE!!! But I’m confident he met his match in that nun.</p>

<p>BigEastBeast, thanks for reminding me of my advanced years. I clearly remember Andrew Luck’s dad playing days as the WVU quarterback. Feeling ancient…feeling old…once again. Argh!!!</p>

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<p>Yeah we really “Luck’ed out” when we hired him to be our AD.</p>

<p>BTW, Andrew Luck is an Architectural Engineering major. Bright kid. Bright future in or out of football. Wonderful example of a student athlete.</p>

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<p>B.E.B., That was the most horrendous pun I’ve heard so far today.</p>

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<p>hahaha…I thought I was being clever!</p>

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<p>Wouldn’t it be great if Andrew is still on the board when the Bills pick at #3? That way we could have the TWO smartest quarterbacks in the NFL (along with Fitzpatrick from Harvard)! The Panthers will probably snatch him up though…</p>

<p>Gabe and the rest of the Badger line had FIFTY POUNDS on the TCU line the other day - gotta give TCU credit for hanging in there and winning that game (heartbreaking as it was for this Badger/Big 10 fan, maybe OSU will have better luck tonight!)</p>

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<p>Re Carimi:</p>

<p>It’s no wonder that Wisconsin wound up three yards short of have three running backs go over a 1,000 yards this season. TCU’s speed showed itself in James White’s difficulty in getting outside the defensive line. OTOH, TCU had great difficulty in stopping anyone up the middle.</p>

<p>Good game. Wisconsin lost to a higher ranked team. It was close and both teams played to their strengths.</p>

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<p>Stanford just sent out the following release:</p>

<p>Stanford University announced today Andrew Luck, a redshirt sophomore quarterback from Houston, Texas, will not declare for early entry to the 2011 NFL draft as required for underclassmen.</p>

<p>“I am committed to earning my degree in architectural design from Stanford University and am on track to accomplish this at the completion of the spring quarter of 2012”, said Luck.</p>

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<p>Let me tell you there was a big moan in my neck of the woods when this statement was released. :(</p>

<p>As a mom, I’m proud of him completing his degree.</p>

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<p>Now we’ll see if it’s the coach or the player. Could be a tough season.</p>

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<p>ts–I agree on White–he was ineffective with the faster smaller TCU defense versus Ball and Clay who with good blocking had there way up the middle. Why they ever got away from doing that I’ll never know. Do it until they stop you plus that type of running really takes the heart out of the defense late in the game. We wasted the 3rd QTR playing TCU’s game.</p>

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<p>Excellent! My faith IS renewed. I love it when some “student-athlete” turns out to be serious about getting an education instead of merely trying out for the pros. My hat is off to Mr. Luck.</p>

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<p>Did you hear young Mr. Luck’s response to a nitwit sports talk radio tirade about how the quarterback is making a mistake by returning to school? This kid is the real deal, in all the right categories…of manhood.</p>

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<p>Did I hear somewhere that he wants to do Stadium design after his football days are over?</p>