Football Notes

If you can tear yourself away from Super Bowl hype (anybody else expecting a yawner?), there is a nice stary in the PD about Roger Wehrli, and some encouraging words about the Mizzou Tigers recruiting class for next year.

From the story on Wehrli:

Wehrli was considered flawless in his technique. He never wasted steps or motion, and could read a receiver's routes with uncanny prescience. Some of the top quarterbacks of the era — including Hall of Famers Roger Staubach, Fran Tarkenton and Sonny Jurgensen — have said they avoided throwing to Wehrli's side. He was too smart to be fooled, too swift to be outrun.

"After a while," Staubach said, "you just stopped challenging him. There was no point to it. He was the best cornerback I played against. The term 'Shutdown Corner' originated with Roger Wehrli."

I have to say, I grew up hating Roger Staubach (he ripped my young heart out too many Sundays for me to like the man), but he has shown nothing but class since his playing days ended.

I am also extremely happy that Wehrli got in on the regular ballot and not via the old-timers committee.