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(Non LSU) Vince Young's Wonderlic Score= 6 out of 50 (!!)

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BostonBengal Founding Member

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LSUGradin99 said:

How would he play in Tiger Stadium?
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Because, in theory, the Superdome might not be ready for the first home game, that's how.

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BostonBengal said:

Because, in theory, the Superdome might not be ready for the first home game, that's how.
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Hmmm.. Actually in theory the Superdome will be ready. :thumb: :yelwink2:

LSUGradin99, Feb 26, 2006

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I think you get 2 pts just for putting your name and date on the exam. :shock:
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that sounds easy but the pressure can get to you. i took it once and i was pretty stressed. i ended up putting my name as "marvin" and put an actual date (the fruit) on the exam.

martin, Feb 26, 2006

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Contained Chaos said:

And Matt Leinart is depressed with the news that he'll be the Saints new QB. Get ready to play in Tiger Stadium this fall, son!
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Please no, not Leinart in Tiger Stadium.

NOTE: People are backing off the 6 score:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/3687374.html

HatcherTiger, Feb 26, 2006

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excellent quote: "I don't care what his Wonderlic score is. The only score I care about is 41-38."

jjbodean1970, Feb 27, 2006

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LSUGradin99 said:

How would he play in Tiger Stadium?
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preseason will prob be played in TS

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friday said:

preseason will prob be played in TS
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That has not been reported anywhere has it?

LSUGradin99, Feb 27, 2006

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Nevemind. Didn't see HatcherTiger's post

LSUalum24, Feb 27, 2006

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HatcherTiger said:

Please no, not Leinart in Tiger Stadium.

NOTE: People are backing off the 6 score:

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/3687374.html
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Keep in mind that John McClain is a total pimp for VY, still thinks Texans will draft him.

I'm sorry, but it sure seems like the VY apologists are out in full force on this one. How in the world can be not be prepared for this when every other high prospect was ready for it?

Damn if I don't look at VY and see a taller and heavier version of Mike Vick...sorry, Mike Vick runs better and has a stronger arm.

Nevermind...

TejasTiger, Feb 27, 2006

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Latest from the folks who broke the story in the first place (PFT.com):

LEAGUE NEEDS TO CLEAR THE AIR ON YOUNG

With multiple different versions of the events now making the rounds, and with plenty of people firmly believing that the league is trying its best to massage the mess in order to mollify Mack Brown, we think it's high time for the NFL to offer a clear and complete explanation as to the events that resulted in rampant rumors and reports that Texas quarterback Vince Young scored a six on a Wonderlic test administered to him on Saturday.

Here's the sequence of events, in the order the info came to us.

1. Word broke on Saturday afternoon of the test score. We heard it from a league source in Indy who was "99 percent" certain that the score was accurate. We later confirmed from another league source at the combine that Young had scored a six.

2. Word of the score spread faster than a blister-causing virus at Ron Mexico's high school reunion. By Saturday night, it was the talk of the town.

3. By Sunday morning, other publications had reported on the score.

4. By early Sunday afternoon, there were rumors that the combine officials were re-checking Young's test in order to determine whether it had been properly graded.

5. By late Sunday afternoon, we heard that the guy responsible for grading the test had screwed the thing up.

6. At about the same time, Texans G.M. Charley Casserly announced to 100 or so reporters that the report of the low score was inaccurate. He offered no other details.

7. By Sunday evening, we heard that some now believe the test was graded properly, and that someone had cobbled together the grading error excuse because Texas coach Mack Brown's head nearly exploded once he learned that the low score had been leaked.

The Monday morning news accounts do little to present a uniform version of the events.

PackersNews.com, a service of Gannett Wisconsin Newspapers, reports that several scouts have confirmed that Young's score was a six.

Jeff Darlington of The Palm Beach Post reports that two unnamed team executives "weren't willing to believe Young's score was incorrect, standing by the initial information that was given them."

Jim Wyatt of The Nashville Tennessean (who reported on Sunday that Young had scored a six) confirms that "coaches, scouts and officials from several NFL teams said they received word that Young scored a 6." Said Titans G.M. Floyd Reese: "I heard the 6. I heard the test was improperly given and I heard they are going to try and correct it.''

Vinny DiTrani of The Bergen Record writes that "everal team sources confirmed the low score Sunday."

But perhaps the most bizarre news comes from The Houston Chronicle, which reports that Young got a "do-over" on Sunday, and that this time around he scored a 16.

Young's agent, Major Adams, told The Chronicle that the second test was personally administered by Jeff Foster, executive director of the National Scouting Combine. "The combine officials assured us that score [6] was false and that the accurate score will be known when the combine results are given to each team," Adams said.

Okay, now we're really getting confused. If the story is that the six was false and that the test was being re-graded, why in the hell does Young get to take it again in a one-on-one setting with the executive director of the combine?

This latest development will only feed speculation that the NFL is doing its best to keep Texas coach Mack Brown happy. You see, the league has a weird relationship with college coaches. The NFL tiptoes around them, and the college coaches periodically poop all over the NFL.

It's all about access. Every year, NFL scouts need to be able to visit campus and attend practice so that they can make observations regarding players in a non-game football setting. Without such access, the NFL teams are limited to game films and pre-draft shirts-and-shorts workouts.

So with Mack Brown likely miffed about the implication that the University of Texas somehow put through the educational system a guy who could only muster a six out of 50 on the Wonderlic, it could be that it was time for the NFL and the combine officials to engage in some sweeping damage control.

And it's a specific effort to engage in damage control that often leads to multiple measures that seem to be logically inconsistent. If the test wasn't scored properly, then re-score the damn thing. Case closed. When the powers-that-be opt to also re-do the test, the whole thing starts to smell, in our opinion.

Then again, it's not as if a 16 qualifies Young to have afternoon tea with Stephen Hawking.

Bottom line -- it's time for the NFL to lay out in detail all of the facts on this one, embarrassing as some of them might be. Because without a full and clear explanation, it sure looks to us as if someone was bending the rules for Young in order to keep Mack Brown happy.
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TejasTiger, Feb 27, 2006

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