Do more posters plan to participate in this thread during this upcoming season?
I sure hope so, because, barring several unfortunate injuries, we should dominate again. If they get an opportunity, several new athletes should come out of the woodwork as well.
The ACC seems to have a few more White studs at linebacker these days, and it's known as a "speed" conference, so that's something to look forward to. If some of our athletes continue to dominate the ACC, what will the NFLs excuse be? That's why we need to document what could be a historic year for our linebackers, particularly in the ACC.
--Keith Brooking dominated at Georgia Tech, and he has done very well in the NFL.
**There probably had to be a few other productive White LBs in that "era" -- but I can't really think of any. I watched quite a bit of NFL drafts as well, and, sure, the ACC was already dark on defense in that time. Florida State tended to have their all-black defenses, as well as North Carolina, NC State and Clemson. I honestly don't have recollections of Virginia, Wake Forest, Duke and Maryland. Boston College, of course, wasn't in the conference at that time.
When Dan Morgan dominated at Miami U, they were in the Big East at the time. Same with Virginia Tech, and they are another team that tended to be all-black.**
If anyone knows of some other productive White LBs (in the ACC) during the past 10-20 years -- I would like to hear about them. I have no doubt that the pickings were very slim....
