Tyrone Moss

[caneingville]

That GT game was pathetic.

This sentence applies to 95% of our games against GT.

 

[mcnaire2004]

This sentence applies to 95% of our games against GT.

 

[lauderdaleballer]

Single best memory was him taking over the UNC game.




Coker gave him every shot. Don't know where this is coming from


Obviously he'd be one of the all-time greats if he didn't hurt his knee against VT. He was a beast for those 7 games he was healthy AND wasn't fat.

I liked him a lot.

That injury really set him back. He was living up to the hype those first 7 games.

 

[Trav]

My memory is one of regret. Why? We were recruiting Maurice Jones-Drew, RB teammate of DJ Williams from de la Salle in California. Maurice wanted to be a Cane. But, Larry Coker preferred Moss. So Maurice ended up at UCLA where he starred before beginning a stellar career in the NFL. A real unforced recruiting error by the Canes.

What?? In what universe do you pass on Tyrone Moss? We would have taken both. In fact, Moss very nearly went to VT. He was actually silently committed there, and we had to grease the wheels a bit to get him to stay home.

 

[UMFanatic]

My memory is one of regret. Why? We were recruiting Maurice Jones-Drew, RB teammate of DJ Williams from de la Salle in California. Maurice wanted to be a Cane. But, Larry Coker preferred Moss. So Maurice ended up at UCLA where he starred before beginning a stellar career in the NFL. A real unforced recruiting error by the Canes.

I know what you are saying, but it is total hindsight. Moss ran for 7000 yards in South Fla HS ball so it was a no-brainer to pick him over Jones-Drew at that moment.

 

[Cortez55403]

What?? In what universe do you pass on Tyrone Moss? We would have taken both. In fact, Moss very nearly went to VT. He was actually silently committed there, and we had to grease the wheels a bit to get him to stay home.

MJD has stated that he did not ultimately have the option to sign with Miami. Moss was the choice.

 

[mirasuegui]

I guess what this thread is really about is how big a letdown Charlie Jones was. That GT game was pathetic.

Coker going for it 3 times on 4th and short (thanks Jones) in field goal range because 'FGs aren't going to win you this game.' So dumb. Mario level dumb.

that GT game was an absolute nightmare, wasn't that the game, where we had to bring in some portable flood lights. absolute mess

 

[SFbayCane]

Before his knee injury at Vatech later that season, he was really turning into a raging bull. A guy that could control the clock and churn out yards for the offense. He looked like a big NFL back. Almost like a more athletic version of Stephen McGuire

But that injury ruined him, and he really didn't have the work ethic to overcome it

I'll never forget coach Soldinger getting on him for being really out of shape in the off-season after his strong freshman season -- and Coker reprimanding Sol for saying it. That's when I knew our program was cooked

Totally agree. He was sort of the guy who had so much raw talent that he got by on talent alone for so much of his youth that he never really developed the needed work ethic to overcome.

R.I.P.