Robo QB

I really enjoyed ESPN's look back at the saga of Todd Marinovich, and what a saga it was.  As usual, the sensationalism of the story obscured the basic fact that Marinovich was mega talented.  6'4 with a fluid motion and good athletic ability, he started as a freshman at Mater Dei High in CA, which was a top program, and went on the become the career U.S. passing yardage record-holder.  He then amazingly started as a true freshman at USC and won the Rose Bowl.  How much better could it get?  Even the hard veterans on the Raiders like Howie Long and Ronnie Lott could see the ability and what they called the "it" factor.  Unfortunately the dream wasn't really his and he didn't love football enough to take his talent seriously.  He got on the drug path and couldn't get off.  But I enjoyed seeing and remembering just how good he was in contrast to how he's now only remembered as some bizarre experiment.

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