Tom Jones mention of Flowers

[fhemmer209]

Jones finally gets something right in today's TBT. Nice to see Q get the recognition he deserves.

 

And Tampa Bay’s sports person of the year … 

USF quarterback Quinton Flowers. The greatest player in the USF history had another spectacular season. He finishes a remarkable career with 37 school records, including total offense for a career and a season, most rushing yards, most passing yards for a season, most touchdown passes for a season and most total touchdowns. More impressive, he was most responsible for leading the Bulls to a 21-4 record over the past seasons, including the only two double-digit-win seasons in school history. He was one of the most thrilling players in college football and will be remembered for a long, long time in these parts.

[MMW]

It's not unusual

[Apis Bull]

25 minutes ago, MMW said:

It's not unusual

[CousinRicky]

Didn't he also pick WBBC JF for his Coach of the Year?

[Brad]

TJ:DR

[fhemmer209]

Just saw that Ernest Hooper had this in the Times today too:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/Ernest-Hooper-The-Most-Intriguing-People-of-Tampa-Bay-for-2017_164080529

 

The editors yelled at me Sunday.

I missed my deadline on this annual column — again.

But every year it’s so difficult to craft a list of Tampa Bay’s 10 most intriguing people.

There are those who intrigue every year (see Richard Gonzmart, Julie Weintraub), those who piqued our curiosity but fell just short (Elihu and Carolyn Brayboy) and those who may find their way onto this list in 2018 (Jameis Winston, Jeff Eakins) for the right reasons. Or the wrong reasons.

I went up to the last minute crafting this year’s list: a mix of well-known and not-so-well-known personalities who made me marvel in admiration — or anguish.

Quinton Flowers

The University of South Florida quarterback capped off a remarkable career that not only helped revive the program, but played a key role in boosting the career of former coach Willie Taggart, whose meteoric rise took him from USF to Oregon and now Florida State. The historic run of Flowers, 23, is made all the more remarkable by the fact that he lost his father at age 7 and his mother to cancer while a high school junior. His pursuit of an NFL career will lend intrigue in 2018.

[FazaUSF]

No way Tom Jones wrote that. Someone else wrote it and submitted it under his name so he could have a <100% rate of shameless hate on USF.