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    I'm so freakin' excited right now!!!!!

    I am ridiculously excited and I knew posting this here, you all would understand!

    For those of you that listened, Gary had Coach Mario Verduzco on, and he was such a wonderful person to talk to, I had a hard time getting him on hold for Gary to put him on!

    Anyway, he called back after six, and you'll never guess what...

    HE INVITED ME TO A QUARTERBACK MEETING NEXT WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Holy freakin' crap. My jaw, it was on the floor.

    I'm so excited! I will let you all know how it goes. I am flattered that he invited me! Oh man! Exclamation points! Wow!
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    Mario is as nice as they come. He is a sincere, thoughtful man who cares very much for his players. But his family is first and foremost. Mario lost his mom 2 weeks ago and has handled it with unmatched class. They don't come any better than coach V.


    PR
    You don't break out the Purple and Gold on game days or look for special gifts and gadgets bearing the colors because you want to be seen among the loyal. Purple and Gold aren't colors you see---they're colors you feel. They run through your veins with a continuous roar.

    Ya Gotta Believe

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    • #3
      He did touch on that briefly in his interview. There was a woman who called and said that he was the kind of coach that she as a parent would want to have for her kids, and he was very humbled by that, and I think that speaks volumes.

      One of his old quarterbacks called too, but the name slips my mind...

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      • #4
        Tom Petrie called in

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        • #5
          Thank you, that's who I couldn't think of. It was a long night.

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          • #6
            Flagship -- Mario really is the best, and that doesn't surprise me at all that he invited you to a meeting. Send me a private message and let me know when you have that scheduled for.
            "...the Northern Iowa men's basketball team reached the ultimate highs before hitting a devastating low. Unexpected success, followed by unimaginable failure. And they owned it -- all of it -- for the world to see. Like men. Like leaders. Like champions -- in a way no tournament bracket could ever define."

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            • #7
              Coach Verduzco is awesome!

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                Come on Matt................you were never QB material!!!!
                Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier'n puttin' it back.

                Before you wonder "Am I doing things right," ask "Am I doing the right things?"

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                • #9
                  But he did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once!
                  Last edited by Winder/aka Dan Holmes; 09-24-2006, 05:44 PM.
                  Always a UNI Panther.

                  "Don't weigh em, don't measure em, just play em."

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                  • #10
                    A little nugget of info from an article I found online:

                    http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18337745&BRD=1641&PAG=461&dept_id=17739&rfi=6

                    While coaching football at Hall, Cottone obtained the brunt of his philosophy from former Rutgers quarterbacks coach Mario Verduzco, now at the University of Northern Iowa.
                    "He was doing his thesis on how to throw a football," he said. "He broke it down more than I ever had. The five phases that I teach now I tweaked from him. I went back and wanted to coach quarterbacks privately."
                    The Lord reigns, let the earth be glad; let the distant shores rejoice, clouds and thick darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. Fire goes before Him, and consumes his foes on every side; His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles; the mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim His righteousness and all peoples will see His glory.

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