He did. Quinn was likely to be injured in the fall and it would affect his ability to play BB. BK made him stop playing FB which was the right call for him.
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After we lost the one game playoff in Champaign and missed the NCAA tournament, Knight went to QB and told him it was time to make a choice. We had basically the entire team back in 74-75 and he knew we’d be really good but that Quinn had to play at a high level for us to get there. I remember the trip home after the game over there and how depressed everyone was, because we all thought we were going to win that game. It turned out it was the last Big 10 loss for a couple of years. For Knight, losing it was the springboard to the next two seasons.
In football, Ted McNulty had blown his knee out QB’s freshman season, the wheels came off, JP got fired, and the rebuild was on under Lee Corso. We weren’t very good and all of JP’s early success in recruiting had evaporated after the boycott. Once Corso got there, we didn’t have much talent at all. QB didn’t need much convincing to move on from that.
Still remember walking by Knight, Mal and Fox as they went into the West door entrance of AH during one of his visits.
I doubt it for more than a year. Strong guy but FB is a different animal.
Another note about Fox: Since the IHSAA made him ineligible for his senior season, he had lots of time to make college visits. He was in Bloomington on several occasions and, having played both football and basketball, there was interest. He was a relative newby to the gridiron, though, and his future was clearly in hoops.
McNulty blew out his knee QB’s freshman year (the first year frost could play). It was JP’s last stand and TM’s injury blew up our season and was the final nail for JP. QB played the next season, but that was it. A new coach, declining talent in the program, the risk of injury versus a team that had been to a Final Four during his freshman season and then missed the tournament when he was a sophomore, albeit with a full returning roster and loads of potential, plus a hoops coach that demanded he stop with football. It was an easy choice. Hope that helps, though maybe you can use Google for this stuff like some others do.
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i misread your original post on the subject.
i deleted it as soon as i realized so, but obviously not before you responded.
No problem. Ted was a big time recruit from the Columbus area and there were more than a few who thought Woody purposely tried to hurt him because he came to IU. He was really good but knee injuries then were debilitating and, if not career ending, definitely limiting. TM sadly died young.
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