Monday, May 28, 2007
THERE WERE CLUES. Dogfighting? I don't know much about Michael Vick, but people who pay attention to football could have seen this coming if they'd paid a little more attention.
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"Whether he was playing or not, we came out and played hard. He didn't really do anything when he was in there. We wanted to let them know they were going to be in a dogfight from the start."
-- Virginia Tech defensive end Jamaal Green on the Hokies' largely Vick-less 2000 loss to Miami (Richmond Times Dispatch, Nov. 5, 2000).
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"We know it is going to be a dogfight and a hostile environment and the thing we have to do is go out and concentrate and focus and execute."
-- Michael Vick, before a 2003 game at Green Bay (San Diego Union Tribune, Jan. 2, 2003).
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"Michael Vick and Donovan McNabb are very similar quarterbacks, so it really should be a dogfight."
-- Carol Costello, CNN, Jan. 10, 2003.
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"Coming into this game, we knew it would be a dogfight and we knew stopping [Vick] would be a real challenge."
-- Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Levon Kirkland after a 2003 game against Atlanta (Wilmington News Journal, Jan. 12, 2003).
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DOGFIGHT: NFC SOUTH COULD BE TOUGHEST DIVISION
-- Winston-Salem Journal, Sept. 4, 2003, in a preview focusing on an injured Vick.
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"Well, we're in a fight, we're in a dogfight."
-- Jim Mora, coach of Vick's Falcons, on the remainder of the 2005 season (Associated Press, Dec. 13, 2005).
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"Both NFC South teams are on the skids: The Saints have dropped two in a row, and the Falcons have lost three consecutive games. The division is a dogfight between three teams."
-- The San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 24, 2006, previewing a Falcons-Saints game.
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"Whether he was playing or not, we came out and played hard. He didn't really do anything when he was in there. We wanted to let them know they were going to be in a dogfight from the start."
-- Virginia Tech defensive end Jamaal Green on the Hokies' largely Vick-less 2000 loss to Miami (Richmond Times Dispatch, Nov. 5, 2000).
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"We know it is going to be a dogfight and a hostile environment and the thing we have to do is go out and concentrate and focus and execute."
-- Michael Vick, before a 2003 game at Green Bay (San Diego Union Tribune, Jan. 2, 2003).
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"Michael Vick and Donovan McNabb are very similar quarterbacks, so it really should be a dogfight."
-- Carol Costello, CNN, Jan. 10, 2003.
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"Coming into this game, we knew it would be a dogfight and we knew stopping [Vick] would be a real challenge."
-- Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Levon Kirkland after a 2003 game against Atlanta (Wilmington News Journal, Jan. 12, 2003).
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DOGFIGHT: NFC SOUTH COULD BE TOUGHEST DIVISION
-- Winston-Salem Journal, Sept. 4, 2003, in a preview focusing on an injured Vick.
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"Well, we're in a fight, we're in a dogfight."
-- Jim Mora, coach of Vick's Falcons, on the remainder of the 2005 season (Associated Press, Dec. 13, 2005).
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"Both NFC South teams are on the skids: The Saints have dropped two in a row, and the Falcons have lost three consecutive games. The division is a dogfight between three teams."
-- The San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 24, 2006, previewing a Falcons-Saints game.
