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"Rowdy" Roddy White was a wrestler in H.S. & college

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So I was listening to 680 the Fan on the radio today as I drove to town to get a few small things to finish up the very first Hick'ry Stick Award (which everyone that voted knows it goes to RW in a landslide), and I'm listening to coach Dan Reeves talk about Roddy and how he was a "wrassler" in his younger days and a very good one at that. Reeves talked about the discipline and toughness required to wrassle successfully and how he thought that helped make RW as mentally and physically tough as he is. I thought; "Yep, tough as a Hick'ry Stick!":D

Here's what I'm taking to Jay Adams @ Flowery Branch Wednesday morning:

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I candy-cained the handle of the stick with brown and black leather strips and put a hanger loop on the very end of the handle. Again, the Hick'ry Stick is 42" long and weighs about 15 lbs. It's the same stick that Falco used to slay King Kong with at the end of last season. Really,...it IS!:lol:

The extra print on the chair seat is for RW to autograph. This will be saved for the FNCO Lunch With Legends in December for the silent auction for charity, and I plan to do this with all of the HS awards. The framed print goes home with Mr. White, our hero of the first quarter of the 2010 season.

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BCEagle's write-up is glued to the back of the framed print on gold card stock paper and it says:

Roddy White: He was already a man on fire before San Fran clambered into our Dome, nabbing catches from every direction in Pittsburgh, re-acquainting our offense with the endzone against the Cards, bouncing back to his feet instantly after knock-out hits in New Orleans to ultimately notch the go-ahead TD in the bayou as well ... And then came the 9er’s. When Mike Singletary has nightmares, is there anyone who doesn’t believe it’s Roddy White parading through them? The collective hearts of the Falcons faithful were plummeting as the 9er’s charged toward their endzone with the seemingly game-ending INT ... But White was having no part of it. Knowing what his offense could do if given one last desperate breath of air, he barreled like a laser beam toward the football, determined to literally punch out a victory from the jaws of defeat, and the rest is already legend. BAM! Ball’s loose, ball’s ours, and, several stunningly clutch catches by #84 later, ball’s through the uprights for the Falcons win. A staggeringly exciting performance by our Pro Bowler, who has been asserting himself as the very definition of an elite wide receiver through the first quarter of 2010 and who capped it off with a brilliant, tenacious play so worthy of the Hick'ry Stick.

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Roddy White:

A professional football wide receiver who currently plays for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. He was also named to the 2009 NFC Pro Bowl team.1

Early Years

White was a three-sport letterman in football, baseball and wrestling at James Island High School, where he twice earned all-state and All-Low County recognition for football and won two state wrestling titles.

He attended University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he became an All-Conference USA first-team pick as a senior and received All-Conference USA second-team honors.2

Pro Career

He was selected by the Atlanta Falcons as a first round pick (27th overall) in the 2005 NFL Draft. He recorded the Falcons' first 1,000-yard season since 1999 when he compiled 1,202 yards on 83 receptions in 2007. He was also ranked fourth among all rookie receivers in 2005.2

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What a sweet looking award!

It's very well done.

Maybe you could make a GIGANTIC HICK'RY STICK in which the 4 players' names are etched into the wood after every season (or after every quarter of every season) with the season's year above the names.

Example:

2010-11:

1. Roddy White

2.

3.

4.

Just a thought. I'm thinking something along the lines of the Stanley cup.

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What a sweet looking award!

It's very well done.

Maybe you could make a GIGANTIC HICK'RY STICK in which the 4 players' names are etched into the wood after every season (or after every quarter of every season) with the season's year above the names.

Example:

2010-11:

1. Roddy White

2.

3.

4.

Just a thought. I'm thinking something along the lines of the Stanley cup.

Thanks. What happens is the framed print goes home with the winner. The Hick'ry Stick itself stays in the winning player's locker until the next quarterly award when it will be passed on to the next winner unless the current winner is voted on by all of us to win it again! The way Roddy is beasting, he might have it all season!

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BCEagle's write-up is glued to the back of the framed print on gold card stock paper and it says:

Roddy White: He was already a man on fire before San Fran clambered into our Dome, nabbing catches from every direction in Pittsburgh, re-acquainting our offense with the endzone against the Cards, bouncing back to his feet instantly after knock-out hits in New Orleans to ultimately notch the go-ahead TD in the bayou as well ... And then came the 9er’s. When Mike Singletary has nightmares, is there anyone who doesn’t believe it’s Roddy White parading through them? The collective hearts of the Falcons faithful were plummeting as the 9er’s charged toward their endzone with the seemingly game-ending INT ... But White was having no part of it. Knowing what his offense could do if given one last desperate breath of air, he barreled like a laser beam toward the football, determined to literally punch out a victory from the jaws of defeat, and the rest is already legend. BAM! Ball’s loose, ball’s ours, and, several stunningly clutch catches by #84 later, ball’s through the uprights for the Falcons win. A staggeringly exciting performance by our Pro Bowler, who has been asserting himself as the very definition of an elite wide receiver through the first quarter of 2010 and who capped it off with a brilliant, tenacious play so worthy of the Hick'ry Stick.

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ID LOVE TO SEE RODDY RUN OUT OF THE TUNNEL WITH THE GOOD OL' HICKRY STICK IN HIS HAND THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.........

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Thanks. What happens is the framed print goes home with the winner. The Hick'ry Stick itself stays in the winning player's locker until the next quarterly award when it will be passed on to the next winner unless the current winner is voted on by all of us to win it again! The way Roddy is beasting, he might have it all season!

Yeah, I know.

I was just thinking it'd be cool if there were an "all-time" Hick'ry Stick that was put on display somewhere and was annually etched with the players' names who won the award for each season.

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Yeah, I know.

I was just thinking it'd be cool if there were an "all-time" Hick'ry Stick that was put on display somewhere and was annually etched with the players' names who won the award for each season.

Man, that would have to be a BIG STICK, but I actually like the idea! One step at a time and ANYTHING is possible!;)

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