01-17-2019, 06:43 PM
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
RIP Turk Schonert
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
I still remember him scoring the tying TD against $C, holding the ball up as he crossed the goalline.
His senior year was Elway's frosh year. He led the nation with 67% completions and was our 2nd straight QB to lead the nation in PER. The buzz in the stands was when we wanted to move the ball down the field, we put Elway in. But when we needed a score, it was Turk.
His senior year was Elway's frosh year. He led the nation with 67% completions and was our 2nd straight QB to lead the nation in PER. The buzz in the stands was when we wanted to move the ball down the field, we put Elway in. But when we needed a score, it was Turk.
I still remember him scoring the tying TD against $C, holding the ball up as he crossed the goalline.
His senior year was Elway's frosh year. He led the nation with 67% completions and was our 2nd straight QB to lead the nation in PER. The buzz in the stands was when we wanted to move the ball down the field, we put Elway in. But when we needed a score, it was Turk.
His senior year was Elway's frosh year. He led the nation with 67% completions and was our 2nd straight QB to lead the nation in PER. The buzz in the stands was when we wanted to move the ball down the field, we put Elway in. But when we needed a score, it was Turk.
01-17-2019, 06:58 PM
OMG, it just keeps on coming. 62 is not old (Is it?)
Best wishes to his family and "Thank you, Turk."
Best wishes to his family and "Thank you, Turk."
OMG, it just keeps on coming. 62 is not old (Is it?)
Best wishes to his family and "Thank you, Turk."
Best wishes to his family and "Thank you, Turk."
01-17-2019, 07:27 PM
This one really hurts, because now we are talking about a player roughly my own age that I watched as a student. Mortality creeps up on us. Whatever the cause, his death was much too soon.
(01-17-2019, 06:57 PM)qwerty49 Wrote: I still remember him scoring the tying TD against $C, holding the ball up as he crossed the goalline.
His senior year was Elway's frosh year. He led the nation with 67% completions and was our 2nd straight QB to lead the nation in PER. The buzz in the stands was when we wanted to move the ball down the field, we put Elway in. But when we needed a score, it was Turk.
from the Daily
https://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin...---1979--#
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
(01-17-2019, 06:57 PM)qwerty49 Wrote: I still remember him scoring the tying TD against $C, holding the ball up as he crossed the goalline.
His senior year was Elway's frosh year. He led the nation with 67% completions and was our 2nd straight QB to lead the nation in PER. The buzz in the stands was when we wanted to move the ball down the field, we put Elway in. But when we needed a score, it was Turk.
from the Daily
https://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin...---1979--#
Eric
"the older we get the better we were"
01-17-2019, 11:22 PM
(01-17-2019, 08:38 PM)82lsju Wrote:(01-17-2019, 06:57 PM)qwerty49 Wrote: I still remember him scoring the tying TD against $C, holding the ball up as he crossed the goalline.
His senior year was Elway's frosh year. He led the nation with 67% completions and was our 2nd straight QB to lead the nation in PER. The buzz in the stands was when we wanted to move the ball down the field, we put Elway in. But when we needed a score, it was Turk.
from the Daily
https://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin...---1979--#
Ivan Maisel!
(01-17-2019, 08:38 PM)82lsju Wrote:(01-17-2019, 06:57 PM)qwerty49 Wrote: I still remember him scoring the tying TD against $C, holding the ball up as he crossed the goalline.
His senior year was Elway's frosh year. He led the nation with 67% completions and was our 2nd straight QB to lead the nation in PER. The buzz in the stands was when we wanted to move the ball down the field, we put Elway in. But when we needed a score, it was Turk.
from the Daily
https://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin...---1979--#
Ivan Maisel!
His most glorious day for Stanford, this time in the NYT:
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/14/archi...asses.html
And a retrospective look at that game:
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/13/t...-the-line/
It quote Ivan Maisel!
And here are some highlights of a win that Turk engineered against ASU. Nice to see Kenny Margerum in there too. John Elway has a cameo appearance--throwing a bad interception. The game was exciting--I was there in the rain but only now found this on youtube. Schonert was an excellent quarterback, but was sandwiched between the Benjamin/Dils Walsh years and the rise of Elway, so sometime Stanford fans did not notice him sufficiently, in my opinion.
Watching John throw that interception reminds me that even the best players to ever play the game can make bad mistakes as freshmen :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRHow5PUIw
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/14/archi...asses.html
And a retrospective look at that game:
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/13/t...-the-line/
It quote Ivan Maisel!
And here are some highlights of a win that Turk engineered against ASU. Nice to see Kenny Margerum in there too. John Elway has a cameo appearance--throwing a bad interception. The game was exciting--I was there in the rain but only now found this on youtube. Schonert was an excellent quarterback, but was sandwiched between the Benjamin/Dils Walsh years and the rise of Elway, so sometime Stanford fans did not notice him sufficiently, in my opinion.
Watching John throw that interception reminds me that even the best players to ever play the game can make bad mistakes as freshmen :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRHow5PUIw
His most glorious day for Stanford, this time in the NYT:
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/14/archi...asses.html
And a retrospective look at that game:
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/13/t...-the-line/
It quote Ivan Maisel!
And here are some highlights of a win that Turk engineered against ASU. Nice to see Kenny Margerum in there too. John Elway has a cameo appearance--throwing a bad interception. The game was exciting--I was there in the rain but only now found this on youtube. Schonert was an excellent quarterback, but was sandwiched between the Benjamin/Dils Walsh years and the rise of Elway, so sometime Stanford fans did not notice him sufficiently, in my opinion.
Watching John throw that interception reminds me that even the best players to ever play the game can make bad mistakes as freshmen :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRHow5PUIw
https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/14/archi...asses.html
And a retrospective look at that game:
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/13/t...-the-line/
It quote Ivan Maisel!
And here are some highlights of a win that Turk engineered against ASU. Nice to see Kenny Margerum in there too. John Elway has a cameo appearance--throwing a bad interception. The game was exciting--I was there in the rain but only now found this on youtube. Schonert was an excellent quarterback, but was sandwiched between the Benjamin/Dils Walsh years and the rise of Elway, so sometime Stanford fans did not notice him sufficiently, in my opinion.
Watching John throw that interception reminds me that even the best players to ever play the game can make bad mistakes as freshmen :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaRHow5PUIw
01-18-2019, 09:58 AM
That was fun. I was a freshman in '79. I didn't remember Dot playing as a true frosh. He became my roommate when he played for the Raiders. The refs look hilarious.
Put a glide in your stride and a dip in your hip.
01-18-2019, 10:31 AM
We were "The Cardinals" then, according to Keith Jackson. I don't remember those unis at all....different number font and extra-wide white cuff on the jerseys. Also the larger, but thinner, block "S" on the helmets.
We were "The Cardinals" then, according to Keith Jackson. I don't remember those unis at all....different number font and extra-wide white cuff on the jerseys. Also the larger, but thinner, block "S" on the helmets.
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