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| Item #1: Shawn Moore Visits the Magic Kingdom |
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| This wire photo features UVa quarterback Shawn Moore - who is straight-up PIMPING in what looks to be a black leather driving coat - and Illinois nose tackle Moe Gardner hanging out at Disney World with Mickey and Minnie Mouse on December 24, 1989, during the run-up to the Citrus Bowl. The photo had a starting bid of $9.99 during a recent eBay auction, but there were no takers. |
| Item #2: Hoo Let the Dogs Out? |
| Apparently there is a subset of collectors out there who buy McFarlane figures and spend hours modifying and repainting them to resemble their favorite players. I've come across some really cool ones of former UVa players, including Ronde and Tiki, Aaron Brooks, James Farrior, Marques Hagans, Thomas Jones, Patrick Kerney, Heath Miller, Chris Long, Matt Schaub, and Jamie Sharper (the Biscuit and Long figures in particular are pretty sweet). Hell, I even found a guy who made TWO John St. Clair figures (one as a Chicago Bear, the other as a Cleveland Brown). However, none of them can hold a candle to this bad boy. |
| Item #4: Bring Me the Head of Matt Schaub! |
| If you've spent more than five minutes on this website, it's pretty obvious that I collect a lot of ridiculous crap. But even I draw the line somewhere. For example, under no circumstances do I want a sculpture of my favorite player's head sitting around my house. Some of these things scare the piss out of me. For example, I'm pretty sure if you make eye contact with the DeMarcus Ware bust it comes to life and makes you reenact the gimp scene from Pulp Fiction. That seems like it would be a tough sell. (However, probably not as tough as convincing someone to shell out $400 for a Donovan McNabb Redskins bust.) But Ware made out better than some of the other players. Troy Polamalu looks like a chick. Aaron Rodgers looks like a strung-out Justin Bieber. Drew Brees looks like he's about to burst into tears. And Matt Schaub...poor Matt Schaub looks like a googly-eyed Forrest Gump. |
| Item #3: Giant for a Day |
| Herman Moore played in 146 regular season games during his NFL career. For 145 of those games, Moore sported the familiar #84 of the Detroit Lions. What many people don't know is that Moore played his final NFL game as a member of the New York Giants, wearing #82. After the Lions released Moore in June 2002 and he failed to catch on with a team that summer, it appeared that his career was over. However, late that season the Giants found themselves in need of wide receiver help after a rash of injuries, and they signed Moore to a 1-year contract on November 13, 2002. Moore played in the Giants' week 12 matchup against the Texans on November 24, 2002 and had 2 passes thrown his way. Both passes were broken up. When the Giants played the Titans the following week, Moore did not see the field. The Giants released him 4 days later. Although Moore didn't record a single catch in his final NFL game, the helmet he wore against the Texans (pictured here, here, and here) still managed to fetch $275 at auction. |
