Talk:Doug Flutie

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It may be time to pull the "Flutie Flakes" link, apparently either the product or at least the website is now defunct. Rlquall 05:50, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 red t-shirt 2 Rhodes Scholarship nomination at BC 3 drop kick 4 Top 10 Scrambling QB's 5 Flutie's Future 6 Arab-American 7 Autism

[edit] red t-shirt

Can anyone add a sentence or two on the red t-shirt that Doug always wears under his football uniform?

I don't know if it is related - but Doug Flutie grew up in Natick, Massachusetts and graduated from Natick High School. Natick High School's team name is the Redmen and the town slogan is, "home of champions" - of which Doug Flutie is just one. Nonetheless, all this is to say that Natick's color is red - so perhaps this is an old high school jersey.

I had seen one of these "human interest" type stories quite a few years ago about doug and the t-shirt that went something like: it was his older brother's high school shirt, and his brother died in an auto accident, so Doug wears it every game to remember him. But I can't find any evidence to back up my story.

I tried to incorporate this info in the Bio section.

Both of Flutie's brothers are still alive. That story would make a good country western song, but no.

is it true doug flutie is of arab descent?

Yes, I added this information as well. Here are a few sources:

http://www.aaiusa.org/arab-americans/23/famous-arab-americans

http://www.playfootball.com/be_a_player/meet/doug/doug_week5.html

[edit] Rhodes Scholarship nomination at BC

Here's the citation for Flutie's Rhodes nomination and some other aspects of his BC career:

http://graphics.fansonly.com/photos/schools/bc/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/flutie-ruth.pdf

I clarified this in the article. It's true that BC nominated Flutie for the Rhodes, but he was not named a Rhodes finalist. A school can name anyone they want, but his candidacy did not go beyond that.

[edit] drop kick

i think it's a little too early to say that the Patriots' last regular season game this year is the last game of his professional career. first of all, I haven't heard him say that he's retiring, and second, the patriots are in the playoffs, and if anything happens to Tom Brady, as far as I know, Flutie will be playing, since he is the backup QB.--Alhutch 22:05, 1 January 2006 (UTC)

He needs Brady and Cassel to get hurt. That's probably why Cassel played today. I also believe that that was edited already. Jjjsixsix 06:04, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

I'd lay odds that if Brady got hurt, they'd put Flutie in during the playoffs rather than Cassel. Just a thought. -Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 06:09, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Top 10 Scrambling QB's

What?? Flute #10 ?? He should be higher than that. I was hoping I would see a mention of Tracy Ham (how many QB's in the NFL lead the league in rushing) or Damon Allen in the top 10. It is like making a hockey list of the top 10 best passing teams in history and forgetting teams from the Soviet Union. Stettlerj 03:54, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Flutie's Future

I didn't put this in as a reference on the page, since (unless you're a paid member) KFFL only displays most recent information, but if anybody wants to check my info, etc: KFFL info on Flutie -Tim Rhymeless (Er...let's shimmy) 03:03, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Arab-American

There is no way flutie is arab-american...look at how white he is and his name! Do you know any arab-americans named Douglas Richard Flutie? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.152.115.2 (talk • contribs) .

Yes, oddly enough. He's a former professional quarterback. Powers ^T 19:53, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Autism

Nobody's going to rename autism Flutie Disease or any such thing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.65.56.48 (talk • contribs) .

No. And? Powers ^T 01:34, 14 October 2006 (UTC)