Eddie McAshan

BarrelORum said:
As I understand it McAshan was like Reggie Ball but 30 years prior.
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Not really. Both had their issues, but the issues weren't similar.

Eddie had twice the arm Reggie did... and Jimmy Robinson at the receiving end.
 
I must admit, I learned a lot about McAshan will doing the preview. I was totally unaware of his story. I knew about Hollaway at Tenn & the QB up in Minnesota but never knew of McAshan
 
couple of things: it's pronounced "Mc-SHAN"..can't believe folks are still getting this wrong. He had three ridiculous receivers..can't remember the other two but they were tall white guys IIRC. It was quite a show..they would move up and down the field at will..but turned it over a bunch. Really the first version of the spread.
 
NOVAJACKET said:
couple of things: it's pronounced "Mc-SHAN"..can't believe folks are still getting this wrong. He had three ridiculous receivers..can't remember the other two but they were tall white guys IIRC. It was quite a show..they would move up and down the field at will..but turned it over a bunch. Really the first version of the spread.
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Jim Owings and Mike Oven. One more thing - we all pronounced it McShan back then but in an interview 10 or 20 years ago, Eddie said it was pronounced "MACushan.
 
Didn't know that..thanks for the corrections. Yes, I now remember Oven..he was a beast..6-5 ago and could really go get it.
 
Was a lowly walkon when Eddie was a freshman. I remember him as a marvelous athlete - could throw well with either arm. Probably could have played on the basketball team. He never said much, but if I was a lone 18 year old black kid surrounded by 100+ white guys, some of the redneck variety, I wouldn't have said much either. Remember, this was still the 60's. Regarding the controversy his senior year, I think he got some really bad advice from some of the civil rights types - I seem to remember Jesse Jackson sticking his nose in.
 
nytech said:
Was a lowly walkon when Eddie was a freshman. I remember him as a marvelous athlete - could throw well with either arm. Probably could have played on the basketball team. He never said much, but if I was a lone 18 year old black kid surrounded by 100+ white guys, some of the redneck variety, I wouldn't have said much either. Remember, this was still the 60's. Regarding the controversy his senior year, I think he got some really bad advice from some of the civil rights types - I seem to remember Jesse Jackson sticking his nose in.
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You are correct. Good ole Jessie Jackson got involved.
 
McAshan was a far better passer than Reggie. If he could have gotten a little of Reggie's fire in his belly...

Owings made the big catches to bring us back in the Rice game. Oven was a tight end I'm pretty sure but Owings was also a big guy. You remember Micah Owings, his son who played baseball here before bailing.

Eddie did let outsiders influence him. He wanted like a dozen extra tickets to the UGA game. Jim Stevens looked bad against the dawgs and we lost 27-7. But Jim played one hell of a game against Iowa State in the Liberty Bowl win 31-30. He started the next year and did OK. Jim was from California I believe and returned to Tech in some capacity a few years ago after a career in the military. I want to say Air Force.
 
ramblinwise1 said:
McAshan was a far better passer than Reggie. If he could have gotten a little of Reggie's fire in his belly...

Owings made the big catches to bring us back in the Rice game. Oven was a tight end I'm pretty sure but Owings was also a big guy. You remember Micah Owings, his son who played baseball here before bailing.

Eddie did let outsiders influence him. He wanted like a dozen extra tickets to the UGA game. Jim Stevens looked bad against the dawgs and we lost 27-7. But Jim played one hell of a game against Iowa State in the Liberty Bowl win 31-30. He started the next year and did OK. Jim was from California I believe and returned to Tech in some capacity a few years ago after a career in the military. I want to say Air Force.
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Air Force is correct. At Tech, he was some type of academic adviser after the flunkout fiasco.
 
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