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There has been rumblings that this maybe what is happening. There are rumors that Ross, although unconfirmed, when he went to Cali to interview Harbaugh, it was more to pick the brain of Stanford's HC about his QB rather than it was to actually woe him to Miami. That Ross had nixed attempts at spending money to bring in players such as Orton, although in hindsight, looking at his play and the state of our team, this was probably a good thing.

This is a dangerous thing if it is indeed what is happening. Right now, St. Louis, Minnesota, Indy, and the Dolphins are winless. You would assume that St. Louis with Bradford and Minnesota just picking Ponder would not be looking to obtain a QB. That leaves Indy and Miami. I speculated that Manning's injury was a lot more serious than people were making it out to be at the start of the season. Indy knows how valuable a QB that can run the offense without the aid of the coaches direction can be and they may very well be tanking the season so they can obtain Luck. But let's assume that Peyton is able to return it would also be a good move given that he is not getting any younger. So if indeed both Indy and Miami go undefeated we would have to go thorough all the con fluted tie breakers to determine the victor in the battle for the top spot.

We have another problem if we were to get the No. 1 pick next April. Ireland seems to be Ross's numero uno confidant and Sparano is a friend of the con artist that is whispering sweet nothings into the owners ears. If we were to win the sweepstakes, I am telling you that if there were ever a duo that could ruin a sure thing it is these two. That also brings up the fact that how many times previously have we heard the phrase "can not miss" about a player. Tim Couch, Ryan Leaf, Akili Smith and even our own Joey Harrington were just a few candidates that failed to live up to the hype.

This is just speculation as apathy for the team has set in at this point and the sad fact is that this all that I have to look forward to as incompetence in the Coaching Staff and the FO remain. So as we sink into the proverbial black hole maybe we will come out better on the other side.
 
Thats how i see the whole harbaugh debacle it wasnt about getting harbaugh as coach more of finding out more about Luck. I mean they did get first hand looks at him during the bowl game here in miami.
 
Suck for Luck is on cause Sparano sucks. His so called open it up O coordinator sucks. Lets not forget how bad he defense decided to suck. We need Sparano to stay so he can continue to tank. I am crossing my fingers for no trades and am rooting for the colts to win at least 3 or 4 for us to get Lucky.
 
What is Luck decides to stay for his final elegibility year?
 
I'm pretty sure he went there to lure Harbaugh to the Dolphins. Lets not over-sparanolize things. If he wanted to find out about Luck he could just turn on a highlight reel to find out the kid is going to be special
 
Phinatic8u said:
Why the **** would he do that. Only reason he stayed wa
s to get his degree he promised his mom.
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Thank you. This fact needs to be spammed more than the "what if he stays" BS.. And to think those of us who want this team to land the franchise QB for the first time since Dan are called negative. Ha!
 
Dolfans like Mediocre QBs.

They are scared to take no chances.

But we have sucked for a decade with bad QB play...

You would think more people would want to draft a first round QB but there are threads arguing against it...

I guess mediocrity is ok?
 
[h=3]Fanatical following[/h] Only a catastrophic injury will prevent Luck from becoming the top overall pick in the NFL draft. Or perhaps a nuclear-grade mutation that confers super powers (think Spider-Man) on USC offensive tackle Matt Kalil or North Carolina defensive end Quinton Coples, thought to be among the draft's next best prospects.
This rare sense of certainty has created an awkward situation among fans around the league. Would the prospect of a franchise quarterback under center for a dozen years be incentive enough to do the unthinkable -- root against their favorite team? Could the potential long-term gain move them to embrace defeat in the short term?
Yes. Based on fan forums there are already tens of thousands leaning that way and, as the regular season winds down, that number could reach the millions. It's already happening in Seattle, Denver, Kansas City, Minnesota, Jacksonville, Miami and, of all places, Indianapolis. Fans of the 0-3 Miami Dolphins have been out front on this one; @SuckForLuck is a Twitter handle "imploring the Miami Dolphins or the terrible NFL team of your choice to tank for the #1 overall pick."
That's how special Luck is.
[+] EnlargePeyton Williams/Getty ImagesThese Panthers fans may have changed their minds after Cam Newton's impressive debut, but there are many other fan bases who would be fine with their team tanking to get Luck.


The early inside track will go to the winner of Sunday's tilt between the hapless Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs. The loser will be a horrific (but oddly heady) 0-4. Daniel Banyas, a rabid Vikings fan for 38 of his 43 years, is the administrator of the PurplePride.org's Facebook page. He will drive to Kansas City on Sunday and root hard for Minnesota to win.
"That's three games in," Banyas said. "But if they find themselves, maybe, 1-7, I might say, 'Geez, we can win the Luck derby.' I would accept that position one step ahead of our rivals getting that. I'd rather they be 3-13 and competitive in those games than 9-7 and drafting in those mediocre spots."
Brandon Spano is experiencing the Luck phenomenon in two cities. He grew up in Kansas City and has been a Chiefs fan for 24 of his 28 years. He was previously a columnist for the ChiefsCrowd.com website and now has a radio show on KCKK, 93.7 FM in Denver.
"With Jamaal Charles and Eric Berry out for the season [with torn ACLs], it kind of helps sway people toward the idea that it might be worth it to get Andrew Luck," Spano said. "I actually see a lot more of it in Denver, where [Kyle] Orton is extremely uninspiring. Chiefs fans have always drunk the Kool-Aid; they won't jump off the ship until they're mathematically eliminated.
"But if they finish in the bottom three, you know they'll be pulling for [general manager Scott] Pioli to make a blockbuster deal."
Quiz time: Who was the last non-franchise quarterback to win the Super Bowl? You have to go back nine years to Brad Johnson, who took the Buccaneers to the XXXVII title. Or Trent Dilfer and the Baltimore Ravens, who were NFL champions two years earlier. Otherwise, since then it has been: Tom Brady, Brady, Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Roethlisberger, Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers. Six of them were the game's MVP.
Mike Shockman, an administrator and forum moderator for PurplePride.org, a 10,000-fan site, fondly remembers Joe Kapp, Fran Tarkenton and Tommy Kramer. He'd like to see Donovan McNabb benched and first-round draft choice Christian Ponder thrown into the fray.
"There's a lot of talk like that on the site," Shockman said. "They say it's getting ridiculous and figure the season's lost anyway. Andrew Luck seems to have all the potential to be a superstar. It might almost be worth going through a season of crap for the chance to get him."


[h=3]A different kind of cat[/h] Luck threw for 7,139 yards and ran for an additional 2,085 at Stratford High School in Houston. But after scouts from the big schools watched him practice, they asked head coach Eliot Allen about his arm strength.
"The thing that made Andrew so great was that he adapted to every receiver," Allen said. "He knew who he could really drill it into and, at the same time, take a little off to guys whose hands weren't as good. He'd throw a catchable ball to everyone -- that's how advanced he was."
Luck is the son of Oliver Luck, who played quarterback for the Houston Oilers for five years. Andrew was the co-valedictorian at Stratford and recruited by an NFL quarterback of 14 seasons, Jim Harbaugh, who arrived at Stanford in 2007, inheriting a 1-11 program. After sitting out the 2008 season, Luck had modest success as a redshirt freshman. Last year he was spectacular, completing more than 70 percent of his passes and throwing 32 touchdowns, breaking the school record (27) set by Steve Stenstrom and Elway.
[+] EnlargeAP Photo/Gerry BroomeLuck completed more than 70 percent of his passes and threw for a school-record 32 touchdowns in 2010.


He's 23-5 as a starter for No. 6-ranked Stanford and has the Cardinal 3-0 heading into Saturday's game against UCLA. Luck, the 2010 Heisman Trophy runner-up, is the leading candidate for this year's honor.
Shaw, who was Stanford's offensive coordinator under Harbaugh, learned right away that Luck was a different kind of cat.
"The first game he started as a redshirt freshman was at Washington State," Shaw remembered. "He dropped back and no one was open. He took off scrambling up the sideline and, with the safety coming, I figured he'd go out of bounds. But he didn't. He ran the guy over and got four more yards.
"He's so competitive, he never even thought about stepping out. He was our second-leading rusher that year. He's an even better athlete than people give him credit for."
In athleticism and arm strength, the deep out is the toughest ball for a quarterback. Elway made a nice living throwing it in Denver.
"Andrew Luck throws the deep out," said the anonymous director of college scouting. "He makes every throw you could want. And he's great on touch passes and screens, where you want some finesse. Throw in the toughness, the poise and smarts, and you have the total package.
"Most guys, you hear all these ludicrous superlatives and they turn out to be media creations, the Brady Quinns of the world. Not this guy."
In his report on Luck written last year, the scout wrote, "Forget everything else. Here are three plays that say who he is."
He listed a scramble against California when a defensive back was obliterated trying to tackle him, a goal-line run against UCLA when a defender was similarly de-cleated -- and the time he wrecked USC's Wright. Not one was a passing play.

"You can stop the tape right there," the scout said. "That's all you need to see."
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