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The '''Satellite Express''' was a college duo composed of [[Willie Totten|Willie "The Satellite" Totten]] and [[Jerry Rice|Jerry "World" Rice]] (because there "wasn't a pass in the world that he couldn't catch") <ref>Brown, Chris. [http://smartfootball.blogspot.com/2009/04/archie-cooley-jerry-rice-and-satellite.html "Archie Cooley, Jerry Rice, and the "Satellite Express"], ''Smart Football'', 2 April 2009. Retrieved on 12 December 2015.</ref> who played for the [[Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football|Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils]] from 1981 to 1985. Totten set more than 50 Division I-AA passing records, and Rice setting many Division I-AA receiving records. The Delta Devils averaged 59 points a game during the 1984 season, with Totten throwing for a record 58 touchdowns and leading the Delta Devils to the Division I-AA playoffs in 1984. [[Archie Cooley]], who was the head coach at MVSU from 1980 to 1986, was the architect of the innovative pass-oriented offense known as "The Satellite Express" (named by former MVSU [[athletic director]] Chuck Profit because the quarterback goes by '''satellite''' in the team's terminology) which included 5 [[wide receiver|WRs]] and the [[Hurry up offense|"No Huddle"]] offense <ref>Atkin, Ross. [http://www.csmonitor.com/1984/1108/110804.html "Delta Devils go with no huddles; Georgia's placekicking Butler"], ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'', 8 November 1984. Retrieved on 12 December 2015.</ref> |
The '''Satellite Express''' was a college duo composed of [[Willie Totten|Willie "The Satellite" Totten]] and [[Jerry Rice|Jerry "World" Rice]] (because there "wasn't a pass in the world that he couldn't catch") <ref>Brown, Chris. [http://smartfootball.blogspot.com/2009/04/archie-cooley-jerry-rice-and-satellite.html "Archie Cooley, Jerry Rice, and the "Satellite Express"], ''Smart Football'', 2 April 2009. Retrieved on 12 December 2015.</ref> who played for the [[Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football|Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils]] from 1981 to 1985. Totten set more than 50 Division I-AA passing records, and Rice setting many Division I-AA receiving records. The Delta Devils averaged 59 points a game during the 1984 season, with Totten throwing for a record 58 touchdowns and leading the Delta Devils to the Division I-AA playoffs in 1984. [[Archie Cooley]], who was the head coach at MVSU from 1980 to 1986, was the architect of the innovative pass-oriented offense known as "The Satellite Express" (named by former MVSU [[athletic director]] Chuck Profit because the quarterback goes by '''satellite''' in the team's terminology) which included 5 [[wide receiver|WRs]] and the [[Hurry up offense|"No Huddle"]] offense <ref>Atkin, Ross. [http://www.csmonitor.com/1984/1108/110804.html "Delta Devils go with no huddles; Georgia's placekicking Butler"], ''[[Christian Science Monitor]]'', 8 November 1984. Retrieved on 12 December 2015.</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 11:43, 21 June 2024
The Satellite Express was a college duo composed of Willie "The Satellite" Totten and Jerry "World" Rice (because there "wasn't a pass in the world that he couldn't catch") [1] who played for the Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils from 1981 to 1985. Totten set more than 50 Division I-AA passing records, and Rice setting many Division I-AA receiving records. The Delta Devils averaged 59 points a game during the 1984 season, with Totten throwing for a record 58 touchdowns and leading the Delta Devils to the Division I-AA playoffs in 1984. Archie Cooley, who was the head coach at MVSU from 1980 to 1986, was the architect of the innovative pass-oriented offense known as "The Satellite Express" (named by former MVSU athletic director Chuck Profit because the quarterback goes by satellite in the team's terminology) which included 5 WRs and the "No Huddle" offense [2]
MVSU would rename Magnolia Field Rice-Totten Stadium in honor of the duo (Totten holds the distinction of being one of the few individuals to coach in a stadium named after him). Totten was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2005. Rice would be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2006 [3] and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2010. Both are also members of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.
References
[edit]- ^ Brown, Chris. "Archie Cooley, Jerry Rice, and the "Satellite Express", Smart Football, 2 April 2009. Retrieved on 12 December 2015.
- ^ Atkin, Ross. "Delta Devils go with no huddles; Georgia's placekicking Butler", Christian Science Monitor, 8 November 1984. Retrieved on 12 December 2015.
- ^ Timanus, Eddie. "I-AA feats give Rice call to College Football Hall of Fame", USA Today, 9 August 2006. Retrieved on 12 December 2015.