Stu is many things to many people (some would say he is a man who wears man hats, and yes that’s intentional this time). Today, he is timely. Stu?

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The Huntdown

Name: Jim McMahon

Claim to Fame, Minnesota: a past-his-prime, former divisional rival of the Purple, McMahon was a stopgap measure for a Vikings team that either couldn’t or wouldn’t develop a long-term answer at the quarterback position. Fortunately, that kind of thing will never happen again. McMahon did manage to compile an 8-4 record as the Vikings starter in 1993, with his biggest win coming against the Green Bay Packers, thanks to a last-minute heave to the immortal Eric Guliford. If I remember correctly, his arm fell off his body immediately after the throw.

Claim to Fame, Everywhere Else: was a legendary college quarterback at Brigham Young and entered the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. However, he’s still not in the BYU Hall of Fame, which makes his dad all sorts of angry. Quotes like “Happiness was Provo in the rearview mirror” probably don’t help his son’s cause. In addition, McMahon’s omnipresent sunglasses and headband and reputation as a loose cannon made him one of the most recognizable players of his day. Also played for the Bears.

Where He Is Now: on the positive side of the ledger, he’s done some work with the USO and visited our troops overseas. On the negative side of the ledger, well, yeah. I don’t know if that’s more disturbing than Mike Ditka throwing the football through the tire, which is the kind of metaphor that will give you night terrors, but it’s up there. Also, visual evidence suggests he enjoys Coors Light, casinos and your Aunt Nancy’s scooter.

Glorious Randomness: here’s Eric Guliford’s Google profile, allegedly. His superpower is listed as his “ability to find a way or make a way,” but to be fair, everyone beat Terrell Buckley like a tin drum, not just him.

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