Phil Petty vs. Cory Boyd

[johnnyb]

Welcome to the

Cockytalk Favorite Player (2000 and current) Round 1 part 2

Use this thread to make your argument for who is your favorite player between Phil Petty and Cory Boyd

[SpecOps Cock]

I'm back like cooked crack!!! Man boyd was a beast !!!

[AikenRooster2112]

I voted Phil Petty.

[scdodgerfan]

Phill Petty got the most out of his ability much like Ryan Brewer. A leader on & off the field. He gets my vote.

[GamecockInHell]

Once again this is about your favorite player, not who is best. I always liked Petty, but admired Boyd for what he overcame and how hard he played.

[Cock Kool-Aid]

Had to go with Boyd. I'm partial to all the guys who played while I was in school there and he was a beast.

[Spurticus]

Tough choice, but I went with Petty. He's still a player I admire and loved
watching play. He was a guy who grew into leadership role mainly out of
necessity. Once he accepted the challenge, he became a much better QB
than even he thought he could be. Never was the greatest QB I saw in
my lifetime as far as ability goes, but he is a guy near the top of my list
of favorite players here because of the way he ran his position and made
the team a winner. He had the right attitude and approach to the game.

Cory is another player I really loved watching play, but unlike Phil, he played
his position behind a pretty weak O/Line that didn't allow him to be nearly
as good (stats wise) as he was capable of being. Would LOVED to have
seen him run with a line similar to the one we had in 2000 and 2001. The
only mark I have against Cory is the issue he had with substance abuse
that caused him to miss and entire season.....However, the biggest
reason I have to admire him is that he could have quit this team after that
but chose to come back and finish his time here and stay in Garnet & Black.
He did it, and became the vocal and inspiratrional leader of the team when
he did. Takes a special kind of man to do something like that.

[Jim Lahey]

I'm back like cooked crack! But I picked Phil Petty. I cant remember how many times Ive said the words, "man i just wish we still had Phil Petty" during a game which we struggled at qb

[FanofCarolina1]

I'll never forget this hit!

[NavyCock16]

I'm voting for Phil for two reasons.

1). He was the butt of a lot of really bad Lou Holtz jokes, however they still made me laugh.

2). He dated a smokin hot cross country chick that was in one of my classes (I know he was the starting qb, but still, well done).

[garnetmike]

This one is the toughest one for me of these polls so far. Petty did more with less and was more consistent than Boyd...but man I really, really liked both of these guys. I wonder shat spurrier could have done with petty...

[Gyle41386]

Originally Posted by Cock Kool-Aid

Had to go with Boyd. I'm partial to all the guys who played while I was in school there and he was a beast.

Same here. Cory is easily on my short list of favorites I ever watched from the student section.

[Cock Kool-Aid]

Originally Posted by garnetmike

This one is the toughest one for me of these polls so far. Petty did more with less and was more consistent than Boyd...but man I really, really liked both of these guys. I wonder shat spurrier could have done with petty...

Is this when you're day dreaming and poo your pants? Go clean yourself up.

[Emery]

Originally Posted by garnetmike

This one is the toughest one for me of these polls so far. Petty did more with less and was more consistent than Boyd...but man I really, really liked both of these guys. I wonder shat spurrier could have done with petty...

Petty was a steady performer. I cussed him all the time, but would love for him to be qb at any point the past decade.

[Dizzy01]

Originally Posted by Spurticus

Tough choice, but I went with Petty. He's still a player I admire and loved
watching play. He was a guy who grew into leadership role mainly out of
necessity. Once he accepted the challenge, he became a much better QB
than even he thought he could be. Never was the greatest QB I saw in
my lifetime as far as ability goes, but he is a guy near the top of my list
of favorite players here because of the way he ran his position and made
the team a winner. He had the right attitude and approach to the game.

Cory is another player I really loved watching play, but unlike Phil, he played
his position behind a pretty weak O/Line that didn't allow him to be nearly
as good (stats wise) as he was capable of being. Would LOVED to have
seen him run with a line similar to the one we had in 2000 and 2001. The
only mark I have against Cory is the issue he had with substance abuse
that caused him to miss and entire season.....However, the biggest
reason I have to admire him is that he could have quit this team after that
but chose to come back and finish his time here and stay in Garnet & Black.
He did it, and became the vocal and inspiratrional leader of the team when
he did. Takes a special kind of man to do something like that.

The circumstances surrounding Petty taking over as a starter and the reaction of some of his "teammates" would have destroyed a lot of guys. The fact he was able to recover from that and lead the team the way he did was enough for me pick him here.

[A-Cluckwork-Orange]

Wow this was a tough choice. I give Petty credit for the win at GA in 2001, and probably for the Alabama game. Done.

[Barry_gamecock]

Petty. First off, I gotta rep my hometown.
Second, He led us out of our darkest years of 0-22.
Third, he led us to back to back bowl victories against OSU.
Fourth, He did it with way less talent around him than we have now.

I really loved how hard Cory played but Phil is pretty high up there in terms of importance to our recent history.

[sixthfloorsnowden]

Cory Boyd made killing a man on the football field cool before Clowney was even in high school. (Keep in mind, the UVa player never played another snap after Boyd hit him)