Best Cat Football Player??

KSCAT · Post by **KSCAT** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:42 pm

laser on gladiator was jim califat (sp?). he was a freak of nature. big steriod guy from what i've heard.

bobcatftbl · Post by **bobcatftbl** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:13 pm

Here is the link for Laser, backing me up that his name is Jim Starr.

http://www.tvacres.com/nick_a.htm

scroll down to American Gladiators

Post by **rtb** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:14 pm

bobcatftbl wrote:A little off topic, but you guys seem to know past players pretty well. Does the name JIM STARR sound familiar to anyone? He was "Laser" on American Gladiators and from what I have heard played for the cats in the '80s. Anyone have any info on him??

http://www.accidentalexerciser.com/html ... lty/starr/

I guess his real name is Jim Kalafat, but he changed it to Jim Starr. He was Laser on American Gladiators. This is funny, I had no idea. When I was a kid I loved that show. I would have cheered for Laser had I known he was a Bobcat!!

Bozgriz · Post by **Bozgriz** » Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:16 pm

How about Dylan Tripp??? OK, seriously...Jan Stenerud, HOF NFL kicker and one heck of a skier too!!

gfallscat · Post by **gfallscat** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:31 am

JIM STARR...I THINK YOU MEAN JIM KALAFAT..PLAYED AT CMR...THEN FOR THE CATS....I THINK HE STILL HAS SOME TACKELING RECORDS....HE IS NOW LASER!!

SORRY ABOUT THE ALL CAPS...JUST NOTICED

CARDIAC_CATS · Post by **CARDIAC_CATS** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:00 am

As far as an IMPACT player (teams had to prepare for these guys in their scheme) on defense I would have to pick the following 3 in this order:

1) Mark Fellows
2) Corey Widmer
3) Joey Thomas (Agree with more emotional restraint/smarts he would be on top of list I think). I do like his go for broke attitude though, you need that as a corner.

BFCAT24 · Post by **BFCAT24** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:08 am

To answer a couple of the previous posts: The D-Lineman that played for the NY Giants was Corey Widmer from Bozeman. The "Gladiator" was Jim Kalafat from GF.

Still Looking forward to Saturday! GO CATS!

TripleG · Post by **TripleG** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:45 pm

Your best player ever was CMR Grad, future American Gladiator (Laser)...

Jim (Starr) Kalafat!

raincat · Post by **raincat** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:48 pm

Sonny Holland has almost become a cliche', but trust me, he was the best ever. He could have played offensive line (and did) linebacker (and did) or even runningback. He also was a pretty good coach. After Sonny..
QB-Kelly Bradley
RB-Don Hass
DL-Bill Kollar
OL-John Borchardt
DB-Sean Hill, Bob Banaugh (tie)
K-Pat Bolton (out performed Stenerud at MSU)
Greatest most forgotten-Bob Schmidt and Jim Kalafat

raincat · Post by **raincat** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 5:51 pm

Jim Kalafat AKA Jim Starr AKA Laser still holds the MSU single season tackling record with 202. He and Mike Godfrey co-captained a potentially good team in 1983. The team went 1-10. If Jim would have played the following season, he would be a legend! Timing can be everything!

PapaG · Post by **PapaG** » Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:32 pm

I haven't seen Tony Boddie mentioned. He had a few good years in the USFL and was a pretty solid back for MSU.

BearIt · Post by **BearIt** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:17 am

I've always felt that the bobcats have always had atheletes on your team that are very talented. If you look at NFL records, although I'm not certain, I think the Cats have placed more players in the NFL than the g riz. It seems that in past years (last 2 not counting) it never really came together. Sometimes it takes more than a few talented players to pull together a team.
This is not meant as smack, but just an observation.

CATFAN4LIFE · Post by **CATFAN4LIFE** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 12:45 am

The 3 that stick out the most for me are Mark Fellows, Kelly Bradley and Steve Kracher....there are several more but those are the guys I remember making big impacts for the Cats over the years.

Pikuni Kyi-yo · Post by **Pikuni Kyi-yo** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 2:36 am

What about WR Chip Hobbs? I, for one, think his numbers would have been amazing if not for all the nagging injuries he had.

Or DB Morgan Ryan. Didn't he have something like 14 interceptions in 2 years?

hoags11 · Post by **hoags11** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 1:07 pm

during my years at MSU Morgan Ryan and Sean Hill were tough players. the list for best ever is a very tough one.

howabout18 · Post by **howabout18** » Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:46 pm

Bay Area Cat wrote:Do you really mean intelligence, or rather, temperment? In reading about and listening to Joey, he seems like a pretty bright guy. I think he made some "stupid" plays on the field relating to personal fouls, but that really isn't intelligence related so much as it is temperment.

I don't have either of their (thomas/Ioine) grades of SAT's sitting in front of me, so what do I know....

Of course, if you would have compared him to one of our many recent Academic All-Americans, then I would completely understand the distinction based on pure intelligence.

Mr. Bay Area Cat, I don't think bobcatftl was talking about academic intelligence...he's talking about football not the Academic Olympics.

I believe the same, Joey is an athelete with many talents, but his awareness of the game and the "football field intelligence" just aren't there, this includes his attitude and temperment. He's going to meet the challenge at the next level when he can't rely on his athleticism to pick up the slack. His head better be screwed on straight when he gets to camp because his "I'm all that" attitude isn't going to cut it when bangin' with the big boys. I personally wouldn't put him in the top 5.

My vote Mark Fellows

Post by **kmax** » Fri Apr 02, 2004 10:32 am

howabout18 wrote:I believe the same, Joey is an athelete with many talents, but his awareness of the game and the "football field intelligence" just aren't there, this includes his attitude and temperment. He's going to meet the challenge at the next level when he can't rely on his athleticism to pick up the slack. His head better be screwed on straight when he gets to camp because his "I'm all that" attitude isn't going to cut it when bangin' with the big boys. I personally wouldn't put him in the top 5.

All of the scouting reports that have come out on Thomas say this same thing, that he has all the physical tools, just needs to work on his instincts and awareness, yet they are still projecting him in the 2nd round. As cocky as he comes off on the field, from the things that he has said and have been said about him by scouts and analysts, you get the feeling he is leaving that attitude on the field and is more than willing to take advice and instruction on what it will take for him to be successful at the next level. I for one am looking forward to seeing him on Sundays.

PapaG · Post by **PapaG** » Sat Apr 03, 2004 11:39 am

If anyone is interested, here are the Wonderlic scores for the CBs who took it at the NFL Combine. The link gives scores for all players.

CBs
DeAngelo Hall, Virginia Tech - 23
Chris Gamble, Ohio State - 9
Dunta Robinson, South Carolina - 13
Will Poole, Southern Cal - 14
Ahmad Carroll, Arkansas - 17
Derrick Strait, Oklahoma - 15
Ricardo Colclough, Tusculum - 11
Joey Thomas, Montana State - 19
Nathan Vasher, Texas - 13
Keiwan Ratliff, Florida - 18
Jeremy LeSueur, Michigan - 16
Keith Smith, McNeese State - 17
Vontez Duff, Notre Dame - 16

http://216.239.53.104/search?q=cache:ne ... n&ie=UTF-8

Grizcat · Post by **Grizcat** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:11 pm

Steve Kracher

briannell · Post by **briannell** » Mon Sep 13, 2004 4:03 pm

pretty partial to my husband Brian Nell, he played 1991-94, Bozeman Senior high grad. Yes those big lineman have moves too!

rebecca nell

Best Cat Football Player??

Jim Starr

best msu football player