Jamie Blake (Dean Martin playing off his alcoholic and womanizing image) said it best when he warned his partner Fenderbaum (Sammy Davis Jr.) to watch out for the “Blimp”. Once the rotund Victor Prinzi (played by Dom DeLuise) felt the need to defend himself or his friends, the sound of “Dun Dun Dunnnn” would fill the air and suddenly Captain Chaos would emerge with his cape and mask to save the day. It wasn’t a traditional looking superhero (although much of mannerisms were ripped from a comic book), but it didn’t matter. Considering this was an All Star cast (in a B-Grade movie), Captain Chaos stood tallest of all.

This may seem disrespectful to Anfarnee “Penny” Hardaway, but while compiling our ballot we forgot about his role in “Blue Chips”. It was not that he did a bad job, as he was perfectly effective as Butch McRae, the Point Guard recruited by Nick Nolte whose mother received help from Western University boosters. However, when you think of the basketball performances in the film, McRae is a distant second to Shaquille O’Neal’s “Neon Boudeaux”, which coincidentally would foreshadow Hardaway being in the shadow of Shaq as a pro in Orlando.

Come to think of it, when you think of Penny Hardaway’s career, often the first thing that comes to mind is “Lil Penny” the loud talking puppet in the shoe commercials. If he is overshadowed (and he was) by a puppet, is this a viable Hall of Fame candidate?

There have been many movies about College Football but there has never been a more dominating player that Bobby Boucher, the water boy turned defensive beast for the South Central Louisiana State Mud Dogs. 

Boucher may not have been the cerebrally gifted player to ever visit the gridiron but his inner rage allowed him to deliver the most vicious hits in the NCAA and took a terrible team to the Bourbon Bowl.  Boucher’s prowess was so strong that the competition relied on playing only defence to keep the home grown Cajun off of the field.

You can do it Bobby!  You can play “foosball”.

The Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame is pleased to welcome Bobby Boucher into the Class of 2017.


The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
The Waterboy (1998)

Actor:
Adam Sandler

Position Portrayed:
Linebacker

Played for:
South Central Louisiana State Mud Dogs

A decade after Sonny Crockett, Don Johnson gave us the unlikeable, David Simms, who gave us little to no reason to find empathy for him in any capacity. That was the point, as Johnson played the part of a dick perfectly. The question is an obnoxious sports villain worthy of our Hall of Fame? It might, but we aren’t sure it is Simms.