Yeah, we know. However sometimes we just want to be nice, and throw a bone to a character whose demise developed his own syndrome (the Chuck Cunningham Syndrome), whereby a character suddenly disappears and is not just written off the show, but is treated like he never existed. With that in mind, our ballot gives you Opie’s big brother, Chuck.

What do we really know of Chuck Cunningham? Based on his limited appearances, all we know is that he was always doing something basketball related and got a scholarship to Wisconsin-Milwaukee (or was it Marquette?). Sure, Richie Cunningham was actually seen playing basketball for his high school team, but was he ever going to get a free ride to a university from it? Not too likely. Basketball was the backbone of Chuck Cunningham’s brief and mediocre existence; and we would like to think that he found his way to a pro career in Europe after Tom Bosley ignored his existence.

The Television version of Boobie Miles on Friday Night Lights, Brian “Smash” Williams was arguably the talent of the Dillon Panthers, and the one who transformed his swagger to confidence (not easy to do) and was one of our favorites to watch on the program. Last we heard, Williams did success after a horrible injury to make it to Texas A&M, and though we suspect he never would have made it to the NFL, somehow Smash will land on his feet…maybe as a surgeon in Seattle.



The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Friday Night Lights (2006-11)

Actor:
Gaius Charles

Position Portrayed:
Running Back

Played for:
Dillon Panthers

Why you should vote for him:
There should be some “Boobie Miles” residue here.

Why you should not vote for him:
The show had a long run, but only a devoted audience. Most people never saw this performance.  

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We admit we are reaching on this one. Bo Duke (John Schneider) was the main driver of the General Lee on the Dukes of Hazzard, but it was implied that he raced professionally at various points in the series and the reunion shows. Should it count? We will let you decide.

On another tangent, this allows us to wonder aloud that Cooter (the only man who appeared to own a garage in Hazzard County) had to be the richest man in town as every week the police wrecked their cars chasing around the Duke boys.  



The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
The Dukes of Hazzard (1979-1985)

Actor:
John Schneider

Position Portrayed:
Driver of the General Lee and a driver on the stock car circuit

Why you should vote for him:
He was pretty much undefeated against the Hazzard police.

Why you should not vote for him:
We never saw him race professionally did we?

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Maybe this film didn’t go all the way. Everybody’s All American showcased Dennis Quaid as Gavin Grey as a superstar Running Back at LSU who had life by the balls and was the proverbial “Big Man on Campus”. He would go on to have a decent pro career, though we would slowly watch him go from college superstar, to solid pro, to a has-been longing for the past. The football scenes in the film were decent, so there is no issue here with that, but as much as we love Quaid in films about athletes, we equally detest him when he tries to put on an accent of any kind. The book in which the film is based on has the lead character commit suicide over the depression over losing who he was. With the current climate of football, perhaps this is where the film should have gone, and take it to the conclusion it was probably meant to go. A sad ending is better than the non-committed one it had.