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Jon Moxon
Sep 06, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
We can’t say that when we saw James Van Der Beek in those sappy and seemingly never ending dialogue in Dawson’s Creek, that we would have bought him as a Quarterback. Perhaps that is why he worked in Varsity Blues, as Van Der Beek played Jon Moxon, who was kind of the anti-Quarterback. He was content to be a backup, and an academic star, and served well as the best friend to the star QB, Lance Harbor. When he did step in, he was good, but it was never implied that he was as good as Harbor. Rather, it was not necessarily his desire to win at all costs, but that Football was a game and not a life. This attitude may not have won him the affection of the win at all costs coach (Jon Voight), and essentially led to him leading munity against him. Moxon would rally the troops imploring them to “play like gods” that night, and win the game. As the football scenes in this film looked good, and Moxon was the team’s star, could this be a candidate for our little Hall? It might just be.
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Varsity Blues (1999)
Actor:
James Van Der Beek
Position Portrayed:
Quarterback
Played for:
West Canaan HS
Why you should vote for him:
The football scenes were good, and Moxon led the team to victory at the end.
Why you should not vote for him:
It is still the guy from Dawson’s Creek.
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Johnny Walker
Sep 06, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
Let’s make sure we understand this correctly. The guy who played Farmer Ted in Sixteen Candles; a character that we will make a claim was the absolute geekiest of all High School related film characters, is supposed to be considered believable as the most widely recruited Quarterback in his senior year in High School?
Let’s add some more fuel to this. This is also the same guy who only a couple years before was the nerdy brain in the Breakfast Club, and had a bra on top of his head while designing the perfect girl in Weird Science.
So again we want to make sure we understand. Anthony Michael Hall who again was coming off this trifecta of geek roles was a Quarterback whose girlfriend was Uma Thurman, and whose sidekick was the future Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), who was one of his tormentors in an earlier film (Weird Science).
Nobody bought Hall in this role, and though we respect the fact he wanted to avoid being typecast, we don’t believe Farmer Ted is being recruited by any Football power in Texas.
Joe Kingman
Sep 06, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
Disney plus the Rock plus Football equals…..well it equals a Football movie that isn’t much about Football, nor does it feature a Dwayne Johnson that is very interesting. As Joe Kingman, Johnson is a star Quarterback who is a playboy (though Disneyfied), and beyond a few cute scenes, we aren’t given much here. It is a lot better than the “Tooth Fairy” at least.
Joe Kane
Sep 06, 2013
Published in
The Athletes
Usually the Quarterback is the star of the show, but despite being the football character with the most screen time in the Program, Joe Kane did not feel like the main guy. Maybe it was because the actor playing him (Craig Sheffer) never really had any other major role, or maybe it was because he started out as a Heisman candidate, and flamed out due to personal demons. Perhaps it was because this was not a film with a standard Hollywood sports ending, and that the attempt to go into the seedier side of College Football didn’t go far enough.
Here is our initial thought; “The Program” may eventually get an inductee into the Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame, but we are not sure we would bet on Joe Kane.