NFL Italy?
Dec 27th 2007ericjhoroCollege Football
Apparently Jon Stocco wants to be just like Stephon Marbury. Sort of. The former Wisconsin quarterback has agreed to join the Milan Rhinos of NFL Italy—a league also known as the Lega Nazionale Football Americano Italiano. (Personally, I prefer the latter name—it makes the league sound less like a shitty, shitty version of the NFL.) Stocco doesn’t know how the Rhinos found him, but one day team called his father in Minnesota to ask about signing him.
The best part of this whole situation is how the team is touting its new quarterback.
The Rhinos released a statement about how excited they were to have Stocco, lauding his credentials that include a 29-7 record as a three-year starter for the Badgers and back-to-back Capital One Bowl victories, including MVP honors in his final game nearly 12 months ago. The Rhinos called Stocco the 19th best quarterback in this year’s NFL draft class.
The 19th best quarterback!! Two Capital One Bowl Victories!!! Sweet!! Forget about A.C. Milan getting Ronaldo from Real Madrid—The Milan Rhinos just got Jon Stocco!!!
Considering the level of play has been described as similar to the “best high schools in the U.S. or Division III colleges,” it will be very interesting to see how Stocco performs. Whatever happens, it should be a better gig than his last job.
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