I think the title is rather self-explanatory, but let me tell you the inspiration. Andrew Luck was named the General Manager of Stanford, his alma mater. Then we got an article that money donors at Cal want Ron Rivera, a Cal alumnus, in the same role as Andrew Luck for them! Cal wants to be like Stanford???? Whaaaaa????

So, based on these two rival schools wanting their former alums as their General Managers, I am going to name a GM for every single school in FBS. I will do FCS eventually too, but I can’t put 260+ schools in one post.

The only criteria here are they must have attended the school, played in the NFL, and their NFL career is completed.

Some of these choices will be smart, prudent and intelligent. Some of these choices will be because I want to see the potential chaos occur. You can decide; I am not going to explain them fully, and it’s mainly vibes-based. In some schools, the pickings were slim, but I tried my best. Another thing here: if they had off-the-field troubles, I tried to avoid them for the most part but made some exceptions. Also, I could have missed things from the past if it wasn't listed on their Wikipedia page, if they had one.

Also, if you want another former NFL player for your school, you can change it; I won’t argue with you. Finally, this may serve as social media posts where we just remember some dudes.

ACC

• Boston College - Doug Flutie or Matt Ryan

• Cal - Aaron Rodgers (Sorry Ron)

• Clemson - Charlie Whitehurst

• Duke - Benjamin Watson

• Florida State - Danny Kanell (if Danny turns it down Sebastian Janikowski)

• Georgia Tech - Calvin Johnson or Keith Brooking?

• Louisville - Teddy Bridgewater, but I think he’d wants to coach still. So let’s randomly pick Browning Nagle.

• Miami (FL) - Michael Irvin

  

  I would love this in an official capacity

• NC State - Philip Rivers

• North Carolina - Julius Peppers

• Pitt - Larry Fitzgerald

• SMU - Eric Dickerson, it’s kind of like he is already.

• Stanford - Fine, Andrew Luck is ok I guess.

• Syracuse - Marvin Harrison would great but he’d refuse, so Donovan McNabb or Dwight Freeney.

• Virginia - Chris Long

• Virginia Tech - DeAngelo Hall

• Wake Forest - Ricky Proehl

American

• Army - Alejandro Villanueva

• Charlotte - This is very tough because they have only had 8 players in the NFL and four are still playing so come on down Timmy Horne

• East Carolina - Chris Johnson or Jeff Blake

• Florida Atlantic - Lucky Whitehead

• Memphis - Isaac Bruce

• Navy - Keenan Reynolds or Kyle Eckel

• North Texas - Mean Joe Green is 78, this would be tough. So let’s go with Craig Robertson because he played for the Saints.

• Rice - Luke Willson

• South Florida - Jason Pierre-Paul

• Temple - Robbie Chosen aka Robby Anderson aka Robbie Anderson

• Tulane - Shaun King, we need to make him the most famous Shaun King again

  

  The one true Shaun King

• Tulsa - Gus Frerotte (Hey, remember that touchdown celebration)

• UAB - Roddy White yelling at Trent Dilfer would be very funny

• UTSA - Teddy Williams, why not, their first player ever in the NFL.

Big XII

• Arizona - Gronk

• Arizona State - Jake Plummer

• Baylor - you may think RGIII but no Mike Singletary

• BYU - Taysom Hill, I don’t care if he is still playing, he can handle multitasking.

• Cincinnati - No way they get a Kelce, so they get the roommate, Zach Collaros

• Colorado - Mason Crosby, it would be funny for Deion with a Kicker here.

• Houston - Case Keenum

• Iowa State - Seneca Wallace

• Kansas - Hmmm, Bobby Douglass is 77, John Riggins is 75, Rest in Piece Gale Sayers, hmm Moran Norris, Fullback.

• Kansas State - Darren Sproles or Jordy Nelson

• Oklahoma State - Brandon Weeden

• TCU - LaDainian Tomlinson

• Texas Tech - Michael Crabtree

• UCF - Blake Bortles

• Utah - Alex Smith

• West Virginia - Tavon Austin, just because of the highlight reels

Big Ten

• Illinois - Jeff George, please be happy I didn’t pick Rashard Mendenhall. Or we could go for Michael Hoomanawanui based on name alone.

• Indiana - Tracey Porter, he’s got to make it up to Hoosier/Colts fans

• Iowa - Dallas Clark, it just felt right to have a Tight End here.

• Maryland - Vernon Davis, Yams. Sweet Potato Yams.

• Michigan - Jake Butt, I mean his last name is Butt…

• Michigan State - It’s Kirk Cousins’ job when he retires but for now Jeff Smoker

• Minnesota - Eric Decker, maybe they can make it into a reality show.

• Nebraska - Ndamukong Suh would be awesome but this feels like Kyle Vanden Bosch or Rex Burkhead territory

• Northwestern - Zach Streif, hey look I found a Saints connection here.

• Ohio State - Michael Thomas, oh look another Saints connection.

• Oregon - A.J. Feely out of nowhere

• Penn State - Matt McGloin or Christian Hackenberg

• Purdue - Kyle Orton

• Rutgers - Jason and Devin McCourty

• UCLA - Josh Rosen

• USC - Mark Sanchez

• Washington - Marques Tuiasosopo

• Wisconsin - Joe Thomas

Conference USA

• FIU - T.Y. Hilton

• Jacksonville State - Eric Davis

• Kennesaw State - Travis Bell

• Liberty - Dwayne Carswell

• Louisiana Tech - Terry Bradshaw would be hilarious, retires from Fox to do this but Willie Roaf will do. Hey another New Orleans Saints connection.

• Middle Tennessee - Kelly Holcomb

• New Mexico State - Carl Nicks, Hey another New Orleans Saints connection.

• Sam Houston - Josh McCown

• UTEP - Jordan Palmer

• Western Kentucky - Forrest Lamp

Independent

• Notre Dame - Jimmy Clausen or Brady Quinn (the Now I’m Done EAS Commercial lives in my head rent free)

• UConn - Dan Orlovsky would likely decline, Will Beatty or Donald Brown

MAC

• Akron - Jason Taylor

• Ball State - Brad Maynard - We need Punters

• Bowling Green - Kory Lichtensteiger

• Buffalo - Steven Means

• Central Michigan - Eric Fisher

• Eastern Michigan - Charlie Batch

• Kent State - Josh Cribbs

• Miami (OH) - Ben Roethlisberger

• Northern Illinois - Michael “The Burner” Turner

• Ohio - Dave Zastudil - More Punters

• Toledo - Bruce Gradkowski

• UMass - Victor Cruz

• Western Michigan - Greg Jennings, he’d put the team on his back.

Mountain West

• Air Force - Garrett Griffin, when in doubt, you go to the former Saints player.

• Boise State - Doug Martin, his nickname is Muscle Hamster.

• Colorado State - Joey Porter

• Fresno State - Trent Dilfer, just because it’d be funny if he left the UAB job for this position.

• Hawaii - Pisa Tinoisamoa

• Nevada - Colin Kaepernick would likely never happen so Nate Burleson but we would miss our Nickelodeon NFL Broadcasts.

• New Mexico - I doubt Urlacher would take it so Glover Quin

• San Diego State - Marshall Faulk

• San Jose State - Jeff Garcia

• UNLV - Randall Cunningham

• Utah State - Bobby Wagner is still playing? Ok, Robert Turbin another Seahawk.

• Wyoming - Mike Purcell come on down!

PAC-12

• Oregon State - Chad Ochocinco

• Washington State - Ryan Leaf

SEC

• Alabama - Brodie Croyle, someone who experienced Before & After Saban

• Arkansas - Jerry Jones will manage the Razorbacks and Cowboys

• Auburn - Cam Newton but he must continue to wear the elaborate outfits

  

  “Why TF Cam Newton always dressed like he owns a chocolate factory” - What a quote on a social media post from Threads I couldn’t embed.

• Florida - uhhhhhhhh, Rex Grossman

• Georgia - Stetson Bennett this is waiting for you, Terrell Davis in the meantime.

• Kentucky - What is Tim Couch doing these days?

• LSU - Odell Beckham Jr., him being above Brian Kelly would definitely go off the rails quickly. Booger McFarland if you want some stability.

• Mississippi State - Fletcher Cox

• Missouri - Chase Daniel

• Oklahoma - Josh Heupel, hmmm, can they get Brian Bosworth out of Fansville?

• Ole Miss - BenJarvus Green-Ellis, the Law Firm.

• South Carolina - John Abraham

• Tennessee - John Henderson, anyone that opened a restaurant named "Big John's Crumpy's Wings & Things" and a clothing store called "4 Big Men by Big Hen" can be the GM of the Vols.

• Texas - Rickey Williams

• Texas A&M - Johnny Manziel is too easy here, A&M would want a 12th man type character for this job though, a cult hero. Jorvorskie Lane or Cullen Gillaspia would be the choice.

• Vanderbilt - Jay Cutler

Sun Belt

• Appalachian State - Daniel Kilgore, big burly lineman with a beard feels right

• Arkansas State - James Bradberry

• Coastal Carolina - Jerome Simpson

  

  Jerome Simpson flipping for a TD in 2011

• Georgia Southern - Jerick McKinnon

• Georgia State - Robert Davis (wide receiver)

• James Madison - Charles Haley

• Louisiana - Jake Delhomme, I mean he’s got his name on parts of the stadium already

• Louisiana-Monroe - Doug Pederson, from the Jacksonville Jags to Monroe, definitely a lateral move.

• Marshall - Randy Moss or Chad Pennington

• Old Dominion - Travis Fulgham

• South Alabama - Kawaan Baker, when in doubt go with a Saints 7th Round pick

• Southern Miss - Jamie Collins, Also Nick Mullens is still in the league??

• Texas State - Spergon Wynn Mentioned!

• Troy - DeMarcus Ware

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