Parker joined The Denver Post in September 2022 after covering the Broncos for USA Today. Before that, he spent five years covering Nebraska football and athletics for the Lincoln Journal Star. He's a New Glarus, Wisconsin native and a University of Wisconsin graduate.
Todd Helton and Peyton Manning played together on the 1994 Tennessee Volunteers football team for offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach David Cutcliffe . Also pictured are Mike Grein , Branndon Stewart , Jerry Colquitt and Chris and Katie Cutcliffe .
“When he got hurt, the first thing I had to do was get the Snickers out of my pants and the M&Ms,” Helton told The Denver Post. “That’s about how prepared I was for that. It was a beautiful day and I was really looking forward to watching Jerry play because he finally got to play and I was excited for him.”
After all, he had been on Tennessee’s staff since 1982, meaning he’d watched Colquitt and Helton grow up as star athletes at Oak Ridge and Knoxville Central, respectively.The plan was simple: Colquitt would take the reins from Shuler. And Helton would provide veteran insurance — though the priority, as Colquitt recalls it, also included making sure Helton stayed healthy.
As Helton tried in vain to get UT’s lagging offense jump-started, Cutcliffe couldn’t shake the devastation he felt for Colquitt, about whom he still raves: “The best thing that can ever be said to you is for somebody who was on your teams to come up and say, ‘Hey man, you were the best teammate I ever had.’ I promise you that’s been said to Jerry Colquitt.”“He asked for the headset of one of our assistants and said, ‘I need to talk to Coach Cut,’” Cutcliffe said. “I’m up in the press box.
Of course, if slo-mo vision helped make Helton a good college quarterback, it’s also part of what made him a terrific baseball player. When Stewart got in, he’d run to the sideline after each play to get the call verbally from the sideline because, the broadcast noted, he probably didn’t yet know the signals.
Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning avoids the tackle by UCLA linebacker Weldon Forte during their game on Sept. 6, 1997 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Along the way, he carried with him the teachings of his old football coach, calling Cutcliffe and manager Clint Hurdle his foremost mentors.
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