Remember When Todd Marinovich Was the Next Great QB?

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by dmek25

i remember reading an article in sports ill. about how he was a high school senior and had never had a cheeseberger. i think thats what screwed him up

That's seriously messed up. Were his parents some of those Southern California Treehuggers or something?

No wonder he has problems. I'm going to eat a cheeseburger for lunch just because of this news.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

Originally Posted by Buster

That's seriously messed up. Were his parents some of those Southern California Treehuggers or something?

No wonder he has problems. I'm going to eat a cheeseburger for lunch just because of this news.

No, his dad was like a football Nazi and he didn't want him to get fat!

stories emerged that he had been raised to be the "perfect" quarterback by his father Marv Marinovich, a former NFL lineman. These claims became nationally known after an article in Sports Illustrated magazine that appeared during his college recruitment. The article cites his father's desire to have his son be the first high-school athlete to have his picture appear on a box of "Wheaties" cereal. The claims also included strict workout regimens during his early years and complete abstinence from fast food. While Marinovich's mother was pregnant with Todd, her diet was also under close scrutiny, she was to eat only lean meals high in protein and her husband forced her to give up cigarette smoking, although she admits to having "to sneak into the garage for an occasional puff.

Todd Marinovich - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia