Channing suited up for the Seattle Sea Dragons of the XFL in 2020.
After the league folded due to COVID, he returned to the CFL and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, whom he’d been with briefly before signing with the XFL.
In 2022, he played for the Philadelphia Stars of the USFL.
He’d intercept 7 passes for 121 yards and make 14 tackles.
Afterwards, briefly was on the offseason roster of the Washington Commanders.
Although drafted by the Battlehawks of the XFL 23, Stribling opted to resign with the Stars.
With the USFL and XFL merged, Stribling was drafted by the Birmingham Stallions in the 2024 player dispersal draft.
Ultimately ended up on the roster of the Battlehawks- but was cut during the regular season.
NOTES:
Channing was on a shortlist of players I really wanted since he was impossible to get TTM and he had… four(?) cards I was looking to get signed. Since players didn’t really pay any attention to me pregame, I decided to troll the Battlehawks players.
I yelled at Channing that he wasn’t fooling anyone, since he changed his number from 41 to 14. (Wikipedia even showed it as 41.) I then heckled him about his time with the Express. He smiled and after the game gladly came over and inked these 4 cards. When he looked at them, he called them ‘classic’.
CARDS: Pro Set 1990, Pro Set 1991 ACQUIRED: TTM 2022, C/o Home SENT: 5/23 RECEIVED: 6/6 (14 days)
CAREER SNAPSHOT:
Played TE at the University of the Pacific from 1965-’67.
Went undrafted and signed with the Cincinnati Bengals in 1969.
Played the next 8 seasons for the franchise,
Best season came in 1971, catching 21 passes for 356 yards and 4 TDs, including a 71 yard long.
Joined the 49ers coaching staff in ’80 as a TE coach.
Returned to the Bengals in ’81 where he coached WRs through ’84.
Sam Wyche moved Coslet to offensive coordinator the following season, where he took the WCO to the next level setting franchise offensive records over the next few seasons.
Was hired by the Jets after the 1989 season concluded.
Served as HC in NY through the 1993 season.
Jets got to the playoffs after the ’91 season, losing to the Houston Oilers in the Wild Card round.
Returned in 1994 to Cincinnati, serving again as OC- this time under HC Dave Shula.
During a chaotic ’96 season Shula resigned as HC after a disastrous 1-6 start.
Coslet stepped in and led the team to a 7-2 finish, and some level of respectability.
After the franchise decided to overhaul the roster in 2000, Coslet resigned 3 games into the season.
Spent a final season in 2002 as OC of the Dallas Cowboys.
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ACCOLADES:
Pacific Tigers Hall of Fame 1985
NOTES:
I mean I took a shot in the dark on Coslet that he’d pen a play for me and I was absolutely tickled with what he drew up. I’m always curious about an offensive minded coach’s DNA, but especially what and why they chose the play they chose to draw up, and as a member of the Walsh coaching tree- WCO, this one is an absolute treasure.
Big Ted Washington played defensive line for Louisville finishing with 297 total tackles, 27 sacks, 1 FF, and 1 INT.
He’d be selected at the bottom of round one by the San Fransisco 49ers in 1991.
Washington made his time primarily at NT, before hopping over to DT in ’93.
He’d be traded to the Broncos in 1994, where Ted showed glimpses of what he could do- just from the NT position.
It’d be in ’95 Ted transitioned to Buffalo, where he established himself as one of the most dominant NT of the 90s.
He’d play 6 seasons there for the Bills, posting 378 total tackles, and 19.5 sacks.
Big Ted hopped over to the Bears in 2001- anchoring their line through the 2002 season at DT, thus beginning Ted’s hired gun phase of his career.
Ted from here played a season with New England in 2003, Oakland in ’04-’05, closing out his career in ’06-’07 as a member of the Browns.
ACCOLADES:
Pro Bowl 1997-’98, 2000- ’01
All-Pro 2001
NOTES:
Big Ted doesn’t really sign through the mail so I decided to pick up this set need via EBay. I was comfortable picking up this autograph since it was from a collector located in Buffalo.
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