We wonder if Matt Saracen was the favorite character for a lot the viewers of Friday Night Lights. Saracen (Zach Gilford) was the reluctant hero of the field, the socially awkward backup Quarterback, thrust into a starting role due to an injury to the star. Borrowing from another movie, Saracen did not pull off a “Jon Moxon” and was benched in his Senior year. Still, the role was given a lot of arcs, which is better than 99 percent of characters from television.  



The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Friday Night Lights (2006-11)

Actor:
Zach Gilford

Position Portrayed:
Quarterback

Played for:
Dillon Panthers

Why you should vote for him:
Is there not something noble about the reluctant hero?

Why you should not vote for him:
At the end of the day, this is still the backup, who did not exactly “Jon Moxon” it on the gridiron.

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We don’t get it. He lost the girl to Burt Reynolds and really didn’t care? What kind of new age Football movie is this, and is this why he turned into a recluse in Blade?

Honestly, the opponent in the final installment of the Rocky film series (the aptly titled, Rocky Balboa) was not critical. The movie was more about resurrecting the character from the damage the last film did. Fortunately for Sylvester Stallone and fans of the series, Rocky Balboa did just exactly that.

Rocky’s comeback fight was against Mason “The Line” Dixon, played by a legitimate boxing champion, Antonio Tarver. Unlike Tommy Morrison in Rocky V, Tarver was not asked to do more than brood and mumble; and look like a legitimate bad ass. That was perfect, as again, this movie was about redeeming the Rocky Balboa character (and not really the fighter) in our eyes. Sure, Dixon was not a landmark character, but it accomplished exactly what we needed.



The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Rocky Balboa (2006)

Actor:
Antonio Tarver

Why you should vote for him:
It is a Rocky series boxer; enough said.

Why you should not vote for him:
It wasn’t a very deep role.

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Sorry, here is another show we never watched beyond an episode or two…and that was while intoxicated. However, “Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper” lasted five years on ABC, so once again….somebody must have watched it.

Here is what we can tell you. “Mr. Cooper” was played by comedian, Mark Curry, who was not a bad stand up, but always seemed lame in any other situation. We guess Cooper never saved any of that NBA money (why he should he be different than most actual NBA players) and had to teach school and needed roommates. The two roommates was a reject from the Cosby Show spinoff, A Different World, and the delicious Holly Robinson-Peete, who in the shows we did see, Cooper struck out with.   According to Wikipedia, the two characters did hook up in season four, as we can only guess that she decided to trade down from journeyman quarterbacks, however by that time we decided Cooper was not worth hangin’ with.



The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Hangin’ with Mr. Cooper (1992-1997)

Actor:
Mark Curry

Position Portrayed:
We have no idea

Played for:
Golden State Warriors

Why you should vote for him:
He was a Golden State Warrior who did not choke his coach.

Why you should not vote for him:
It took him how many years on the show to get with Holly Robinson Peete?   That should have happened in episode one.

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