Brennan Admitted to Elite Club Based on Georgia Performance

Dear Mr. Brennan:

It is with great pleasure that we would like to officially welcome you to an elite club I helped found more than a decade ago. Based on your recent performance in the Allstate Sugar Bowl against the Georgia Bulldogs, you've been admitted into the S.O.S.Q., better known as the "Society of System Quarterbacks."

Your memberhip card will arrive in the mail in four to six weeks. In the meantime, I wanted to provide you a little bit more background about our organization and the brotherhood you are about to join.

Ours is a small but tightly-bonded group whose friendship has blossomed following college careers dotted by unprecedented numbers, a host of post-season accolades and more ass than you could shake a stick at (I would go into greater detail but I am now a student of the Lord, plus, well, you were doing it at Hawaii...oh, if I could go back in time and live for just a semester in your shoes, the sun, the sand, the bikinis...).

Of course, none of us attained the status we desired beyond our college years and, as a result, have constantly found ourselves the butt of misdirected jokes and constant labeling with what has become one of the most insensitive derogatory and hurtful expressions in American society - the system quarterback. It is a term so frequently expressed with venom and acerbic tones. And too often my brothers and I have faced slurs from men and women young and old.

In response to this rampant discrimination and irrational treatment from the media, fans and our peers, we formed the S.O.S.Q. to celebrate what we were all able to do so successfully in our younger years...throw 60-80 times/game, throw up ridiculously out-of-whack statistics and lead our teams to 40-50 points/contest...all while stirring up discussions around our relative worthiness as All-Americans, Heisman Trophy candidates and/or NFL prospects.

Our philosophy is simple. We must not be ashamed. We must band together. We must embrace the truth about our experience as system quarterbacks, and celebrate that very existence. It is the only way we can collectively move towards eradicating the overwhelming prejudice towards us and simultaneously paving the way for future system QBs.

Your effort against the University of Georgia on Tuesday night was valiant, however futile. Trust us, Colt, we have battled against all odds to prove we deserve to be called more than simply products of a system. But, in the end, we cannot fight who we are. Your awful performance was what many of us still refer to as our "moment of spiritual awakening." You will no doubt soon recognize it as such.

So, on behalf of so many of our esteemed members including Ty Detmer, Andre Ware, and your Warrior brother Timmy Chang, welcome to our club. We hope you will adopt our cause with vigor and serve as an ambassador to help recruit potential future S.O.S.Q. brothers like Reesing and Harrell.

It is my fervent belief that there is strength in numbers. Our careers were surely evidence of that fact. So will it be with the S.O.S.Q. You simply must believe in the system. Come join us.

Sincerely,
David Klingler
S.O.S.Q. President
Class of '92