QUESTIONS FOR THE MARC BULGER INTERVIEW

1.  SO WORD HAS IT THAT YOU WERE A PRETTY GOOD GOLFER GROWING UP, DO YOU   STILL PLAY?  IF SO WHAT RANGE DO YOU NORMALLY SCORE?  I NORMALLY HIT BETWEEN 97 AND 105 BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT EMBARASSING ME I KNOW I'M TERRIBLE.

2.  GROWING UP IN PITTSBURGH IT WOULD BE ONLY NATURAL FOR YOU TO LOOK UP TO DAN MARINO.  I HEARD A STORY THAT HE GAVE YOU A GIFT AS A YOUTH AND YOU LATER GAVE THAT GIFT AWAY.  WHAT DID HE GIVE YOU AND WHY WOULD YOU PART WITH IT?

3.  FOR SOMEONE WHO HAD TO BE BADGERED TO PLAY FOOTBALL IN HIGH SCHOOL HOW DID YOU RECOVER BOTH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY FROM YOUR 1ST JV GAME WHERE YOU BROKE YOUR COLLAR BONE?

4.  WITH YOUR FATHER PLAYING QB AT NOTRE DAME FROM 1970-71 AND BACKING UP JOE THEISMAN WHEN THEY MADE A TRIP TO THE COTTON BOWL, HOW MUCH OF AN INFLUENCE WAS HE ON YOUR DECISION TO PLAY FOOTBALL?  AND AS A REFERENCE THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREER?

5.  WHILE PLAYING AT WEST VIRGINIA YOU HAD THE LIKES OF AMOS ZEREOUE, JERRY PORTER, GARY STILLS, AND ANTHONY BECHT AS TEAMMATES.  WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF TALENT AROUND YOU, DO YOU THINK YOU ELEVATE THEM OR THEY ELEVATE YOU?

6.  WHILE IN COLLEGE I NOTICED THAT YOU CHANGED YOUR NUMBER FROM 10 TO 4 YOUR SR. YEAR AND THEN BACK TO 10 IN THE PRO'S.  A FRESHMAN BY THE NAME OF JAMES DAVIS, AND A SOPHOMORE NAMED CLIFTON SIMMONS WORE #10 THAT YEAR.  THEY WERE BOTH DB'S.  WHAT WOULD BE THE REASON FOR THE NUMBER CHANGE?  OR WAS THE WEBSITE FLAWED?

7.  WHILE GOING THROUGH THE DRAFT PROCESS DID YOU CALL ON YOUR FORMER TEAMMATE AND THEN CURRENT NFL RB AMOS ZEREOUE FOR ANY ADVICE, SINCE HE HAD JUST GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS THE PREVIOUS YEAR?  IF NOT DID YOU LEAN ON ANYONE ELSE?  AND IF SO WHAT ADVICE DID YOU RECIEVE?

8.  AFTRE BEING DRAFTED BY THE N.O. SAINTS AND THEN CUT BEFORE TRAINING CAMP ENDED YOU WERE CALLED BY THEN ST. LOUIS RAMS HEAD COACH MIKE MARTZ TO BE AN INSURANCE POLICY WHILE KURT WARNER HAD AN INJURY, THIS STINT ONLY LASTED ONE WEEK.  THEN YOU CAUGHT ON WITH THE ATLANTA FALCONS THROUGH DECEMBER.  AFTER THAT MARTZ CAME CALLING AGAIN.  MY QUESTION IS WHAT WAS YOUR INITIAL REACTION TO THIS 2ND CHANCE WITH THE RAMS?  WERE THERE ANY RESERVATIONS OR ANGER DIRECTED TOWARDS THE TEAM OR ANY MEMBERS IN THE ORGANIZATION?

9.  DID YOU EVER ASK MARTZ ABOUT THE REASON FOR THE INITIAL SHORT STINT WITH THE TEAM?  AND WHAT MADE HIM CALL YOU BACK FOR THE 2ND CHANCE?

10.  WITH SO MUCH OF A STRUGGLE TO GET OFF THE PRACTICE SQUAD AND BEAT OUT SUCH GREATS AS JOE GERMAIN, PAUL JUSTIN, AND RYAN HELMING FOR THE BACK-UP SPOT TO KURT WARNER.  WHAT WAS THE FIRE THAT KEPT YOU GOING?  BESIDES THE PAYCHECK.

11.  AFTER BECOMING JUST ONE OF A HANDFUL OF QB'S TO START YOUR CAREER 6-0, WERE YOU THINKING MORE ALONG THE LINES OF I MUST BE DREAMING?  OR IF IT WAS THIS EASY THEN WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO GET THE STARTING NOD.

12.  LAST YEAR WITH THE RAMS YOU WERE REUNITED WITH FORMER WEST VIRGINIA TEAMMATES ANTHONY BECHT, AND GARY STILLS.  HOW WAS THAT EXPERIENCE AFTER SO MANY YEARS IN THE LEAGUE?

13.  AFTER WHAT HAS BEEN A VERY PRODUCTIVE CAREER WITH HOPEFULLY MANY MORE YEARS TO COME, WHAT AT THIS POINT ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF?

14.  WITH THE RAMS SHIFTING FROM THE PASS-HAPPY MARTZ AIR ATTACK TO A MORE RUN ORIENTED OFFENSE HAS IT GOTTEN EASIER OR MORE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE THE GAME ON THE FIELD?

15.  HOW DO YOU LIKE COMPETING HEAD TO HEAD TWICE A YEAR HEALTH PERMITTING AGAINST YOUR FRIEND AND FORMER TEAMMATE KURT WARNER?

16.  THEY SAY THAT BACK IN THE DAY YOU WERE A PRETTY GOOD BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL PLAYER.  WHAT POSITIONS DID YOU PLAY IN EACH SPORT, AND HOW GOOD WERE YOU HONESTLY?

17.  NOW THAT YOU'RE ON YOUR 4TH HEAD COACH SINCE YOU JOINED THE RAMS, WHAT ARE YOUR INITIAL REACTIONS TO COACH SPAGNUOLO IN GENERAL AND OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR PAT SHURMUR'S OFFENSIVE SYSTEM?

18.  AS BEING SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE RAMS CONTINUED SUCCESS IN THIS DECADE, HOW HARD HAS IT BEEN TO WATCH THE TEAM SLOWLY DECLINE AND GET TO THE POINT WHERE IT NEEDS TO REBUILD?

19.  AS A FOLLOW UP TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTION...  LONG TIME TEAMMATES TORRY HOLT ( JAX ), AND ORLANDO PACE ( CHI ) WERE BOTH RELEASED THIS OFF-SEASON.  AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT YOU WILL SEE BOTH OF THEM THIS YEAR ON THE OPPOSING SIDELINES.  HOW AWKWARD WILL THAT BE FOR YOU PERSONALLY AS WELL AS PROFESSIONALLY?

20.  IN ST. LOUIS YOU WILL ALWAYS BE REFERRED TO AS THE GUY THAT REPLACED KURT WARNER, NOT TOO FLATTERING FOR A QB WHO GRADUATED FROM WEST VIRGINIA HOLDING 25 PASSING RECORDS FOR THE SCHOOL.  RECEIVED PLAYER OF THE WEEK AFTER HIS 1ST NFL START.  A QB THAT RANKS NO LESS THAN 4TH IN TEAM HISTORY IN ALL MAJOR PASSING CATEGORIES, A 2 TIME PRO BOWLER WHO WAS VOTED THE PRO BOWL MVP IN 03' WHEN YOU PASSED FOR A PRO BOWL RECORD 4 TD'S.  YOU ARE ONLY 1 OF 4 RAM QB'S TO RECORD A ROAD PLAYOFF WIN ( KURT WARNER ISN'T ON THAT LIST ) AND YOU HAVE 26 CAREER 300 YD. PASSING GAMES SO FAR.  SO AFTER SETTING THE STAGE FOR YOU, HOW DO YOU CHANGE THEIR MINDS, OR DO YOU NOT EVEN BOTHER WITH THAT?

21.  WHAT AWAITS YOU AFTER THE NFL?  DO YOU PLAN ON PUTTING THAT SPORTS MANAGEMENT DEGREE TO WORK FOR YOU OR DOES COACHING SOUND MORE ENTICING?

22.  IN 2007 YOU ESTABLISHED THE MARC BULGER FOUNDATION TO ASSIST MEN AND WOMEN IN THE ARMED SERVICES.  CAN YOU GIVE SOME DETAILS ON WHAT YOUR FOUNDATION DOES AND HOW THE PUBLIC CAN HELP?