We assumed that Iron Man would be wearing his armor beneath a standard uniform and helmet.

Plastic Man is the coverage safety; Superman is the hitter.

We never considered his webshooters. They would be an illegal and non-uniform component under NFL rules. Spidey is here mostly because of his agility and the natural stickum power of his hands.

From Ted Newman, the assistant sports editor at the time this was drafted: "Apache Chief is big enough in human form to be a great run-stopper, but if necessary, he can drop back and inyuk-chuk in pass coverage to swat things down."

The natural stick-um is largely why we had Spider-Man at split end (mislabeled here as flanker.) I forget why we didn't put him in the secondary. Maybe because Superman wants to be in on every down.

I'd be remiss if I did not mention that Mike Preston, the Philadelphia 76ers' current director of public relations (NCSU '96), played a role in drafting this team. It was a group effort of the sports department at Technician, State's student paper.

Carl Reeves was an all-ACC defensive end who was a senior in 1994, btw.

Well, even a superhero ensemble has to have a weakness.

Sorry to reply to my own comment, but Carl Reeves was our all-ACC defensive end. On the first play of the fourth quarter in the 1995 Peach Bowl, he ran down Eric Moulds from behind, on a WR reverse, tackling him for a loss. One of our most beloved performers at NC State.

The other thing is can the ball bounce fast enough back to Flash's hands to make his superhuman speed meaningful. I assume his legs are strong enough that he could leap the length of the floor without a running start, but given the confines of the playing space, his talent is almost wasted. Likewise, now that I think…