There's a quilt designed by Bill Kerr and Weeks Ringle that was featured in the June 2010 issue of American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine that would be great for a guy. It's called Crossing and looks like this:
http://craftnectar.com/2010/04/12/cr...ret-and-susan/
You can get a back issue of the magazine from APQ or a kit of the quilt from FunQuilts (Kerr and Ringle's business name) at
http://www.funquilts.com/gallery/patterns/patterns.html