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re: Alabama 7-0 and Kentucky 6-0, how old were you when this happened?
Posted on 7/2/15 at 9:24 am to Cheese Grits
Posted on 7/2/15 at 9:24 am to Cheese Grits
I was 8 years old. I do remember the Hogs crushing #1 Oklahoma in the Orange bowl 31-6 in Lou Holtz's first year though.
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Posted on 7/2/15 at 9:26 am to OldPete
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That's true, but it's still better than playing FCS schools like everyone does today.
Miami almost became an FCS school in the 70s, its amazing what a little donor money can do for a program
Posted on 7/2/15 at 9:30 am to WG_Dawg
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90%+ of the rant wasn't born yet
I think it was 99%. Most I think weren't born until the turn of the century based upon postings I read daily.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 9:44 am to NYCAuburn
Here is a list of independent schools back in 77 who are power 5 schools now. Most of this list was still independent in 1990.
Notre Dame
Penn St.
FSU
Pitt
Rutgers
Louisville
G Tech
W. Virginia
S. Carolina
Miami
Va Tech
Notre Dame
Penn St.
FSU
Pitt
Rutgers
Louisville
G Tech
W. Virginia
S. Carolina
Miami
Va Tech
Posted on 7/2/15 at 9:56 am to scrooster
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I was 25 years old
We are in the same AARP class then.
Sounds like crisp, blanda, and panzer are right there with us.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 10:11 am to Cheese Grits
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Sounds like crisp, blanda, and panzer are right there with us.
I'm in that group too. I'm a bit younger, but not a lot.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 10:34 am to kywildcatfanone
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I'm a bit younger
You are just one of those young kids with your disco balls and your polyester flare pants!
jk, welcome to the old farts club!
Posted on 7/2/15 at 10:35 am to Cheese Grits
i was 5 and as cute as is humanly possible.
This post was edited on 7/2/15 at 10:35 am
Posted on 7/2/15 at 10:35 am to scrooster
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Fran Curci had them going - but he was banging his arse-off on the same level as Sonny Collins
FIFY
Posted on 7/2/15 at 10:52 am to Cheese Grits
I was 36.
UK had a heckuva RB named Sonny Collins that year. He later got in some kind of trouble as I remember.
UK had a heckuva RB named Sonny Collins that year. He later got in some kind of trouble as I remember.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 10:52 am to piggilicious
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i was 5 and as cute as is humanly possible.
Have no problem believing this but if you want to Rule #1 us on you as a 5 year old step right up. I also noticed the sig Missy did for you is gone, what happened?
Posted on 7/2/15 at 10:56 am to Cheese Grits
well i switched to this one because those sweets kept making me hungry on that one missy did. where has she been by the way? i miss me some missy!
where has she been by the way? i miss me some missy!Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:09 am to Cheese Grits
I was 10 and remember the USC game very well as well and the Cornhusker loss. USC was number one at the time. We had lost the NC game to Nebraska in 71, lost the 77 regular season game but laid it on them in 78 20-3 en route to the NC. Osborne still says that 78 game was one his most humbling losses because Nebraska got out-hit which NEVER happened.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:15 am to Cheese Grits
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Sounds like crisp, blanda, and panzer are right there with us.
Add me to the list... I was 23, was my 5th year in Athens, 1st year of grad school...
ETA:... Worked for several years with a guy named Mike Shutt who was a backup QB at UK & started a coupla games, he mighta been a year or two after '77 tho...
This post was edited on 7/2/15 at 11:21 am
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:16 am to WG_Dawg
I'm not sure I'd want a schedule like that these days. It would be nearly impossible to make it through and be in the discussion for the playoff. Nobody's going to take that chance anymore.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 11:57 am to Evolved Simian
22 for me. As I recall UK was on probation, the joke then was the basketball team got caught doing things so the NCAA put the football team on probation. Sonny Collins was a bad fellow. I believe Art Still played on that team as well.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 12:02 pm to Cheese Grits
I was born in 85, so -8.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 12:55 pm to Cheese Grits
I was 6, and I remember the arse-whuppings both teams gave LSU in Tiger Stadium that year.
Posted on 7/2/15 at 2:33 pm to cheo25
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I remember the arse-whuppings both teams gave LSU in Tiger Stadium that year.
Here were the teams they both played that season
#2 Alabama played 5 current P5 schools OOC, and only 1 loss for the season
09.24 @ Vanderbilt W 24–12
10.01 vs Georgia W 18–10
10.15 vs Tennessee W 24–10
10.29 @ Mississippi State W 37–7
11.05 @ 18 LSU W 24–3
#6 Kentucky played 5 current P5 schools OOC, and only 1 loss for the season
10.08 vs Mississippi State W 23–7
10.15 @ 16 LSU W 33–13
10.22 @ Georgia W 33–0
11.05 @ Vanderbilt W 28–6
11.19 vs Tennessee (Battle for the Barrel) W 21 –17
Posted on 7/2/15 at 2:39 pm to Cheese Grits
I was 5 and in kindergarten. I don't have any recollection of 1977. 1978 is the first year I can remember watching or attending sporting events.
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