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Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:21 am to Dick Leverage
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I think the rift is because he seems to be, by nature, a highly critical person with a good dose of arrogance. He loves UGA and is very opinionated about the program, coaches and players. His mouth has no filter. He says publicly what he thinks and that rubs a lot of people the wrong way. I can see why the University and Athletic Department don't go out of their way to celebrate his legacy. He has been highly critical of most everyone since Goff. A lot of bridges have been burned. He isn't exactly the guy they feel all warm and fuzzy about asking back to honor when he consistently criticizes the hell out of them. A lot of us fans are not bothered by a guy who doesn't sugar coat everything and calls it how he sees it but then again, we are not the ones being criticized. Kevin Butler gets as close to that as possible without going to far. I am often surprised that he still has a role in the post game show with some things he said the last few years.
This sounds like Auburn and Chuck to some extent. But I think we're largely on the same page now, the divide really only flares up when he tries to take some racial stand that involves the school.
But Auburn has embraced/celebrated Barkley a little more, but Barkley also has more cultural relevance to the younger crowd than Fran, so I think that probably makes sense.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:36 am to Pettifogger
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but he makes for decent enough radio, I think.
I worked in radio for awhile. I don't care for him on the radio. I try my best not to listen to him. I find him rude...always talking over Kincaid (Not that he is any better) He is just....bad. Bad on the radio and overrated on the football field.
That said, I actually like Fran Tarkenton and think, as a NFL QB was very underappreciated. He could never win the big game, but I always felt like that was more due to a lack of support talent than a shortcoming of Tarkenton.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:40 am to WG_Dawg
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yeah when ol' hersch is in the backfield you don't really need to throw much.
Yeah thinkin' back on that game, I remember that the 1 pass Belue completed was a key play...think it gave UGA a first down and allowed 'em to run out the clock. I can remember Keith Jackson's call on that play...it went something like: "And it's a pass COMPLETION!!!"
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:41 am to NYCAuburn
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hey i'm buck belue
Im going to go egg your house while at lunch now that I know who you are
If you need some help, let me know!
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:45 am to Mizzou4ever
Tarkenton's business career did nothing to help his reputation. Many people view Fran as a dim-witted scam artist.
When Fran was a Viking I was a big fan. The guy played a crazy exciting game that baffled opponents.
When Fran was a Viking I was a big fan. The guy played a crazy exciting game that baffled opponents.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:46 am to Mizzou4ever
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Been a fan of Fran for a long time. He was fun to watch in the NFL with his scrambling abilities, so it's interesting to read what UGA fans think of him.
Can you imagine if you could have put Fran tarkenton at QB and had Barry Sanders and Walter Payton as your RB's? You'd never be able to follow the ball!
Posted on 10/3/14 at 10:56 am to DawgsLife
I thank Buck for existing the few seconds it took to snap the ball and hand it to Herschel and for that one pass vs UF but other than that I don't care for the guy. Can't stand to listen to him or Kincaid on the radio. I won't get into Kincaid but Buck oozes arrogance and he's a horrible homer. He will never acknowledge faults in coaching, always defends the athletic department, and is a part of the GOBN. Then he made comments about how it wasn't on the coaches last year and actually said he thought Gurley was lazy and could do more and I wanted to join the dude ITT who wanted to egg his house.
As for Fran I like him. Mainly because he holds the opinions I do and isn't afraid to call Georgia's administration and Richt out. He's basically the only big time player who will do it. His rant a few years ago on 680 was awesome and dead on.
As for Fran I like him. Mainly because he holds the opinions I do and isn't afraid to call Georgia's administration and Richt out. He's basically the only big time player who will do it. His rant a few years ago on 680 was awesome and dead on.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 11:13 am to Whiznot
I was a kid during Frans NFL playing days, but always liked watching him play because you just never knew what to expect with his scrambling. He made alot of players look foolish.
I had 3 fav teams back then.
Chiefs (hometown team)
Dolphins (big fan of Shula and players of that era)
Vikings (fan of Bud Grant, Tarkenton, Chuck Foreman, and the Purple People Eaters defense)
Although Fran didn't have much of an arm, I believe he held the NFL passing yards record for quite a while before Marino passed him. Alot of those yards could be contributed to Frans scrambling and finding the open man. He was one of the best at his position in the 70s' and he brings back alot of fond memories.
I am an outsider of course as far as what UGA fans think of him, but he will always be in my top 10 fav NFL QBs'.
I had 3 fav teams back then.
Chiefs (hometown team)
Dolphins (big fan of Shula and players of that era)
Vikings (fan of Bud Grant, Tarkenton, Chuck Foreman, and the Purple People Eaters defense)
Although Fran didn't have much of an arm, I believe he held the NFL passing yards record for quite a while before Marino passed him. Alot of those yards could be contributed to Frans scrambling and finding the open man. He was one of the best at his position in the 70s' and he brings back alot of fond memories.
I am an outsider of course as far as what UGA fans think of him, but he will always be in my top 10 fav NFL QBs'.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 11:16 am to WG_Dawg
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pollack
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won big time.
One SEC title? So same as Fran...
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Posted on 10/3/14 at 11:42 am to Damn Good Dawg
Fran's 1st game...
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The Georgia Bulldogs were losing 7-0 in the fourth quarter in their season opener in Austin, Texas, when they fielded a punt on the five yard line. The University of Texas, then the #11 team in the country, seemingly had the game well in hand on that humid Saturday night, September 20, 1958. Eighteen-year-old Sophomore Fran Tarkenton was not only a third-string quarterback on the Bulldogs, his coach was planning to frustrate the ambitious athlete further by postponing his football career another year by designating him a “red-shirt” player.
As the offensive players ran onto the field, Fran looked over and saw his team’s star quarterback sitting on the bench. In a move that today would no doubt be played over and over on ESPN Sports Center highlights, Fran strapped on his helmet and ran onto the field and knelt down in the huddle and called the next play.
On the sidelines, Coach Wally Butts and his offensive coordinators looked at each other confused, wondering who sent Fran in. Equally stunned was the starting quarterback Charlie Britt.
“Charlie Britt made the cardinal mistake,” Fran recalled in our accompanying Moments HD video. “He was sitting on the bench still. I saw him sitting there on the sidelines and I just ran onto the field. My teammates in the huddle said ‘What are you doing in here?’ I said ‘I’ve come to win this game.’”
Fran marched the Bulldogs 95 yards down the field in 21 plays and scored a touchdown. The coaches sent in the kicking team to kick one extra point. Fran waved them off, yelling to send the kicker back to the sidelines. He then threw a five-yard pass to score one of the first two-point conversions in that season and in college football history. The NCAA had just put into place the two-point conversion rule that year. Fran put two points on the scoreboard, putting the Bulldogs ahead. Texas eventually scored another six points late in the game to pull out a victory, but an amazing football legend was born. Fran started next week’s game.
“I put myself in,” he remembered of the Texas game. “I was a third-string quarterback. They were going to red-shirt me and give me four more years of eligibility. But I didn’t want to be red-shirted. I wanted to play and to help my team right then. If I don’t make that move at that time, I might never had played college football because the two guys ahead of me were really good players. By making that move, I created a sense of desperation. I just felt I had to play. I had to get in.”
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