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SEC coaches and players you remember from your first year understanding CFB
Posted on 7/30/19 at 3:59 pm
Posted on 7/30/19 at 3:59 pm
LSU - Charlie McClendon, Charlie Pevey, Scooter Purvis, Mike Hillman, Buddy Lee, Bert Jones, Butch Duhe, Andy Hamilton, Tommy Casanova, Eddie Ray, George Bevan, Mike Anderson, Ronnie Estay.
Arkansas - Frank Broyles, Chuck Dicus, Bill Montgomery, Bill Burnett
Mizzou - Dan Devine, Mel Gray
Texas A&M - Gene Stallings, Hugh McElroy, Lex James, Carl Roaches
Miss. State - Charles Shira
Ole Miss - Johnny Vaught, Archie Manning, Glen Cannon, Julian Fagan (3 Saints draft choices)
Auburn - Shug Jordan, Pat Sullivan, Terry Beasley, Mickey Zofko, Wallace Clarke
Georgia - Vince Dooley, Royce Smith (Saints draft choice)
Florida - Ray Graves, John Reaves, Carlos Alvarez
South Carolina - Paul Dietzel
Tennessee - Doug Dickey, Bobby Scott, Steve Kiner, Jack Reynolds.
bama - Bear, Johnny Musso
Kentucky - Bernie Scruggs
Vanderbilt - Bill Pace, they beat alabama.
Nationally: Darrell Royal, Ara Parseghian, Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, John Cappelletti, Joe Paterno, Chris Schenkel, Lee Grosscup, Bill Fleming, James Street, Rex Kern,
I was six.
Arkansas - Frank Broyles, Chuck Dicus, Bill Montgomery, Bill Burnett
Mizzou - Dan Devine, Mel Gray
Texas A&M - Gene Stallings, Hugh McElroy, Lex James, Carl Roaches
Miss. State - Charles Shira
Ole Miss - Johnny Vaught, Archie Manning, Glen Cannon, Julian Fagan (3 Saints draft choices)
Auburn - Shug Jordan, Pat Sullivan, Terry Beasley, Mickey Zofko, Wallace Clarke
Georgia - Vince Dooley, Royce Smith (Saints draft choice)
Florida - Ray Graves, John Reaves, Carlos Alvarez
South Carolina - Paul Dietzel
Tennessee - Doug Dickey, Bobby Scott, Steve Kiner, Jack Reynolds.
bama - Bear, Johnny Musso
Kentucky - Bernie Scruggs
Vanderbilt - Bill Pace, they beat alabama.
Nationally: Darrell Royal, Ara Parseghian, Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, John Cappelletti, Joe Paterno, Chris Schenkel, Lee Grosscup, Bill Fleming, James Street, Rex Kern,
I was six.
This post was edited on 7/31/19 at 10:46 am
Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:17 pm to MetryTyger
James Brooks in 1976.
He was a senior in high school (Warner Robins) that year, but my high school team traveled to Warner Robins to play them that year and they beat us 90-0. That Warner Robins team was recognized by publications who covered such things back in the day of being the high school "national champion".
So all that just to say that I really started paying attention to athletically elite football players because of what I saw in that game and followed Brooks' career to Auburn where he also excelled and then followed it to the NFL where he also excelled.
Unfortunately, he never excelled in the School of Good People.
He was a senior in high school (Warner Robins) that year, but my high school team traveled to Warner Robins to play them that year and they beat us 90-0. That Warner Robins team was recognized by publications who covered such things back in the day of being the high school "national champion".
So all that just to say that I really started paying attention to athletically elite football players because of what I saw in that game and followed Brooks' career to Auburn where he also excelled and then followed it to the NFL where he also excelled.
Unfortunately, he never excelled in the School of Good People.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:25 pm to MetryTyger
2011-2012ish for me actually following it because I got accepted to LSU coming from the DC area.
Will Muschamp
Gene Chizik
Jarvis/Odell
Derek Dooley
Nick Saban/Les Miles (Les actually had a winning record over Nick at the time)
Chip Kelly and Oregon being almost unbeatable in the regular season
Andrew Luck
Johnny Manziel
Zach Mettenberger
AJ McCarron
Aaron Murray
Manti Te'o
Will Muschamp
Gene Chizik
Jarvis/Odell
Derek Dooley
Nick Saban/Les Miles (Les actually had a winning record over Nick at the time)
Chip Kelly and Oregon being almost unbeatable in the regular season
Andrew Luck
Johnny Manziel
Zach Mettenberger
AJ McCarron
Aaron Murray
Manti Te'o
Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:26 pm to MetryTyger
Aaron Murray as a freshman.
AJ Green as a senior.
I was in 2nd grade.
AJ Green as a senior.
I was in 2nd grade.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:28 pm to MetryTyger
McFarland
Faulk
Tee Martin
Just a couple Tigers and a Vol. Obviously the list is longer but those were my favorite players to watch.
Faulk
Tee Martin
Just a couple Tigers and a Vol. Obviously the list is longer but those were my favorite players to watch.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:28 pm to MetryTyger
The first play I can actually remember was Van Tiffin's GW kick in the 1985 Iron Bowl. I remember sitting in living room with family and parent's friends, mixed crowd of Alabama and Auburn fans. I was 7.
Pretty much just remember Alabama players from that year really. Guys like Mike Shula, Bobby Humphrey, Howard Cross, Cornelius Bennett.
Derrick Thomas I think was on that team but not sure if he played much that year. He remains to this day my favorite player of all time.
Pretty much just remember Alabama players from that year really. Guys like Mike Shula, Bobby Humphrey, Howard Cross, Cornelius Bennett.
Derrick Thomas I think was on that team but not sure if he played much that year. He remains to this day my favorite player of all time.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:28 pm to MetryTyger
Edit: Double post
This post was edited on 7/30/19 at 4:29 pm
Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:31 pm to MetryTyger
Emmitt smith... was 7 the first game I went to. UF was bad, so it was easy to notice he stood out.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:32 pm to beatbammer
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Unfortunately, he never excelled in the School of Good People.
Or literacy
He's the one who admitted in court he couldn't read, correct?
Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:37 pm to MetryTyger
My childhood was filled with going to Mississippi State games, but I became addicted to it with John Bond at QB running the wishbone, and my first truly memorable in-person college football experience was when State beat Alabama 6-3 in 1980.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:41 pm to Drebin
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State beat Alabama 6-3 in 1980
Too young to remember this. But over time hearing stories about it, I'm convinced that a couple hundred thousand State fans were at that game.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:42 pm to MetryTyger
I didnt really pay attention to all the details until 06.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:44 pm to MetryTyger
Mike Shula and Cornelius Bennett. My grandparents were boosters. I remember Biscuit coming by the RV after the game at Legion Field and my Granddad giving him a fistful of dollars to go have fun after the game.
1985 Sugar Bowl was my first live College Experience, so I was spoiled from the start. What an ending.
1985 Sugar Bowl was my first live College Experience, so I was spoiled from the start. What an ending.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:47 pm to elposter
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Too young to remember this. But over time hearing stories about it, I'm convinced that a couple hundred thousand State fans were at that game.
Well, I can assure you there was only about 50K there that day, although it was plenty loud enough for your QB to repeatedly complain to the officials about the crowd noise. But to your point, not many Bama fans claim they were in attendance that day.
Oh, and Georgia....you're welcome.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 4:57 pm to Drebin
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plenty loud enough for your QB to repeatedly complain to the officials about the crowd noise
Were y'all doing the cowbells yet back then?
Posted on 7/30/19 at 5:02 pm to elposter
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Were y'all doing the cowbells yet back then?
Game was in Jackson. By and large, there were no cowbells, although you might have occasionally heard the clang of a solitary bell somebody snuck in.
In those days, they were outlawed thanks to that criminal Shug Jordan.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 5:09 pm to MetryTyger
Billy Cannon and the Chinese Bandits were my first big memory of college football. Paul Deitzel ended up being a friend and I attended his funeral. One of the finest men to ever walk the face of this earth. I miss him, I truly do.
Posted on 7/30/19 at 5:22 pm to MetryTyger
Walter Lewis
Paul Ott Carruth
Joey Jones
Jeremiah Castille
Paul Ott Carruth
Joey Jones
Jeremiah Castille
Posted on 7/30/19 at 5:27 pm to elposter
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He's the one who admitted in court he couldn't read, correct?
That was all performance art for the court to evade child support (re: my OP about he failed the School of Good People).
Many, many Auburn classmates of his came out after that bullshite and told the news (who ignored it because it was inconvenient to their anti-football message) that Brooks could read.
Now could he read WELL? Proficiently? Quickly? Probably not. You want to place some bets about how many top athletes to this day would fit that same profile?
You ready to test the Alabama lineup and force a mandatory sit-out for those who don't read at grade-level, bro? Think before you respond.
This post was edited on 7/30/19 at 5:29 pm
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