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Pat Dye dies at age 80
Posted on 6/1/20 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 6/1/20 at 1:02 pm
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Posted on 6/1/20 at 1:07 pm to stomp
Sad to hear. Oddly, I still think of him as a Bama assistant coach. I remember being PO'd that he went to the barn after all those years on the Bama sidelines.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 1:12 pm to stomp
I randomly met him at Musicland in Eastdale Mall of all places in Montgomery back around 1991 when I was 10. He was looking at cassette tapes. I had on Alabama gear and he was still a very nice guy. Always respected him after taking time to chat with me.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 1:42 pm to stomp
Did you misspell his name on purpose?
Posted on 6/1/20 at 1:47 pm to stomp
The legends passing away always hits me hard. Not many left.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 1:54 pm to Cobrasize
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The legends passing away always hits me hard. Not many left.
I hated his guts back in the day...mostly because he beat Bama's arse on the reg. That said, I came to respect him as one of the SEC greats and an elder statesman of the SEC.
RIP
Posted on 6/1/20 at 1:55 pm to 14&Counting
Yea, when he was coaching, I couldn’t stand him 
Posted on 6/1/20 at 1:57 pm to Tide or Die87
I remember sitting in Legion field on our national championship run in '92.' Pat Dye's last game in his head coaching career came to a screeching halt as Bama whitewashed the barners 17-0 on Thanksgiving Day.
Dye had the barners doing their Bama east imitation for a little more than a decade. The barn was getting Bama legacy players and the wishbone was now being played with the talent being severely tilted to Opelika West. With Wayne Hall and other Crimsons joining the bad guy's it was not a happy decade. When he finally went out of business with an NCAA crash and burn it was somehow poetic.
I can still hear him talking on his TV review show and coughing up his spleen if his next opponent happen to have a pulse.
Sorry folks it doesn't get any better discussing Ralph "Shug" Jordan. "Your're so right Carl."
Dye had the barners doing their Bama east imitation for a little more than a decade. The barn was getting Bama legacy players and the wishbone was now being played with the talent being severely tilted to Opelika West. With Wayne Hall and other Crimsons joining the bad guy's it was not a happy decade. When he finally went out of business with an NCAA crash and burn it was somehow poetic.
I can still hear him talking on his TV review show and coughing up his spleen if his next opponent happen to have a pulse.
Sorry folks it doesn't get any better discussing Ralph "Shug" Jordan. "Your're so right Carl."
Posted on 6/1/20 at 2:21 pm to bamameister
[quote]I remember sitting in Legion field on our national championship run in '92.' Pat Dye's last game in his head coaching career came to a screeching halt as Bama whitewashed the barners 17-0 on Thanksgiving Day.
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I was there. Remember Stallings giving a tearful Dye a hug at mid-field.
Kinda sucked the way it ended for him at Auburn as I always felt he didn't deserve that shite. Auburn was the best SEC team in the 80's.
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I was there. Remember Stallings giving a tearful Dye a hug at mid-field.
Kinda sucked the way it ended for him at Auburn as I always felt he didn't deserve that shite. Auburn was the best SEC team in the 80's.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 2:24 pm to 14&Counting
Was it Copeland or Curry that nearly killed Stan White in that game?
Posted on 6/1/20 at 2:37 pm to Cobrasize
Just remember, he orchestrated the culture behind "keep it down home, cuz!"
Posted on 6/1/20 at 2:39 pm to Tide or Die87
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Did you misspell his name on purpose?
Absolutely did not, thanks. Was on my cell phone.
What a horrible last few weeks.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 3:47 pm to phil4bama
"They aint got a damn thing on me"
But, they did.
But, they did.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 4:56 pm to stomp
Best thing I can say about him was Coach Bryant liked him very much and was upset when he took the job at Awbarn.
To me he became everything we hate about Awbarn.
RIP Pat Dye.
To me he became everything we hate about Awbarn.
RIP Pat Dye.
Posted on 6/1/20 at 5:00 pm to stomp
Nick Saban issues statement on passing of Auburn coach Pat Dye (BOL)
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Gene Stallings responds to death of Auburn legend Pat Dye (BOL)
Memories From 50 Years Knowing Pat Dye (BOL)
This post was edited on 6/1/20 at 7:48 pm
Posted on 6/1/20 at 9:53 pm to Cobrasize
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Was it Copeland or Curry that nearly killed Stan White in that game?
Don't remember which one (think it was Copeland) but remember watching it like it was slow motion. White went flying with his body perpendicular to the field.
Brutal
17-0 doesn't really reflect what a beatdown Bama laid on them that day. They played hard for their coach is his last game but still got obliterated. The Barn got destroyed, the Dye era was over, and Bama went on to the first ever SEC Championship game and championship glory.
Glorious
This post was edited on 6/2/20 at 12:14 am
Posted on 6/1/20 at 10:22 pm to stomp
Let's be honest about the man. He made Bama better. He was never gonna back down and he never did.
We're actually better because of him.
God rest his soul.
We're actually better because of him.
God rest his soul.
Posted on 6/4/20 at 11:14 am to Cobrasize
Curry said something to Stan White after Copeland sacked him at the end of the game and ole Stanley must of taken umbrage because White pushed Copeland hard in the back right after.
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