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Bullneck

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Wow, sad news.  Remember him as the coach who revived SMU football after the death penalty.  SMU later got revenge on UH for running up the score.

11/7/1992 vs. *Houston (4-7) W 41 16
10/19/1991 @ *Houston (4-7) L 20 49
10/20/1990 vs. *Houston (10-1) L 17 44
10/21/1989 @ *Houston (9-2) L 21 95
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8 hours ago, pwinger said:

How did I not know he was a Cowboy?

 

Oh, that's right - only the 71 season, appeared in 6 games, 0 starts    see the link

 

Good guy though.  Condolences to his family.

I was a little fuzzy on that too.  Had to edit my original post and then look it up.

3 minutes ago, futureman said:

exactly.  he babysat the corpse.  he revived nothing.  

Futureman, don't ever change.

He took a program that had been gone for two years and recruited players.  Pretty much everyone on the team was a freshman.  They won their second game:

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 2 Rice L 6–35 23,227
September 16 Connecticut*
  • Ownby Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
W 31–30 20,548
September 23 Texas
  • Ownby Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
L 13–45 23,733
September 30 at TCU L 10–28 26,023
October 14 Baylor
  • Ownby Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
L 3–49 21,434
October 21 at No. 16 Houston L 21–95 20,009
October 28 North Texas*dagger
W 35–9 21,186
November 4 at No. 20 Texas A&M L 14–63 48,948
November 11 at No. 1 Notre Dame* L 6–59 59,075
November 18 No. 20 Texas Tech
  • Ownby Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
L 24–48 21,885
December 2 at No. 9 Arkansas L 24–38 47,112

We played them in their third game back.  IIRC the score was 14-7 at the half (everyone who bitches about our highs and lows since Mack took over please remember this).  I'm fuzzy here but I think Ownby was what was eventually rebuilt into Gerald Ford Stadium; a lot of aluminum bleachers for that game.

Gregg maintained all of his previous schedule agreements, including the game at #1 Notre Dame, where I think one of their running backs ran out of bounds in order not to score.  Lou Holtz didn't want to look like a dick like Pardee (HC) and Jenkins (OC) at UH.

 

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10 minutes ago, Bullneck said:

I was a little fuzzy on that too.  Had to edit my original post and then look it up.

Futureman, don't ever change.

He took a program that had been gone for two years and recruited players.  Pretty much everyone on the team was a freshman.  They won their second game:

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 2 Rice L 6–35 23,227
September 16 Connecticut*
  • Ownby Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
W 31–30 20,548
September 23 Texas
  • Ownby Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
L 13–45 23,733
September 30 at TCU L 10–28 26,023
October 14 Baylor
  • Ownby Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
L 3–49 21,434
October 21 at No. 16 Houston L 21–95 20,009
October 28 North Texas*dagger
W 35–9 21,186
November 4 at No. 20 Texas A&M L 14–63 48,948
November 11 at No. 1 Notre Dame* L 6–59 59,075
November 18 No. 20 Texas Tech
  • Ownby Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
L 24–48 21,885
December 2 at No. 9 Arkansas L 24–38 47,112

We played them in their third game back.  IIRC the score was 14-7 at the half (everyone who bitches about our highs and lows since Mack took over please remember this).  I'm fuzzy here but I think Ownby was what was eventually rebuilt into Gerald Ford Stadium; a lot of aluminum bleachers for that game.

Gregg maintained all of his previous schedule agreements, including the game at #1 Notre Dame, where I think one of their running backs ran out of bounds in order not to score.  Lou Holtz didn't want to look like a dick like Pardee (HC) and Jenkins (OC) at UH.

 

I wouldn’t call that reviving a program.  he chaperoned a scrimmage squad to go around the country getting destroyed. 

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On 4/12/2019 at 10:45 PM, Beau Vine said:

He's had Parkinson's for a while.  

He was one of those rare guys who you'll never find anyone who doesn't like him.  

Born and raised in Sulphur Springs, IIRC.

Gregg was a big ugly as DKR referred to offensive linemen. He was an ironman-playing in 188 straight games, nearly unheard of today.  Hornung and Taylor were able to run the Lombardi sweep that he was a part of in the Packer heydays.  Lombardi benefitted from having a leader like Gregg set the example of toughness that had been lacking in previous years when Green Bay was an afterthought in the NFL. The fact that he returned to his alma mater, SMU, which everyone knew was a sinkhole when they went on probation, speaks to his loyalty and integrity.  Saddened by his death and glad to have grown up watching him play.

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On 4/13/2019 at 8:52 AM, Bullneck said:

I was a little fuzzy on that too.  Had to edit my original post and then look it up.

Futureman, don't ever change.

He took a program that had been gone for two years and recruited players.  Pretty much everyone on the team was a freshman.  They won their second game:

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 2 Rice L 6–35 23,227
September 16 Connecticut*
  • Ownby Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
W 31–30 20,548
September 23 Texas
  • Ownby Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
L 13–45 23,733
September 30 at TCU L 10–28 26,023
October 14 Baylor
  • Ownby Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
L 3–49 21,434
October 21 at No. 16 Houston L 21–95 20,009
October 28 North Texas*dagger
W 35–9 21,186
November 4 at No. 20 Texas A&M L 14–63 48,948
November 11 at No. 1 Notre Dame* L 6–59 59,075
November 18 No. 20 Texas Tech
  • Ownby Stadium
  • Dallas, TX
L 24–48 21,885
December 2 at No. 9 Arkansas L 24–38 47,112

We played them in their third game back.  IIRC the score was 14-7 at the half (everyone who bitches about our highs and lows since Mack took over please remember this).  I'm fuzzy here but I think Ownby was what was eventually rebuilt into Gerald Ford Stadium; a lot of aluminum bleachers for that game.

Gregg maintained all of his previous schedule agreements, including the game at #1 Notre Dame, where I think one of their running backs ran out of bounds in order not to score.  Lou Holtz didn't want to look like a dick like Pardee (HC) and Jenkins (OC) at UH.

 

I was at that Texas game in Ownby. The thing I remember most is on the opening kickoff, one of their guys punch Stan Thomas (?) in the groin and got ejected.

Stan was not gruntled. 

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