Football story good for a chuckle

"When Devaney first came in 1962," Buffett recalls, "he was giving a talk to a Rotary Club, and he said, 'We're working hard, but we have a problem at fullback. We're looking for a guy that's 6-4 and weighs 125 pounds. I know that kinda sounds strange for a fullback, but that's the only kind of guy that can get through the holes the line opens up.' "

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/big12/2010-10-19-warren-buffett-nebraska-cornhuskers-cover_N.htm

Frank Howard was one of the old school college football coaches. Howard chewed tobacco, scratched his ass in public and was more concerned about football than cute uniforms and logos and all the crap you have today.

After Howard had a successful run at coaching football for Clemson the university also made Howard the athletic director at Clemson.

One day 3 frat boys had an appointment with Frank Howard to ask him to commit a few thousand dollars from the athletic budget to sponsor a sculling team. Howard listened to their request and sat there in silence for a minute. He then asked the frat boys what the hell sculling was. Was it like trap shooting or something?

The frat boys explained sculling (rowing) to Howard. Of course back then nobody in the South had probably ever heard of sculling.

When the boys finished Howard sat there for a minute, stared at the frat boys and then pulled out his trash basket and spit a mouthful of tobacco juice in it. He looked at the frat boys and said, "I'm gonna tell y'all somethin'. As long as I am the athletic director Clemson University will never sponsor a sport where you sit on your ass and go backwards to win."

Risky Thicket said:

Frank Howard was one of the old school college football coaches. Howard chewed tobacco, scratched his ass in public and was more concerned about football than cute uniforms and logos and all the crap you have today.

After Howard had a successful run at coaching football for Clemson the university also made Howard the athletic director at Clemson.

One day 3 frat boys had an appointment with Frank Howard to ask him to commit a few thousand dollars from the athletic budget to sponsor a sculling team. Howard listened to their request and sat there in silence for a minute. He then asked the frat boys what the hell sculling was. Was it like trap shooting or something?

The frat boys explained sculling (rowing) to Howard. Of course back then nobody in the South had probably ever heard of sculling.

When the boys finished Howard sat there for a minute, stared at the frat boys and then pulled out his trash basket and spit a mouthful of tobacco juice in it. He looked at the frat boys and said,

"I'm gonna tell y'all somethin'. As long as I am the athletic director Clemson University will never sponsor a sport where you sit on your ass and go backwards to win."

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That put a smile on my face.

It's funny and it make's sense.

John McKay... former USC & Tampa coach...

Following a Tampa Bay Buccaneers loss in their early seasons, McKay was asked what he thought of his team's "execution." He replied, "I'm all for it."

There's a few pretty good ones here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McKay_(American_football)

zimmer said:

John McKay... former USC & Tampa coach...

Following a Tampa Bay Buccaneers loss in their early seasons, McKay was asked what he thought of his team's "execution." He replied, "I'm all for it."

There's a few pretty good ones here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McKay_(American_football)

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The last quip was my favorite.