Vandy vs Bama game notes:

[BAMAWV]

May have to change the screen name initials from hsc to sphsc--semi pro high school coach. I had no idea. That is big time. A year or so ago I knew my way around the opposite side of D/FW. Johnson, Tarrant, Parker counties? Brutal heat to start football practice each summer.

[#1Tidefan]

Good analogy...  Click here for link

Through five outings, Ole Miss is generating 22.6 ppg and 275.2 total ypg while surrendering 24.6 ppg and 408.4 total ypg. While Alabama is racking up 37.7 ppg and 434.8 total ypg, impressive numbers for a tremendously well-balanced offensive team. The fact that the Tide is averaging 217.0 ypg on the ground and 217.8 ypg through the air is remarkable. Of the 26 touchdowns scored by the offense, 18 have come via the run, and Richardson paces the club with 729 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns. As for McCarron, he has completed 65.3 percent of his passes for 1,156 yards and eight touchdowns with two interceptions.

The fact that the Rebels are making good on a mere 31 percent of their third down conversion attempts and 20 percent of their fourth down tries is obviously concerning. Scott has rushed for 350 yards and five touchdowns, as he has clearly been the best offensive player for the Rebels. Mackey has completed only 46.7 percent of his passes, as both he and Zack Stoudt have struggled mightily under center.

[BAMAWV]

There are many standouts on the defensive side of the ball for Alabama, including Courtney Upshaw, who has already posted 8.5 TFLs this season. He and his fellow defenders are yielding a lowly 7.0 ppg and 191.3 total ypg, with just five touchdowns surrendered in six outings. The fact that foes are gaining only 39.8 rushing ypg at a clip of 1.6 ypc is staggering.

[Chechem]

Actually, the orange eater term came from Rich Rod when he was at Tulane and we went to the clinic there.

And the etymology?  What on earth does it mean?

It means every team has a weakness on it.  A CB, LB, or whoever the coaches decide the want to attack. 

The story come from when CRR was at his first job.  According to the story the head coach left early the day before to where the team was going to play.  It was a small college and they had 2 buses.  He told CR to put all the good players on the first bus and the rest of the team on the other, older bus.  When they left after a short while the older bus breaks down.  and CRR waits as long as he can and then leaves the "other" players behind.   They get to the stadium go and get ready to go warm up and still no other bus.  The go out and warm up and come back in.  Still no bus.  So the Head Coach comes in for the pregame speech.  He looks around the room and says men, I can tell by the look on your faces that you are worried about your team mates.  Get that out of your mind because all they are are a bunch of orange eaters.  All they do is come in here at halftime and eat your MF oranges.   Now go out there and KICK SOME A**.    After this CRR goes on to say every team has an at least one orange eater in their starting lineup.  They are going to find him and exploit him.   

The funny thing about his story is that season we were getting ready to play Plano East.  We found a player and wondered how this guy was on the D and we attacked him as he was their orange eater.

Wow, that hilarious.   

[bamalum67]

No correct answer on my question, so here is the answer:

Bill Battle..end on the 61 NC team, and head coach at UT (!?!?!) in the late 60's/early 70's.

Note my caveat: I said he might have invented using computers, I do know he did use them.

Bill took a lot of heat from UT fans (and others) about using a computer to track opponent's tendencies, but in the end, he was a visionary.  All of you techies know computers were a strange item back then, but UT had one of the biggest and fastest (for that time), and BB used it.  Not sure how much success had overall, but I do know he beat BAMA for about 4 years running back then..I lived in ChAtt, and had a hard time with it..had to wear a sign with the score around my neck, stand on my desk and sing rocky top, my mailbox painted orange, you get the picture.

Anyway, hats off to Bill Battle, one of our own who was a pacesetter.

I am not surprised you younger folks did not get it, but the "older" guys shoulda got it.

[BAMAWV]

No correct answer on my question, so here is the answer:

Bill Battle..end on the 61 NC team, and head coach at UT (!?!?!) in the late 60's/early 70's.

Note my caveat: I said he might have invented using computers, I do know he did use them.

Bill took a lot of heat from UT fans (and others) about using a computer to track opponent's tendencies, but in the end, he was a visionary.  All of you techies know computers were a strange item back then, but UT had one of the biggest and fastest (for that time), and BB used it.  Not sure how much success had overall, but I do know he beat BAMA for about 4 years running back then..I lived in ChAtt, and had a hard time with it..had to wear a sign with the score around my neck, stand on my desk and sing rocky top, my mailbox painted orange, you get the picture.

Anyway, hats off to Bill Battle, one of our own who was a pacesetter.

I am not surprised you younger folks did not get it, but the "older" guys shoulda got it.

[Chechem]

No correct answer on my question, so here is the answer:

Bill Battle..end on the 61 NC team, and head coach at UT (!?!?!) in the late 60's/early 70's.

Note my caveat: I said he might have invented using computers, I do know he did use them.

Bill took a lot of heat from UT fans (and others) about using a computer to track opponent's tendencies, but in the end, he was a visionary.  All of you techies know computers were a strange item back then, but UT had one of the biggest and fastest (for that time), and BB used it.  Not sure how much success had overall, but I do know he beat BAMA for about 4 years running back then..I lived in ChAtt, and had a hard time with it..had to wear a sign with the score around my neck, stand on my desk and sing rocky top, my mailbox painted orange, you get the picture.

Anyway, hats off to Bill Battle, one of our own who was a pacesetter.

I am not surprised you younger folks did not get it, but the "older" guys shoulda got it.

Excellent.

I remember Bill Battle best as the coach who stormed onto the field contesting a referee call in the first Q of the 1971 (?) game in B'ham.  The ball straddled the 30-yard line.  That followed a kickoff into the end zone.  The chains were brought out to measure, and Tenn was an inch short, despite the ball straddling the 30.  BB was penalized 15 yards back to the 15 and had to punt.  Coach Bryant watched from the other sideline...

[BAMAWV]

May have to change the screen name initials from hsc to sphsc--semi pro high school coach. I had no idea. That is big time. A year or so ago I knew my way around the opposite side of D/FW. Johnson, Tarrant, Parker counties? Brutal heat to start football practice each summer.

The orange eaters out there would be on someone's all-state list in WV.

[hscoach]

That actually looks like the Carrollton Farmers-Branch School stadium called Standridge Field.

[BAMAWV]

That actually looks like the Carrollton Farmers-Branch School stadium called Standridge Field.

I forget where I grabbed it. Goggled East Plano? But it said East Plano, West Plano, and another team shared some home games there. I'll find the link.

[hscoach]

Then it could be Plano School Stadium, Clark Field.  I was trying to find a good pictue of our stadium, but couldn't.  Try to look for Southlake's.

[BAMAWV]

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[hscoach]

The coach for PESH, Johnny Ringo.

[BAMAWV]

This it? Can't grab a interior photo yet-- but it looks like Jerry World.

[hscoach]

yep that is it. 

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