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Tad Footeball

Tad Footeball

1996 Interim Big East Conference Commissioner
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"They're on scholarship too."

It might be a personal pet peeve but a certain to-remain-unnamed o-lineman just used it to reference their opponents and struggles as a unit. It's a phrase that has transcended coaching regimes at Miami as my first eye stroke/aneurysm from hearing it took place under Butch. I'll even acknowledge that it's a phrase not unique to our program but what is unique is when a marquee (or wannabe marquee) program uses it to equate themselves to any scholarship player at any program.
 
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Tad Footeball said:
"They're on scholarship too."

It might be a personal pet peeve but a certain to-remain-unnamed o-lineman just used it to reference their opponents and struggles as a unit. It's a phrase that has transcended coaching regimes at Miami as my first eye stroke/aneurysm from hearing it took place under Butch. I'll even acknowledge that it's a phrase not unique to our program but what is unique is when a marquee (or wannabe marquee) program uses it to equate themselves to any scholarship player at any program.
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Tad, didn't Eric Winston use that line long ago in defense of Coker? Or something very close to that effect?

Since that point, I was never a fan of his

He was certainly 'Cokerized'
 
k9cane said:
Tad Footeball said:
"They're on scholarship too."

It might be a personal pet peeve but a certain to-remain-unnamed o-lineman just used it to reference their opponents and struggles as a unit. It's a phrase that has transcended coaching regimes at Miami as my first eye stroke/aneurysm from hearing it took place under Butch. I'll even acknowledge that it's a phrase not unique to our program but what is unique is when a marquee (or wannabe marquee) program uses it to equate themselves to any scholarship player at any program.
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Tad, didn't Eric Winston use that line long ago in defense of Coker? Or something very close to that effect?

Since that point, I was never a fan of his

He was certainly 'Cokerized'
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You would be correct. I believe it was "They have scholarship players too" in his case.
 
I thought it was actually Coker himself who said that phrase.

I agree it's the worst excuses phrase ever. It's even worse than Al Golden's talk of the cloud.
 
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Green5 said:
I thought it was actually Coker himself who said that phrase.

I agree it's the worst excuses phrase ever. It's even worse than Al Golden's talk of the cloud.
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Don't dismiss "bagmen". That seems to explain every recruit we don't get.
 
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Everyone Bama plays is on scholarship......Bama does a helluva of job of making them look like they aren't.
 
John McKay had many great quotes, but a favorite, after a loss at USC, was 'the other team has players and coaches, too.'
 
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