A Few Classic Quotes For Football Fans

 

 

  "In Alabama, an atheist is someone who 

does not believe in Bear Bryant." 

   Wally Butts

       University of Georgia

  

  

  

  

"I never graduated from Iowa ,

but I was only there for two terms -

Truman's and Eisenhower's." 

Alex Karras

College & Professional Player

  

  

  

 

"My advice to defensive players:

Take the shortest route to the ball and

arrive in a bad humor." 

Bowden Wyatt

University of Tennessee 

  

  

  

  

 

"They whipped us like a tied up goat."

&

"Oh, we played about like three tons

of buzzard puke this afternoon."

Spike Dykes

Texas Tech Coach

  

  

  

  

"I asked Darrell Royal, the Coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't recruit me and he said:

Well, Walt, we took a look at you and

you weren't any good." 

Walt Garrison

University of Oklahoma

Dallas Cowboys

  

  

  

  

 

"We didn't tackle well today

but we made up for it by not blocking."

John McKay

University of Southern California

"We live one day at a time and

scratch where it itches." 

&

"They cut us up like boarding house pie...

And that's real small pieces."

Darrell Royal

University of Texas

  

  

"Football is NOT a contact sport -

it is a collision sport.

Dancing is a contact sport."

Duffie Daugherty

Michigan State 

  

"At Georgia Southern, we don't cheat...

That costs money and we don't have any." 

Erk Russell

University of Georgia

Georgia Southern 

"I don't expect to win enough games

to be put on NCAA probation.

I just want to win enough

to warrant an investigation."

Bob Devaney

University of Nebraska

  

Gentlemen, it is better to have died a small boy...

than to fumble THIS football"

John Heisman

 

Selah